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Two arrested after winning lottery numbers were glued to ticket

By Zach Halaschak
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Two arrested after winning lottery numbers were glued to ticket

Two Mississippi men were arrested after investigators said they doctored a scratch-off lottery ticket to make it appear they had won $100,000.

Odis Latham, 47, and 48-year-old Russell Sparks were arrested by the Flowood Police Department on Monday after the Mississippi Lottery Corporation contacted authorities about a forged ticket, according to WLBT.

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