By dint of being confronted every day with scratch tickets, this employee of a tobacco shop in the Lot ended up giving in and also playing. Except that he never paid for his scratch tickets: in charge of collecting the tickets sold, he waited to win to repay the amount due to the Française des Jeux and continued to play hoping that luck would finally fall on his side. The hole in the cash register has continued to grow…
A costly addiction
“I became addicted”, he conceded before the correctional court of Cahors, in the Lot, where he appeared on Thursday March 24 for breach of trust. The man had only 7,400 euros left to repay out of the 20,700 euros in total damage, having recognized the facts as soon as the pot of roses was discovered and began to repay the amount due on the basis of a staggering, reports Actu .fr Occitania.
The Cahors Criminal Court sentenced him to a three-month suspended prison sentence. He must also reimburse 8,000 euros (including 600 euros for legal fees) to the Française des Jeux.
Games of chance and money operated for commercial purposes involve risks of addiction. More information on www.joueurs-info-service.fr.