{"id":293938,"date":"2026-06-03T02:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293938\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T02:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T02:43:13","slug":"panama-city-store-clerk-arrested-after-undercover-florida-lottery-compliance-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293938\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama City store clerk arrested after undercover Florida lottery compliance operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG\/WECP) &#8211; A Panama City store clerk was arrested Thursday after law authorities say he sold a special compliance-test lottery ticket for $800.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">An undercover Florida Lottery officer gave clerk Rohail Khan a ticket designed to look like a $1,000 winner; the display showed it was a \u201c$600-or-more winner\u201d that had to be claimed in Tallahassee. The arrest report says Khan ignored those instructions, told the officer the terminal showed nothing and gave the officer a free ticket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On May 26, someone tried to claim the prize at lottery headquarters in Tallahassee and said Khan sold him the ticket for $800. Khan later admitted keeping the ticket and selling it, according to the report. 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