Known as the “Lottery Ticket Bandit,” this suspect just may soon hit the jackpot after all.

One of a legal kind.

For now, he appears to be rolling the dice, allegedly committing distraction thefts across the province and even into Quebec. But it might be the police who end up with the winning hand because they seem to be on to this high-stakes game of chance.

Perhaps it won’t be long until this suspect, or any alleged accomplices, see their gambler’s luck run out.

There may not be a casino in Cobourg but there was some serious gambling happening in two lottery ticket thefts at two gas stations on Sept. 4.

“Police responded to a report of theft from a gas station on Division St.” where at “approximately 5:20 p.m., a man entered the store and while an employee turned their back, the man

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