A Walton, Florida couple hoping to hit it big by trying to claim a million-dollar lottery prize with an altered $50 ticket ended up in a heap of trouble instead.
Kira Ender and her boyfriend, Dakota Jones, allegedly took two lottery tickets and put them together to make it look like a million-dollar winner.
The mismatched words on the back of the ticket and differing serial numbers were a dead giveaway, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons, tells ABC affiliate WSVN-TV.
When questioned, the couple couldn’t get their stories straight and the scheme completely unraveled when investigator followed up with the couple a week later.
Ender and Jones are now facing felony charges.