Michael Andrews670 :
Ugh, I hate that logic and integrity force me to back the big company in one of these. First off, the thing about "unwritten policies" is that they're rarely cited by people who aren't benefiting from them. If he wanted to follow that policy, the time to do it was at night when they were left unpaid, not the next morning after the drawing. As far as I can see, once he left the store that night with those tickets unpaid, under AZ gaming law they belonged to Circle K.
As far as the "unfairness and unjustness of firing a 'loyal company manager 20 years in who followed all the company rules', that's not who they fired. They fired a manager who, after nearly 20 years of following all the rules, stole $13m of company property by passing it off as a legitimate sale AFTER knowing that it was a winning ticket. I WOULD argue that if he had a documented history of buying up those unpaid lottery tickets (I can virtually guarantee that in 20 years with the company, he'd have had many opportunities to buy unsold lottery tickets), and in this instance did in fact buy all $25 of the unsold tickets, that should be considered in his favor but likely wouldn't be enough to win the employment claim outright.
I'm sorry Mike, but I have to disagree with your assessment; Circle K wins the ownership claim and MOST LIKELY the employment claim as well.
2026-10-01 15:42:50