The Court of Appeal affirms the trial court’s order that appellant pay  $179,231.65 in restitution to the California State Lottery for the amount the Lottery credited to the merchants for the stolen tickets and for associated prize money paid to appellant by redeeming the winning stolen tickets.  The Court rejects appellant’s argument that restitution for the stolen tickets should be the net value of those tickets—that is, the retail value of the stolen tickets, $116,243, minus the cash prizes associated with those tickets, $62,365, because the Lottery remained liable for the prizes associated with the new tickets credited to the retailers.

The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A169966.PDF