[DNME]

How’s this for a simple solution:

If you’re the one assigned to buy “pool tickets” at work, just put the betting slips into an envelope and leave that envelope at work. Heck, lock it up in the company safe if that makes everyone feel better.

Then you can buy all the “personal” tickets you want and they can’t claim that you improperly kept the winner for yourself.

[kevkrom]

That's exactly what happened in this case... except that the employee in question was given an extra $5 to buy additional tickets on her way home. Then it became a he-said, she-said and chain of custody issue.