Lotto agent Ha Seng Hem stole a punter's winning Oz Lotto ticket to make his family proud A DODGY newsagent who conned a customer out of a $30,000 winning Tatts ticket and pocketed the money for himself has pleaded guilty to deception charges. Ha Seng Hem pocketed the money. A LOTTO agent tired of waiting for his lucky numbers to come up has stolen a $30,000 winning ticket from a punter. Thomas Walsh had no idea how much his Oz Lotto ticket had won when he presented it to Ha Seng Hem's Sunshine Plaza outlet in November last year. Mr Walsh was rapt when Hem told him it was $7241 and handed him the cash. But it wasn't until the next day that he realised he's been dudded - his ticket was actually worth $29,454.90. I'm a total idiot. I tried to make my family proud," Hem told Sunshine Magistrates' Court through his lawyer. He pleaded guilty to deception offences and was jailed for five months suspended for 18 months.