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# Sinning is irrational
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/sinning-is-irrational/
- Published: 2006-08-24T17:41:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:33:30.000Z
- Description: Sinning is irrational
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Keith E. Buhler, Uncategorized

### [Bookkeeper Admits Embezzling $2.3 Million for Lottery Habit](http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/nyregion/24theft.html&OQ=%5FrQ3D1Q26refQ3Dnyregion&OP=8868878Q2FMQ20dlMQ5BQ24Q7EqEQ24Q24LjMjHHQ3BMHbMjaMQ23vEdc%29Q24Q23MjaL!dPLp!LQ25Q26&ref=mereorthodoxy.com)

By BRUCE LAMBERT and VALERIE COTSALASPublished: August 24, 2006A bookkeeper on Long Island admitted that she embezzled money from a medical group practice where she worked and used it to buy lottery tickets.