Two Sparta brothers have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms following a years-long investigation into a sophisticated lottery fraud and racketeering scheme spanning more than a dozen Georgia counties.
Quinton Watts, 27, and Phillip Watts, 31, were arrested and charged with multiple felonies, including racketeering, lottery ticket fraud, theft by taking, and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
Their sentences — handed down by Columbia County Superior Court Judge Barry A. Fleming — come after investigators uncovered an operation that targeted Coin Operated Amusement Machines (COAMs) across the state…