“She seemed like she had a sense of entitlement — that she was supposed to win the lottery”

Appleby said Shields seemed to believe that the lottery was conspiring against her — playing her numbers in other states where she didn’t play. He said she insisted that state lottery officials owed her money for the games she had lost because of that.

“Most people know when they play the lottery, they’re not going to win,” Appleby said. “She seemed like she had a sense of entitlement — that she was supposed to win the lottery.”

Police said in a statement that from April through December, Shields “repeatedly made death threats and harassed employees” at lottery headquarters.