Winton woman charged in alleged theft of gambling proceeds

ELY- A Winton woman who managed charitable gambling for the Ely Winton Rod & Gun Club is facing felony charges after investigators found missing proceeds and discrepancies in the organization’s gambling records.
Sheila Marie Weisinger, 56, is charged with theft and submitting false information to the state Gambling Control Board. She is scheduled to make her first court appearance Nov. 9.
According to the criminal complaint, Weisinger was hired as the club’s charitable gambling manager in 2021. The club operates paper pull-tabs and electronic pull-tabs, or e-tabs, at locations in Ely.
The complaint says Weisinger purchased games, handled audits, submitted forms to the state, and filled out bank deposit slips. She had control over the gambling money, and she and the club’s board president were the only people with keys to the gambling manager’s office and safe, according to the complaint.
Around October 2024, board members noticed money was missing from gambling funds and the club’s percentage of profit had dropped, the complaint says. They also said Weisinger was not providing financial statements to the board.
The club terminated her employment on Oct. 30, 2025. After Weisinger’s departure, her replacement discovered thousands of dollars in missing deposits, according to the complaint. The state’s Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement division investigated.
Investigators compared the net proceeds reported by the club’s e-tab system with the club’s bank deposit slips. They found that $69,293.38 in reported proceeds was not deposited into the club’s account between May 2023 and December 2025, according to the complaint. The complaint does not specify when the individual shortfalls occurred.
Investigators also found discrepancies involving paper pull-tab games. Each game consists of a set of tickets sold to players, with a predetermined number of winning tickets.
A state inventory report listed games the club had purchased, but had not reported as played. When investigators compared that report with the club’s inventory, they found 34 games were missing, the complaint says.
The complaint describes putting a game into play without reporting it to the state as a method that can conceal gambling theft. The complaint does not establish whether all 34 games were played or whether any proceeds from them were taken.
During an April 2026 search of Weisinger’s home, investigators found two pull-tab games that appeared to have been played but had not been reported to the state as played, according to the complaint. Weisinger later provided investigators with a box containing additional games and audit sheets. The complaint says nine of those games were open, but the club had no documentation that they had been played, and no deposits for them appeared in its account.
Investigators also allege that Weisinger submitted 27 reports to the state Gambling Control Board listing deposits into the club’s account that had not been made. They said the false reporting appeared to conceal missing money.
Investigators also reviewed Weisinger’s personal banking records and found $104,702.83 in in-person cash deposits between March 2023 and December 2025, according to the complaint. The complaint says the cash deposits stopped after she was fired, but does not identify the source of the deposits.
The theft charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $100,000 fine, or both. The false-information charge carries a maximum of five years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both.