Two women have been charged with stealing a lottery ticket worth $10,000 after the real winner left the ticket at a bar, State Police said.

Robert Collins, 57, of Ronkonkoma, reported that his ticket was lost or stolen at Richie Bs in Holbrook, and police said it was taken by bartender Nichol Anderson, 33, of Holbrook.

Anderson gave the ticket to Roseanne T. Alicea, 39, of Lake Grove, who took the ticket to the lottery office in Garden City, got a check and cashed it at a Key Bank branch, police said.

Collins told state lottery officials the ticket had been stolen, and those officials contacted State Police.

Police said the two women "conspired to cash it and share the proceeds." Each is charged with third-degree grand larceny.

Both women were arraigned in First District Court in Central Islip. Anderson was ordered held on bail of $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond, and Alicia was ordered held on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond, officials said.

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