http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413 Lottery Post News Story: Ontario Lottery may ban retailers from buying tickets from own stores en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923657 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923657 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 15:42:27 GMT MaddMike1
The solution isn't assigning a PIN to store clerks.Harsh prison sentences for the thieves might be a better solution.You have to give the store clerk some incentive NOT to steal...a mandatory 10 or 20 year jail sentence might just be that needed incentive.]]> MaddMike1 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=923657 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923501 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923501 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:53:40 GMT time*treat
Ontario Lottery to undergo criminal investigation

Gough said the insider jackpot scandal hasn't hurt the lottery corporation's bottom line since it broke last October with the case of Bob Edmonds, a 78-year-old who was cheated out of his winnings by a lottery retailer.

Edmonds, who asked a store clerk to check his tickets, was told he had won a free ticket.

In fact, his ticket had... [ More ]]]> time*treat http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=923501 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923470 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923470 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:44:10 GMT MaddMike1
I also don't see the point of buying their tickets from other merchants.What if they live... [ More ]]]> MaddMike1 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=923470 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923428 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413/923428 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:28:04 GMT time*treat
blah, blah, blah ... then they'll only fraud a little bit?

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion. OLG should use this opportunity to rid itself of those retailers who cannot understand this concept. Then they certainly won't buy or redeem winning tickets at their own stores.]]> time*treat http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=923428 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/165413 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:27:00 GMT Todd
Retailers will be upset that we're the ones being painted as the bad guys in all this, says Chris Wilcox of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association.

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. tried to impose the rule on retailers in August before backing off in the face of the associat... [ More ]]]> * Original News Story http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=921602