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Investigation to probe who wins B.C. Lottery prizesNews Story
Follows similar investigations of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and Atlantic Lottery Corporation The British Columbia Lottery Corporation is welcoming an investigation by the provincial ombudsman into the number of insider wins and ticket-selling practices. Trust is paramount, lottery corporation spokesman Paul Smith said. We think this is a good opportunity for third-party reassurance to the public. B.C. Ombudsman Kim Carter announced the investigation yesterday, saying t
Dec 20, 2006, 12:16 pm - Lottery News

Canada lottery retailers win major prizes more than publicNews Story
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) said this morning it's not worried that ticket retailers win prizes of more than $10,000 six times more often than the rest of the players. There have been four confirmed cases of retailer misconduct over the last two years, with three involving ticket sellers misleading ticket holders about how much or whether they had won. Some ticket buyers say they have considered that possibility before. One man says if the lottery retailer has the
Dec 14, 2006, 2:39 pm - Lottery News

N.C. lottery retailers caught selling to minorsNews Story
Fourteen Western North Carolina lottery retailers were cited for selling tickets to minors in the state's first test of the underage law, according to state Alcohol Law Enforcement Division records. A two-month investigation done in August and September randomly checked 348 retailers statewide. Of those, teenagers were successful 98 times in buying $1 scratch-off tickets. Thirty-eight of those stores are in Charlotte, 33 in Raleigh, 13 in Greensboro and eight in Greenville. The state's
Nov 27, 2006, 7:54 am - Lottery News

Man who stole winning lottery ticket gets 5 yearsNews Story
A judge on Friday sentenced Sam Grair to five years and four months in prison for stealing a lottery ticket worth $524,000 at the store where he worked. Grair, 43, pleaded guilty in September to grand theft and presenting a fraudulent claim to a government agency. Prosecutor Howard Wise said the message is this: It is a deterrent to any store clerk that is in a position of trust so they won't do the same thing. Wise said Grair, of Camarillo, had no prior criminal history. In cour
Nov 18, 2006, 10:45 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket agent guilty in fraud caseNews Story
Agent lied to customer about a winning ticket A Sylva, North Carolina, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jackson County Superior Court in connection with lottery fraud. Jodi Gibson, 23, was charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretenses and sentenced to a minimum of six months and a maximum of eight months in prison. This is the first incident of its kind since the lottery's inception in March. Other attempts at fraud usually involved people trying to fool the system,
Nov 15, 2006, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Atlantic Lotto checking fraud complaintsNews Story
Atlantic Lottery Corporation is investigating several complaints from customers who are worried they may have been defrauded of lottery winnings by retailers. The customers are concerned they might have won big prizes, but weren't told by the retailers checking the tickets, who then went on to claim the prizes as their own. Atlantic Lotto said it received the complaints in the days following reports on the CBC about similar incidents in Ontario and the United States. We did get a lot of c
Nov 14, 2006, 10:21 am - Lottery News

Ontario lottery players advised to be cautiousNews Story
It's not just about whether you win or lose, but how you play the game, especially when that game is the lottery. People buying tickets for Wednesday night's $36 million Lotto 649 draw the fourth largest Canadian jackpot in the lottery's history have been advised to take precautions to avoid being cheated in the wake of reports that retailers may be lying about whether tickets are winners or not. The scandal arose several weeks ago when it was alleged that too many ticket sellers were
Nov 9, 2006, 7:09 am - Lottery News

N.C lottery retailers caught selling tickets to minorsNews Story
In August and September, teenagers working for North Carolina state law enforcement officers walked into more than 300 places where North Carolina lottery tickets are sold. They had been given strict and careful instructions. Try to buy a ticket. Carry your real ID. If asked about your age, don't lie. At 91 stores more than 28 percent of the locations checked clerks sold them tickets, even though it is against the law to sell one to a person younger than 18. Such violations were fou
Nov 7, 2006, 1:11 pm - Lottery News

Ontario lottery to be investigatedNews Story
The Ontario Ombudsman will investigate allegations about insiders winning a disproportionate number of lotteries to restore public trust in the province's lottery corporation. Andr Marin said yesterday that allegations that more than 200 ticket retailers or clerks have won prizes of more than $50,000 in the past seven years have cast a large shadow over the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. and brought into question its actions. He said he had received few complaints from lottery-tic
Oct 27, 2006, 7:08 am - Lottery News

Convenience Store Employee Accused Of Altering Lottery TicketsNews Story
A northern Kentucky woman has been indicted for allegedly altering lottery tickets. Catlettsburg convenience store employee Barbara Steele of Ashland was indicted by a Boyd County grand jury last week. Steele, 26, faces one count of lottery fraud, a crime punishable by five to 10 years in prison. The indictment accuses Steele of altering stolen state lottery tickets at the Fast Lane store in Catlettsburg with the intent to defraud. Commonwealths Attorney J. Stewart Schneider says Steele
Sep 12, 2006, 7:04 am - Lottery News