Thieves uncover hole in Okla. lottery planning

Comment #8

Drivedabizness — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 16:42:40 GMT

When you're just starting up, this kind of flap is simply unconscionable. Part of it is a lack of PR management - we haven't hired security people yet ??? Are you kidding me? A lottery's biggest asset is its integrity - I certainly thought Scroggins was smarter than this but now I have real doubts. On the other hand, I doubt the store even knew they were strolen at 5 a.m.

Comment #7

CASH Only — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:28:06 GMT

Many times we learn when it's too late. The same probably will happen with NC.

Comment #6

Chewie — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:53:07 GMT

Security is never worth the expense until you have been robbed. Quality is never worth the expense until tires start falling off the wheels. SATs were never worth it until students could not fill out an enterance exam. Carrying a cell phone is never worth the expense until the car breaks down on a dark road in a high crime area. Stocking canned food and bottled water is never worth it, until there is none available - like after a hurricane; or a terrorist attack. Any excuse is a good excuse. Th... [ More ]

Comment #5

castles — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:30:16 GMT

I am a lottery retailer in TN, and we didn't have 24-hour on-call security people until after the first few cases of stolen tickets. It may make for bad PR, but it really isn't worth the expense of staffing the phones 24-365 for the limited chance of stolen tickets being validated. Plus, in the one instance of stolen tickets that I am familiar with, the lottery intentionally allowed a pack of stolen tickets to remain activated so that the thieves would go all across the county cashing in ticke... [ More ]

Comment #4

wreakshavok777 — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 02:20:04 GMT

I Wonder If there was really that many Winners in all those scratchers to matter....The most I have won out of a handful was $4.00. Hopefully After a while there will be more or a choice of different scratchers, if you like that sort of game. I'm holding out for some Lotto ..and powerball pick 3 etc. Haven't heard anything on what type of Lotto we will have.

Comment #3

CASH Only — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:42:12 GMT

Maybe Oklahoma should have started its lottery later rather than Sooner . But I'm glad to have been there on opening day, even though I lost $5.

Comment #2

Chewie — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:40:28 GMT

Obviously, they didn't award the bonus for exceptional directorship or planning ability. 13+ years in the business and never considered after hours theft. Thank the gods he never led a combat unit. How do I know he never led one? He is still alve

Comment #1

bellyache — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:59:24 GMT

Well at least they deactivated the tickets so if these theives had won they wouldn't be able to collect.

Thieves uncover hole in Okla. lottery planning

Lottery Post — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:54:00 GMT

A flaw in security allowed thieves to steal lottery tickets from an Oklahoma store and redeem them before lottery officials could deactivate the ticket identification codes.The Oklahoma Lottery Commission says it will soon hire security people working beyond the regular hours of the commission office to prevent stolen lottery tickets from being cashed.Last Tuesday thieves robbed a Norman convenience store of its supply of tickets about 5 a.m.. The store owner said she tried to call the commiss... [ More ]