Ontario Lottery Corp. ignored claims of corruption

Lottery Post — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:44:02 GMT

Scandal runs deep and wide; shoddy paperwork and turning a blind eye helped permeate corruption

Ontario retail store owners and their families claimed about $100 million in lottery wins between 1999 and 2006, including tens of millions of fraudulent claims ignored by the public lottery corporation, the provincial ombudsman said yesterday.

In a scathing report, Andre Marin said the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is more fixated on profits than the integrity of its lottery games and