Lucky B.C. lottery retailers also bankrupt

Lottery Post — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:47:00 GMT

At least two people on list of retailers known to have won multiple prizes were experiencing financial problems

At least two B.C. retailers who won the lottery multiple times were so badly in debt around the time of their winnings they filed for bankruptcy.

On Wednesday, after a scathing report from the B.C. ombudsman on retailer fraud, the B.C. Lottery Corp. released the names of 24 retailers known to have won multiple prizes over the past seven years.

Bankruptcy records obtained by Th... [ More ]