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JAP69 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:56:49 GMT

There was also evidence that players were becoming more careful, with 28 per cent of players (up nine points from the previous poll) saying they sign the back of their lottery tickets always or most of the time. Many did not place all the blame on the BCLC for fraud - 78 per cent agreed that it's up to players to check their own tickets.

Should be #1 priority with players.

Lottery CEO fired one day after poll

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:50:23 GMT

fThe president of the B.C. Lottery Corporation was fired one day after an internal poll last May showed public trust in the corporation had plummeted in the wake of a warning by the province's Ombudsman of possible fraud by some retailers.

However, another poll taken a month later showed tfhe removal of BCLC president and CEO Vic Poleschuk had done little to restore public confidence, and public estimates of ongoing retailer theft had barely changed.

The first internal poll, dated May 31,... [ More ]