Canada selling booby-prize lottery tickets

Comment #8

crystaltips — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:40:32 GMT

The British National Lottery has this information on their website so you can make an informed decision. I think the Canadian lottery should do the same. People should know whether they stand a chance of winning or not.

Comment #7

sirbrad — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:04:17 GMT

The PA lottery has a list of all the instant games and prizes left. Not sure if it is actually accurate though, you can't really prove it.

Comment #6

MADDOG10 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:59:58 GMT

WCLC spokesperson Andrea Marantz said while the top prize may have been won in some games of chance - subsidiary prizes are still available.

'Why keep on selling them?'

Winning $10 on a $2 ticket people are happy, she said. That's an attractive ticket.

All I want to know is, what I-pod has this ladie been smoking??? Is she for real?

Pull the rest of the tickets and stop deceiving the public....

Comment #5

BaristaExpress — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:19:16 GMT

Here in Delaware as soon as the last top prize(s) are sold and the lottery headquarters knows it, they give the order to all the retailers to pull the rest of the unsold tickets of that particular game!

No top prize left to win in that game, no more selling tickets of that game! That's the way it should be where ever there is a lottery scratch off ticket sold in the world

Comment #4

amininflorida — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:01:47 GMT

EXACTLY !

For example , here in Florida, they say on the lottery website which prizes have been claimed already (for the top prizes that is

Comment #3

MaddMike51 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:33:59 GMT

I couldn't have said it better myself,TSC.

Personally,unless there were some huge prizes left,I wouldn't play if the top tier prizes were already claimed.I think they should update their website daily instead of weekly,though.A lot of tickets can be purchased in a weeks time.Iowa updates its website daily,except for weekends.Stores in Iowa get an update from the lottery via email daily and most stores post it near their lottery machines for their customers to read.

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:00:34 GMT

I think they should tell people when the big prizes have been won. That way, those who play for the top prizes can avoid that game and try another scratch off game and those who play for any prize can continue to play.

Comment #1

RJOh — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:35:32 GMT

They should really let people know that the major prizes have been won, said Diane Bishop. I'm not going to buy a $5 ticket if I'm only going to win $50 what's the point?

Diane must not be one of those scratch-off ticket players who bought a $5 ticket and won nothing. Odds are that's what happens most of the time.

Canada selling booby-prize lottery tickets

Lottery Post — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:19:27 GMT

The Canadian lottery that regulates sales of scratch-off tickets in three provinces and three territories sells tickets whose grand prizes are already won.

Officials with the Western Canada Lottery Corp in Winnipeg told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. the policy was no secret and customers are advised in small print about the process.

WCLC spokeswoman Andrea Marantz told the broadcaster that, before buying tickets, players can check the corporation's Web site, which is updated weekly, to s... [ More ]