Can lottery organizations control the location of jackpot winning tickets?

Reply #6

d1nnl2 — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 01:30:42 GMT

At least in NJ, their list is specific as to which store the winner was sold to. This led somebody who got access to the list to chase the winning tickets to the store location. I believe they had only $1,000 with them but they managed to get to the store and buy the whole roll. Too bad for them, they were not too smart because they got their relatives or friends to cash the winners for them, a red flag.

Somebody who worked from the South where the tickets are done once posted in Lottery Foru... [ More ]

Reply #5

Jon D — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:57:43 GMT

Found it: (William Foreman)

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/127545

But there are two issues here: What are law abiding lottery employees doing in normal practice/procedure, versus what are criminal lottery employees potentially doing.

The more specificity and targeting the lottery employs in the distribution of tickets,(if any) the more they open up the possibility of criminal fraud to take place by lottery (or vendor/distributor) employees like William Foreman.

Reply #4

Jon D — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:05:27 GMT

Response to good info from mrcraft in JWBlue's double-post in other thread:

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/250725/3401688

... there are many layers of checks and balances to ensure integrity of its scratchers, and in order to perpetuate fraud (e.g., sending your friends to buy entire rolls of tickets at specific retailers to win top prizes) you need at least 6 people from the gaming company and lottery office participating in the conspiracy to pull it off.

And yeah, that famous inci... [ More ]

Reply #3

LottoMetro — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:39:39 GMT

Sure, but they tend to avoid being 'specific' as this takes away from the randomness of the game. Depending on the size of the state, they usually have several distribution centers. To prevent all the tickets from ending up in one area they will spread them out among the distribution centers. They really can't control which zip code or stores get which prizes because retailers replenish inventory randomly. I have seen two jackpot tickets sold the same week at stores across the street from each o... [ More ]

Reply #2

JWBlue — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:12:40 GMT

What about a general location as opposed to a specific store? That would prevent fraud.

Reply #1

Jon D — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:01:09 GMT

Can they? Anything is possible. Somebody somewhere along the line knows where they are.

But are they? I don't believe so. The more people that know where they are, the more potential for abuse and fraud. There have been cases in the past of internal/security people engaging in this activity. But I don't believe it is widespread.

You can check out some of my previous maps of Scratch Ticket Winners to see how the winners are spread out:

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/257573

Can lottery organizations control the location of jackpot winning tickets?

JWBlue — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:09:37 GMT

I am sure they can control when they are released.

What about where they are released