Yep.
So the new "loophole" to winning big seems to be becoming a lottery retailer, and mass scratching tickets.
I can't believe they don't have a policy that blatantly forbids playing at one's own store. They want to destroy open books when a retailer closes, or returns the book for a credit, but they're okay with allowing retailers to scratch at their own store?!??!?!
These retailers who won big are people who were likely doing research. The one who won the $2M on the $10 Holiday Cash probably requested instant liability, and book inventory reports. With 4-5 $1M prizes, and 1 $10M prize remaining on World Class Cash, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to suspect the final top prize was coming. With the generally decent payout, odds at hitting $1M, great odds at hitting $20k, this retailer likely said...F it, I'm going to take the plunge.
The logic that the Florida lottery uses (or doesn't use, as one of the largest lotteries in the world)...
I just wrote them an email regarding this topic, and I would appreciate if others did as well. If someone is feeling motivated and wants to write a news agency/journalist, this may be a juicy subject that someone would love to do a story on as it is dealing with millions of dollars and arguably scandalous.