Caution- theft of lottery tickets by retailer increasing

I would say it was his own damn fault for being too lazy to check his own numbers, but you should be able to trust shops like that.

I'm glad that that (#@$*$@ clerk is serving over 5 years in prison. Maybe now he can be somebody's ho and see what it feels like to be screwed - literally.

I'm glad this story had a happy ending. The clerk won't; but maybe his new "boyfriend" will.

I think the shop in question should be banned from selling lottery tickets, as well.
 
Agreed - I personally find it a matter of concern that there are more and more reports of this sort of thing coming to light from various lotteries (something which perhaps prompted Dateline to launch its investigation).

Canadian lotteries have had some very high profile scandals which have been reported in Casinomeister News as well as generating acres of mainstream press coverage, and the risk of retailer, or retailer employees, greed is worrying.

I know I no longer trust the retailer to check my lotto tickets after reading of the many scams.

Trying to take something positive from this latest story, it may serve as a warning to would-be crooks, and spur lottery companies to tighten up on security and investigate retailer wins.
 
This just happened 2 towns over from where I live....

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(This is in Massachusetts)
 
I am surprised that the system cannot reveal your winning amount. In Hong Kong, for each and every ticket on horses and lotteries, you know exactly how much you win by sliding your ticket at their reader.
 
I think that is the case with most lotteries, however it doesn't seem to stop some retailers or their employees indulging in a little sleight-of-hand if the customer is unwary or the chance presents itself.

And if there are no self-readers in the outlet, players are kinda reliant on shop staff (short of just checking the tickets manually for themselves).

I understand that where it is a major prize many lotteries instruct the player to refer to the retailer for further information, which could be another problem area.

In one Canadian province they were working on beefing up the audio and visual indicators that a prize has been won.

With so many trusting folks playing the lotteries it looks as if there are opportunities for the hishonest and ungodly to indulge in some crookery....and they're doing it.

They need to slam down hard on the buggers that perpetrate this sort of stunt - it's hard enough as it is to win anything on a lottery without having to worry about the people behind the counter as well!
 
Very interesting

Man, I wish I had dvr''d that. I love Dateline-usually the murder mystery ones though. Yes that sucks with the big winner. I can see how it would happen with 50 tickets, but as soon as he would have told me the store had a big winner, I would have checked the winning nos. against every single ticket.

The only story I thought was a little iffy was the store clerk who bought the ticket for 650, the lady actually asked him if there were another way to get the money. Seems a little wrong to suggest it, IMO.

Also, with the scratchers, why wouldn't you simply dispute not winning. Don't you just match symbols most of the time. At least take your ticket back. In my town if the clerk checks the ticket and its not a winner, they don't just keep them, they hand them back.
 
Call me cynical and suspicious, but I always initial my tickets on the back, and demand them back from the retailer after checking.

Having read a few of these lottery horror stories I take great care these days.
 
Man, I wish I had dvr''d that. I love Dateline-usually the murder mystery ones though. Yes that sucks with the big winner. I can see how it would happen with 50 tickets, but as soon as he would have told me the store had a big winner, I would have checked the winning nos. against every single ticket.

The only story I thought was a little iffy was the store clerk who bought the ticket for 650, the lady actually asked him if there were another way to get the money. Seems a little wrong to suggest it, IMO.

Also, with the scratchers, why wouldn't you simply dispute not winning. Don't you just match symbols most of the time. At least take your ticket back. In my town if the clerk checks the ticket and its not a winner, they don't just keep them, they hand them back.

Check www.hulu.com they might have Dateline episodes...not sure...
 
HULU/ OT

Win, thank you so much for directing me to hulu. OMG, I don't know how I went so long without finding it. We are a TV/Movie family. We watch a lot of shows, sports whatever. I am always dvring stuff so the memory is full on both boxes. I normally will tape all the 24s and me and my husband will try to watch in real time like in 24 hours, We never make it, lol.

This site just took care of half of my list. I can just watch some shows I missed. As for Dateline, I don't know yet, The site is so awesome, I haven't had time to check yet.:thumbsup:
 
In Ontario you're supposed to sign your ticket before it's checked. The ticket seller is supposed to tell you to. There's even radio ads telling you to do it. You can scan your own ticket at the point of purchase now as well. The Ontario Lottery Corp. is taking it quite seriously.
 
Yeah - I think that may be part of the general tightening up at OLG - they were at the centre of a massive enquiry by the Ombudsman last year that resulted in some heavy criticism and the CEO resigning.

Earlier, some university boffs analysed data from various sources and discovered that retailers were scoring a significantly disproportionate ratio of wins, triggering an enquiry and wide press coverage.

The BC lottery also had hassles, according to media reports.
 
Dateline is one of the shows I truly miss from the states - great report! The hidden camera stuff is awesome. I like seeing these crooks squirm.
 
Slightly off topic but I saw a guy get burnt in one of those Dateline stings where they sent a girl pose as a minor in chat rooms and agree to have adult guys over for sex. I knew of the guy from an education based chat room.

I always knew he was a sleezeball.
 
Another Canadian ticket retailer employee bites the dust.

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"An employee of an Oshawa convenience store is accused of holding "free play" tickets back from customers for himself, police said today....."
 
Someone stole my Casino Rewards lottery tickets.

Now they're going to have to cash them in and lose at Casino Classic for 20 minutes!
 
Geezzz, Oshawa is the next town over....10 min.s from me.....LOL.......I get tickets at a few stores in Oshawa....We are supposed to sign all our tickets now before the cashier scans them or they aren't supposed to......They can get into major trouble now....
 
I have to admit, I love playing the lotto, and this has to be my nightmare. Every time I check my ticket at the lotto vendor, my eyes are on them like a hawk!
 
The payout ratio of lottery tickets is a scam in itself,isn't it like 1% payout ?Such abuse of people with poor math skills.

If you look at the back of a scratch ticket owned by a lotto company it also says a whole lot,35% payout for 50cent pull tab tickets,45-50% for 1$ tickets and 65% is the highest payout ratio I have ever seen for a scratch ticket.

I am Canadian by the way,it really pisses me off to see people buy 20$ worth of lotto tickets every day,and I see some go as far as 50$ a day no joke.I am a store clerk and see people gambling every day on lotto,the scratch tickets are the worse,I have seen many buy as much as 100 tickets.If you ask me the most I have ever seen a person win on a lotto ticket is about 50$ for getting a few numbers.

Seems you would have a way better chance playing 50cent a spin on a random slot machine than pay 50cent for a pull tab or cheap scratch ticket o_O

Even a progressive jackpot would be more likely to be more profitable...
 

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