BC - Lottery inquiry increases chances of clearing air
The Province, Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Punters taking a flutter with the B.C. Lottery Corporation shouldn’t be forced to gamble on the honesty of retailers who sell them their tickets.
An inquiry by the official B.C. lottery watchdog, the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch of the public safety ministry, has identified only “minor technical problems.”
But revelations that the 4,400 B.C. retailers have been scooping lottery prizes at a far greater rate than the rest of us have prompted provincial ombudsman Kim Carter to launch her own impartial probe.
The lottery corporation pledges to “pay the right prizes to rightful winners.”
And while we wonder just how many government agencies are needed to get the facts, the issue of public trust is too important for the matter not to be vigorously pursued.
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