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On October 25, 2006, the CBC program The Fifth Estate aired an investigative report on lottery retailers winning major prizes, focusing on the ordeal of 82-year-old Bob Edmonds. His $250,000 winning Encore ticket was stolen by a convenience store clerk when he went to have his ticket checked in 2001.
Odds are calculated by the total number of tickets in a scratch ticket game divided by the total number of prizes in that game. Study the odds of winning and the prize structure for the games you ...
The Gaming Control Act (the Act) was passed in 1992 to control the growth of the gaming industry and the introduction of casinos in Windsor and Niagara Falls, Ontario.The Act was enforced by the Gaming Control Commission Ontario to ensure honesty, integrity, and financial responsibility to participants [1] as well as preventing criminal activity such as lottery scams.
Let’s look at the odds of winning lottery prizes for two of America’s favorite lottery games: Powerball and Mega Millions. Mega Millions Top prize: 1 in 302,575,350
Lotto 6/49 is one of three national lottery games in Canada. Launched on June 12, 1982, Lotto 6/49 was the first nationwide Canadian lottery game to allow players to choose their own numbers. Previous national games, such as the Olympic Lottery, Loto Canada and Superloto used pre-printed numbers on tickets.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is apologizing to people who bought more than 1,100 lottery tickets that appeared to be big winners but were actually misprints. TheStar.com reports that ...
Testing, approving and monitoring slot machines and gaming and lottery management systems. Inspecting and monitoring casinos, slot machine facilities and internet gaming for compliance with the Gaming Control Act, 1992, its regulations, licence requirements and other standards and requirements established by the Registrar of Alcohol and Gaming. [2]
Between 1999 and 2006, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) was subject to widespread retailer fraud. Authorities noticed that an improbably large number of lottery retailers in Ontario were winning major prizes, from $50,000 to $12.5 million.