26-Oct-06. Insider-jackpot probe draws scorn. Globe and Mail, A1.

The Ontario government is allowing the province’s lottery corporation to conduct its own review of allegations that an extraordinary number of “insiders” have won prizes of $50,000 or more since 1999. The CBC TV program The Fifth Estate has alleged that more than two-thirds of these wins may have involved the deception of a customer who bought the ticket. New Democrat MPP Peter Kormos said the government should ask the provincial auditor to conduct an independent probe of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.