26-Oct-06. Stores say lotto flaw in report. Calgary Sun, 4.

Variety store owners condemned allegations by the CBC’s Fifth Estate that 100 unknowing winners had tickets stolen by clerks over the past seven years. The report alluded to a disproportionate number of the province’s 10,500 lottery retailers having “insider” knowledge that let them claim wins above $50,000 and averaging $500,000.