14-Dec-06. B.C. lottery clerks big winners. Edmonton Journal, A5.

Internal B.C. Lottery Corporation documents obtained by the Vancouver Sun indicate that British Columbia lottery clerks win larger prizes and more often than the general public. It notes that about seven-tenths of one percent of B.C.’s adult population works at lottery outlets, yet retailers have won 4.4 per cent of all lottery prizes over $10,000. Reports of “insider wins” in Ontario in October raised fears that lottery retailers in that province may be stealing customers’ winning tickets.