Ontario ombudsman report: Lottery fixed

Everyone thinks they have a chance when they buy a lottery ticket. You might want to think twice before buying an OLG lottery ticket. Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin says the game is fixed.

Marin ripped into into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission today with a damning report that claims vendors have stolen almost a hundred million dollars in prize money. Since October the OLG has received almost six hundred complaints of retailer fraud. The corporation is in charge of investigating those complaints. The ombudsman's investigation was sparked by the Edmonds case. the eighty-something year old man was cheated out of $250 thousand dollars by a vendor who stole his ticket. Ontario Lottery and Gaming corporation spent $800 thousand fighting and settling with Emonds. The report, which describes the OLG as: clumsy, unfeeling, inadequate, and inept led to Duncan Brown, the CE0's, sudden resignation last week. The Ontario government began damage control immediately: Government Accepts Findings Of Ombudsman Investigation New Brunswick and British Columbia are also probing their lottery vendors.