At that point your store will get robbed as well. On a more serious note, that process can be done online, in particular as a lottery. The main issue would be

At that point your store will get robbed as well. On a more serious note, that process can be done online, in particular as a lottery. The main issue would be that some stores actually want the crowd lining up to get news coverage of the event. Covering the event in a more dire light (from the angle of the store being too dumb with their operation ?) could help for those.