They don't insist on CCTV but it's a useful tool. Actually the major source of fraud in most lotteries is the store owner . For small wins the ticket is taken

They don't insist on CCTV but it's a useful tool. Actually the major source of fraud in most lotteries is the store owner . For small wins the ticket is taken back to the store to scan it to check for a win, the store owner will tell the buyer that it lost, or that it only won a much smaller prize, pay that out of the till and then claim the prize. Especially in poor/immigrant communities where many player may not speak English or have internet access. There was a story on here about an analyst for an oil company who worked out the random number sequence for a lottery in Ontario. He also analysed the winning claims and discovered that certain stores where claiming a disproportionate number of middle wins.