Earlier this season, the fifth estate had the whole country talking about Luck of the Draw, the story of lottery fraud and 82-year old Bob Edmonds of Coboconk, Ontario, who proved he had been cheated out of a quarter of a million dollar lottery winnings by a corner store clerk. He subsequently sued the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and regained what had been rightfully his all along. After that story aired, the OLG apologized to Bob Edmonds, calling his experience "regrettable" and that they believed it was "an isolated incident".

That might have been the end of the story. It isn't.

the fifth estate's investigation found that Bob Edmonds' case was far from an isolated incident: documents leaked to the fifth estate show that concerns about insider thefts have swirled around the OLG for more than a decade. One former investigator told the fifth estate that our story could be "the tip of an iceberg."

the fifth esate would like to hear what you have to say. What are your thoughs about this story? And do you have any stories of lottery fraud to share with others?

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