Retailers may face restrictions on buying lottery tickets
Last Updated: Monday, October 29, 2007 | 8:20 AM ET
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Ontario lottery retailers may soon be prevented from buying and cashing personal tickets in their own stores.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation tried to impose such rule in August, but retailers fought it and the OLG backed off.
Chris Wilcox of the Ontario Convenience Stores Association warns retailers will fight any move to prohibit them from buying or redeeming personal tickets in their stores.
OLG spokesman Jim Cronin says they're still talking to lottery retailers and no decision has been made yet on whether to impose the rule.
Proposals for such a rule followed reports that retailers were cashing in winning lottery tickets at a rate far higher than the general public.
© The Canadian Press, 2007
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