8-time B.C. Lottery winner has history of fraud

Comment #15

tntea — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:03:38 GMT

Court records obtained by The Vancouver Sun show that one of those retailers Kulvinder Kaur Bains, 43, an employee at the Halston Market in Kamloops pleaded guilty in August 2001 to a charge of fraud under $5,000

They did something wrong, they plead guilty..

Comment #14

spy153 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:21:52 GMT

yeah, that evil withcraft of giving the sick an asprin.

Comment #13

Cr4zyH0rs3 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:06:38 GMT

Example some sales agents know when to scam and know when not to scam, that is truly the question here.

Although some agents are decent there are good bad in everyone including agents they are'nt any diffrent in this day age trust no- one and I mean no-one. (My mom always told God rest her soul) The only two true freinds you have in the World is your Mother and the last dollar in your pocket.

Comment #12

jarasan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:29:06 GMT

I said that in the first post I did the same thing I read it a couple of times and didn't find the WHAT THE FRAUD they're talking about.

On a side note. JX why would you make an accusation about the current administration trying to burn people alive? Can you give us an example? Because I can give you several examples of prior administrations actually burning people alive. Dresden, Hiroshima, Nagaski, and who was in charge then? Or is it that, when we defend ourselves and the left bunch o... [ More ]

Comment #11

justxploring — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:14:00 GMT

I guess I need to read this article over and over again. I don't see anything that says she stole the tickets from customers. Where's the crime? I also don't see why, just because someone was in financial trouble, it makes a difference. So if I lost my home and was totally broke, would that mean a lottery win would be investigated? Maybe this isn't the whole story. Winning 8 times is a lot, but not a crime, unless there is evidence one was actually committed.

Are those the days when Go... [ More ]

Comment #10

RJOh — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:57:57 GMT

Are those the days when God fearing people would burn other people alive for thinking the earth was round or for being accused of witchcraft

Comment #9

MADDOG10 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:22:54 GMT

There is no law in the United States, or in Canada that prohibits a lottery retailer from purchasing lottery tickets. Just because they're retailers does'nt make them any different than the rest of us. If they win then so be it. Christ where are these peoples mind at anyway. So what they won a total of X amount of dollars, where is the fraud in that? What about the amount of money that thet've lost. They have'nt won a major game there, so what is all the fuss about... These type of investigatio... [ More ]

Comment #8

savagegoose — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:38:02 GMT

i guess store owners may actually play more often than everyone else, as they are near the machine all day every day. but then theyre meant to getting their 5% or %10 whatever from everyoine els.

i cant believe the lax security going on in this place astounding

Comment #7

jarasan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:14:01 GMT

In MD and DC, there are customer scanner devices attached to the terminals' so that people can scan their own tickets! They'll say like not a winner or Congratulations, winner. Present ticket for payment.

I scan sometimes to double check but as an informed member of the lottery community I always know exactly what I've won, what I'll owe if I buy tickets with winnings, and the people I buy from know it.

They are actually surprised that when the tab comes up and I have the exact money r... [ More ]

Comment #6

MissNYC — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:25:56 GMT

You saw that on the E True Hollywood Special right? That was definately one interesting show. Love the quote by the way, Law of Attraction all the way....I guess we will both be lottery winners

Comment #5

nc6string — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:07:38 GMT

Plus, you should always save losing tickets anyway to use as a tax deduction, in the case that you may have some winners that year, that you may owe tax on.

Comment #4

nc6string — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:05:53 GMT

I'm not sure how the clerks end up with the tickets in the first place. There isn't a rule you have to surrender a losing ticket to a clerk. I hand a six month Powerball slip to a clerk to check for winners. If no, I get my ticket back. I can take it somewhere else if I don't believe them. Common sense. Might even take a winning ticket to another retailer just to be safe/sure, there's one every block here.

Comment #3

jeffrey — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:42:09 GMT

There is no punishment anymore. Where is the hot tar and feathers. Oh for the old days when they cut a hand or nose off.

Comment #2

TigerAngel — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:50:26 GMT

Recently on TV a store clerk check 50 tickets for a guy and told him he won $5. Actually he won $500,000. When the clerk went to the lottery to cash the ticket he could not answer their questions correctly, like, how many tickets did you buy. They looked on the video tape and found the real winner.

Check your own tickets

Comment #1

jarasan — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:43:03 GMT

That is a low threshold for being considered a Lottery Winner , I always thought of a lottery winner as a person that hit a significant jackpot at least $50K minimum. Also where is the fraud being commited? I see retailers participating in the games all the time.

8-time B.C. Lottery winner has history of fraud

Lottery Post — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:29:00 GMT

A Kamloops store clerk who won the lottery eight times over the past five years was convicted of fraud in 2001.

On May 30, after a scathing report from the B.C. ombudsman on possible retailer fraud, the B.C. Lottery Corp. released the names of 24 retailers known to have won multiple prizes over the past seven years.

Court records obtained by The Vancouver Sun show that one of those retailers Kulvinder Kaur Bains, 43, an employee at the Halston Market in Kamloops pleaded guilty in Augus... [ More ]