More gambling news from Canada, except this time it is involving the lottery industry. Following a televised report aired by the CBC's The Fifth Estate regarding Ontario's lottery system, Ontario authorities have called for an immediate investigation into allegations that lottery ticket vendors are winning more jackpots than is statistically reasonable.

The Ontario Lottery has been under fire as of late, and with allegations that vendors are winning more than they should be, officials did not hesitate to order an internal investigation. Some critics think this is not enough, however, and that an independent review is in order to rule out the high possibility of corruption from within. One reason that corruption is suspected is because of how long it has taken the government to do anything about concerns that have long been present.

The Minister of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, David Caplan, announced that he has called for an internal review and that the allegations are being taken quite seriously. Caplan did not address concerns of those critics who say the current lottery system is not properly structured in terms of checks and balances, considering the fact that the Gaming Corporation conducts its own internal reviews.

As for the allegations that were brought up on CBC's The Fifth Estate, a respected statistician verified that of the 60,000 lottery ticket vendors in Ontario, approximately two-hundred vendors won average prize amounts of $500,000 over the span of seven years, which equates to approximately thirty retail winners each year.