The fraud had started since 1999 to November 2006, somewhere around 78 retail owners and 131 retail employees had won lottery prizes which were worth around tens of millions of dollars (Marin, 2007). During the seven year period 200 out of 5,713 prizes were retailer wins. The OLG in 2004 found, that retailers would scratch the surface of the instant win tickets to see if they would win. The OLG found 67 scratched tickets from Oakville at one location (Richmond, 2007). Corporation was already familiar of the fact that customers with winning tickets could be cheated by retailers; they were in fact more disturbed about the media and they were setting a bad impression. According to the article “Report Rips OLG in Fraud”, to restore public trust …show more content…
The senior bought a super-7 ticket on July 5, 2001, and went to another store to check the ticket where again he had won a free ticket (National Post). He played encore this time, a few weeks later, on July 27, 2001, he returned to the store to see if either of his tickets were winners (National Post). The clerk had checked the tickets through the lottery terminal and Mr. Edmonds was told he won a free ticket again (National Post). The clerk and her husband went to the OLG Toronto Prize office to claim the prize money as their own a few days later (National Post). The OLG had asked for evidence that the couple had only played the ticket (National Post). “It turned out the clerk and her husband, who were friends of Mr. Edmonds', had tricked him into handing over a few of his old tickets under the guise he would be entered in a special promotion at the variety store. (National Post)” The OLG had given the $250,000 prize money to the clerk and her husband seeing the evidence. Mr. Edmonds then called the police on March 1, 2002. The couple was charged of theft over $5,000 and the charges were dropped 3 years later when Mr. Edmonds settled a $150,000 civil claim with the couple. (National
The short story ‘The Lottery’ reveals a village of 300 that assemble for a lottery on June 27th every year. The lottery has been held this day for years and years, and has become a classic tradition. The lottery itself is holy to much of its residents, like Mr. Watson, who states that the village in the north is a pack of young crazy fools for removing the lottery. “Listening to the young folks, nothing’s good enough for them. Next thing you know, they’ll be wanti...
The Pardoner is the best representation of an allegorical character in “The Prologue” of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner is the perfect personification of fraudulence. He shows this in three basic ways: his appearance, speech, and actions. If one just glances through the reading of the Pardoner than one will think that he is a good religious man, but if one look further into it than he will find the small double meanings that he is the exact opposite. Chaucer likes to use an allegorical style to add some comedy and sophistication to his writings.
Written by Shirley Jackson and published in 1948, “The Lottery” is a dystopian short fiction about a cruel and barbaric lottery ritual. The plot and characters illustrate that certain traditions ought to be abolished for the betterment of society. At the beginning of the story, the entire village gather around every year on June 27th to attend the lottery, which is mandatory. Once everyone arrived to the center, an old man named Joe brought a black box. Eventually, the heads of each family have to pull a ticket from this box, but they cannot be opened and must remain folded until everyone took their turn. Eventually, after everyone had their turn, everyone has to open up the paper and show it up for everyone to witness. If the head of the family pulled a blank ticket, then the family has nothing to
Shirley Jackson wrote many books in her life, but she was well known by people for her story “The Lottery” (Hicks). “The Lottery” was published on June 28, 1948, in the New Yorker magazine (Schilb). The story sets in the morning of June 27th in a small town. The townspeople gather in the square to conduct their annual tradition, the Lottery. The winner of the lottery will stoned to death by the society. Although there is no main character in the story, the story develops within other important elements. There are some important elements of the story that develop the theme of the story: narrator and its point of view, symbolism, and main conflict. The story “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson, argues practicing a tradition without understanding the meaning of the practice is meaningless and dangerous.
The lottery began as a game initiated by merchants and enjoyed by the upper class of Babylon. As the Babylonian culture became bored with the game, the entrepreneurs of the lottery could not afford to continue. A new clandestine entrepreneur took over the lottery and became known as the Company. A negative aspect was instituted into the lottery; a fine was imposed on the owners of certain tickets. If the ticket holder refuses to pay the fine, he or she faces imprisonment.
“The Lottery” was quite disturbing to read. It is an very unusual story that has an ending that will have you baffled. You will want to reread certain parts to see if there is anything thing that you could have missed. The title of the short story is also misleading. In most cases the lottery is a good thing. People don’t win punishment and lotteries don’t hurt them. But in this story it does just that. The author did a great job of telling how anyone and everyone can follow tradition blindly. It is dangerous not to have a mind of your own and to just follow the crowd even if you don’t understand on agree on why something is happening.
When “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was first published in 1948, there were different reactions to it. Most people were terrified and off put that such a story should be published, but there were others who wanted to know where it happened “so that they could go and watch” (Hicks 1). In a way, that is an example of what the story was trying to show; humans, by nature, are fearful and apathetic towards other people. The story seems to take place in a recent time and in a civilized community. Almost as if it were happening now; though it is hard to even think that something like that could happen, especially here in America, which is where it seems to be taking place. As Cleveland puts it, “The crimes being committed here are not illegal,
Shields, Patrick J. "Arbitrary Condimnation And Sanctioned Violence In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"." Contemporary Justice Review 7.4 (2004): 411-419.
Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." The Harper Anthology of Fiction. Ed Sylvan Barnet. New York: HarperCollins, 1986. 862-868
When one thinks of a lottery, they imagine winning a large sum of money. Shirley Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery to foreshadow an ironic ending. The peaceful and tranquil town described in this story has an annual lottery, and you can’t possibly guess what the “prize” is…
Shirley Jackson was a criticized female writer that wrote about US’s scramble for conformity and finding comfort in the past or old traditions. When Jackson published this specific short story, she got very negative feedback and even death threats. In the fictionial short story, The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson, a drawing takes place during the summer annually in a small town in New England. In this particular work, the lottery has been a tradition for over seventy years and has been celebrated by the townspeople every year. In detail, Richard H. Williams explains in his “A Critique of the Sampling Plan Used in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery””, he explains the process of how the lottery works. “The sampling plan consists of two
Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." The Harper Anthology of Fiction. Ed Sylvan Barnet. New York: HarperCollins, 1986. 862-868
Jackson, Shirley. "The Lottery." The Harper Anthology of Fiction. Ed. Sylvan Barnet. New York: HarperCollins, 989.
The way the characters present themselves in the beginning of the story puts an optimistic view on the lottery. After all, lotteries are generally associated with an increase of wealth and prosperity. The outcome of the scenario seems promising. The town’s people gather with zeal. One character, Mrs. Hutchinson, rushes to make it to the lottery on time. This reassures the reader that the lottery is a must-see event. Another character, Old Man Warner, states that the other towns were crazy for giving up the lottery. With this being said, obviously something good was to come out of the contest. The reader does not suspect the tragedy that lies in the end of the story.
Hicks, Jennifer. "Overview of 'The Lottery.'" Short Stories for Students. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Jan. 2014