Getting the story right takes ‘more than luck’

A nearly year-long VTDigger investigation into the operation of the Vermont Lottery revealed that store owners and employees were claiming large winning tickets with unusual frequency.
Reporter Katy Savage — by examining state Lottery Commission data and crosschecking it with store-ownership records — found that at least 117 retailers, or those close to them, had won a prize of $600 or more, totaling nearly $1.8 million. In addition, employees at 29 convenience stores claimed more th