The Press also found that more than two dozen members of an extended family that operates a chain of Cedar Food Market stores in Atlantic County have claimed a total of 368 prizes worth nearly $958,000 since 2004.
“That is a subject we’re not interested in talking about,” one of the winners, Nimer Nammour, 55, of Atlantic City, told a Press reporter before hanging up the telephone.
Fred Altiero, a lottery agent who operates Altiero Liquors in Paterson, has claimed 244 lottery prizes totaling more than $500,000 since 2004. His wife and adult children claimed another 88 prizes worth $209,439.50, the newspaper reported.
A lottery statistician calculated Altiero would statistically have had to spent more than $1.2 million over the course of almost 11 years — or about $315 per day — to produce that many wins.
New Jersey Lottery spokeswoman Judith L. Drucker told the Asbury Park Press that the division aggressively enforces the discounting ban through random field inspections and undercover visits.
Drucker said the Lottery’s Security Unit has initiated more than 1,200 investigations involving agent claims so far this year, and established 41 cases attributable to ticket discounting. Some of those investigations are still underway
“We have a very thorough and strict investigative process, so we’re confident our security team is doing what they’re supposed to be doing,” she told the newspaper.
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