Discover Lottery Fraud with Identity Resolution

 

Detection and prevention of retailer fraud has recently become a critical issue for state and provincial lottery organizations. This type of lottery fraud occurs when a retailer or clerk takes a winner's ticket and lies about the ticket being a winner and then turns the ticket in personally or through a relative/friend to collect the winnings. Several high profile cases have increased pressure on investigators and legislators to ensure that players receive fair and equitable treatment.

Infoglide's Identity Resolution Engine™ (IRE) addresses retailer lottery fraud by uncovering suspicious patterns in the data that is collected on lottery winners and lottery retail owners and employees along with publicly available databases. IRE easily taps into disparate, even remote, data sources and determines who's who and who knows whom.

For example, if Nick Johnson turns in a winning lottery ticket, we can quickly determine that, while Nick isn't a retailer or retail employee himself, he does have an address that is 90% similar to a known retail employee, Brad Jonsen. Additionally, their last names (Johnson and Jonsen) score in the 90th percentile for similarity, indicating a possible relationship and high potential for fraud.

By automating the process of delivering strong leads to investigators, IRE allows lottery corporations to find and prosecute more fraudulent retailers and preserve players' trust.

For more information on these solutions, download Exposing Retailer Lottery Fraud with Identity Resolution (PDF).