Security
Virginia Lottery drawings are conducted under elaborate security protocols, in which each drawing supervised is by two Lottery employees and a representative of an independent accounting firm. The set of balls used for each drawing are randomly selected from a number of sets; and detailed records of "test" drawings are maintained to prevent systematic biases. In addition, forging lottery tickets, or tampering with a Lottery drawing is a Class 5 felony. All Virginia Lottery employees and applicants to become Lottery sales agents are fingerprinted and subject to criminal background checks.
Theft of Virginia Lottery tickets are investigated by both the Lottery and local law enforcement agencies.
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