Scratchcards fraud uncovered in Rome with €25 million in assets seized

Italian authorities have uncovered a suspected fraud scheme involving Gratta e Vinci scratchcards, a popular lottery game, leading to the seizure of over €25 million ($27.98 million) in assets from five former employees of a gaming concessionaire. While the concessionaire company itself faced no accusations, prosecutors allege that these five individuals exploited privileged system access to identify winning tickets in advance, effectively bypassing the game’s intended randomness. According to reports from La Stampa , the five former employees allegedly identified four winning scratchcards ahead of their distribution to the public.