Ombudsman: Iowa Lottery Should Focus On Fraud

"It's easy for the Ombudsman's office and me to second guess what happened in the past," Rich said. "It also would be easy to simply agree with all of the recommendations from the Ombudsman's office and start putting in place new requirements and restrictions, some of which in my opinion would be massively ineffective.

"We will make those improvements that bring about effective change," Rich said.

Rich also said the report was a validation of unannounced security checks done this year by the lottery. He said the checks showed that all prizes were properly paid at 140 Iowa retailers.

"I think that shows the effectiveness of the lottery's system ... and the seriousness with which we take security-related matters," Rich said.