Also called: Lottery Investigator, Lottery Integrity Specialist
Investigates fraud in a state lottery, like store clerks stealing winning tickets, forged tickets and rigged-drawing attempts.
A store clerk has cashed 40 winning scratch tickets this year, more than chance allows. You pull sales data, watch store video and interview the clerk, who has been telling customers their winning tickets lost. You also check security at the weekly drawing and background-check new retailers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in criminal justice; many are former police officers.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Criminal Justice, Accounting, Data Analytics.
Growing about average. Every state lottery has a security team.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Data flags suspicious winners; interviews, store visits and building cases stay human.
Classes: Government, Statistics, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-3021.
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