Yes, there been few scams involved with lotto as few of the lotto organizers had deceptive purpose and intention. But those days are gone. Lotto is now regulated and controlled by legislature. So people are protected from any deception. If you want to win a jackpot, first thing is you need consider the ticket money to be gone forever. Rest you can depend on your luck to count!  Lotto is no longer a scam but becoming a healthy game and gambling for all age. There are thousands of examples of people who became rich buying lotto tickets, trying their lucks and winning the jackpots! If we try to figure out the total amount of money involved in lotto game, it will be few billion dollars. So you are not the one and only here, thousands of you are here every second!