I still don't understand what the big controversy is.
You buy a scratch-off ticket with a 1 in 10,000 chance of winning some big prize, with better odds of winning smaller prizes.
Just because the person that bought ticket #5,000 means that the State should be forced to pull all other tickets that have not sold yet? This will be the end of instant games if this becomes the case.
Do people not realize that the size of the prize is based on the amount of money projected to be brought in by ticket sales?