I occasionally see news stories of a robbery or burglary where the perpetrator cops some scratch tickets along with the other stuff.
with the lottery folks simply be able to void that batch of tickets? or, even more, use those tickets to catch him if he tries to cash in?
Yes. They all have serial numbers, likely sequential so if a roll has serials 0005 through 00150 and some are stolen it should be very easy to tell. If the inventory records show 5 sales and only 00142 through 00150 are remaining, all cards from 00011 to 00141 can be safely assumed stolen and invalidated.