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N.C. resident speaks out against computerized lottery drawings
Ypsilanti, MI United States Member #16012 May 20, 2005 185 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 25, 2005, 11:31 pm - IP Logged |
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They better start a letter writing campaign before the "director" makes the purchase...otherwise, its all over. Michigan has rng for everything but the 3 and 4 digits....the number game is their cash cow and I think they would be scared to death to change to the RNG type drawings for fear of out right revolt, therefore they resort to changing the ball sets EVERY drawing.....better that than the RNG tho....To me you have a better chance at winning on an instant ticket than any thing that is RNG generated, that is why I rarely play anything other than the 3 and 4 pick games and the mega-millions.... at least those 3 drawings are live?
Are you certain MI uses balls for Pick 3 and Pick 4? I've been operating/playing under incorrect notions then...I had thought that MI was using RNG for all of their drawings. I pretty much had stayed clear of MI for that reason on P3 and P4.
In the end though, I guess its not so much whether one can find "trends" in RNG games (seems like they show there as much as in the manual games) but its the potential for abuse/rigging that the game operators have at their disposal that is the problem. Lottery Commissions are basically government, and since government has made themselves a track record of being untrustworthy and sneaky over the years, is it any wonder that so many of us view them with high suspicion on everything they do?
I know I trust government about as far as I could toss a horse !
I watch the drawings every day... I am certain it is a ball drawing...
What I don't understand about MI though is if you look closely, sometimes the balls will look "dirty." I have seen this on more than a few occasions and I am convinced they NEVER change the ball sets... they just leave them in the machine and let them collect dust and dirt to the point it makes them weigh too much and then they just scrap the machines and go to RNG's... this is what I think happened with Cash (Fantasy) 5 and MI Lotto. The balls were so horrendously dirty on the last televised draw of MI Rolldown that it looked like they had never been changed or cleaned.
Come On Michigan! Listen to your players and scrap the RNG's!!!!
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Bethesda, Maryland United States Member #17193 June 6, 2005 432 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 26, 2005, 2:37 pm - IP Logged |
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 HAPPY SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVERYONE........11/26
I just popped out of my cup of Tea to ask a "quick ?"........are computerized drawings the same or similar to the "quick pick numbers"???.....I would really like to know.........
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Stroudsburg, PA United States Member #1860 July 11, 2003 2599 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 27, 2005, 1:09 am - IP Logged |
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HAPPY SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVERYONE........11/26
I just popped out of my cup of Tea to ask a "quick ?"........are computerized drawings the same or similar to the "quick pick numbers"???.....I would really like to know.........
Depends on the state. Most states use a different system than the one used for quick picks. But one state, Indiana, gets the results from the same computer that does the quick picks.
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Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 17069 Posts Online |
| Posted: November 27, 2005, 1:29 pm - IP Logged |
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HAPPY SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVERYONE........11/26
I just popped out of my cup of Tea to ask a "quick ?"........are computerized drawings the same or similar to the "quick pick numbers"???.....I would really like to know.........
Depends on the state. Most states use a different system than the one used for quick picks. But one state, Indiana, gets the results from the same computer that does the quick picks.
JS9:
That's not true. Quick Picks are generated by the lottery machine where you buy the tickets, and the Indiana lottery drawing results are generated by a couple of PCs in a room in lottery HQ. I'm not saying that computerized drawings are any good (they're not), but I just want to be clear that Quick Picks are generated in a different place.
However, from what I understand, the RNG employed by the Indiana lottery drawing PCs is pretty simple, so it is probably fairly similar to the RNGs used in the lottery machines to generate the QPs.
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Chief Bottle Washer New Jersey United States Member #1 May 31, 2000 17069 Posts Online |
| Posted: November 27, 2005, 1:32 pm - IP Logged |
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They better start a letter writing campaign before the "director" makes the purchase...otherwise, its all over. Michigan has rng for everything but the 3 and 4 digits....the number game is their cash cow and I think they would be scared to death to change to the RNG type drawings for fear of out right revolt, therefore they resort to changing the ball sets EVERY drawing.....better that than the RNG tho....To me you have a better chance at winning on an instant ticket than any thing that is RNG generated, that is why I rarely play anything other than the 3 and 4 pick games and the mega-millions.... at least those 3 drawings are live?
Are you certain MI uses balls for Pick 3 and Pick 4? I've been operating/playing under incorrect notions then...I had thought that MI was using RNG for all of their drawings. I pretty much had stayed clear of MI for that reason on P3 and P4.
In the end though, I guess its not so much whether one can find "trends" in RNG games (seems like they show there as much as in the manual games) but its the potential for abuse/rigging that the game operators have at their disposal that is the problem. Lottery Commissions are basically government, and since government has made themselves a track record of being untrustworthy and sneaky over the years, is it any wonder that so many of us view them with high suspicion on everything they do?
I know I trust government about as far as I could toss a horse !
You can find the breakdown of all the games for every state on the State Lottery Report Card. Michigan still uses real drawings for its Pick 3 and Pick 4 games (thank goodness), but I would be seriously worried if I were a Michigan resident. The fact that three of their games are already computerized is a very bad sign.
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Charlotte NC United States Member #17704 June 18, 2005 3478 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 27, 2005, 1:34 pm - IP Logged |
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 In SC they write the quick picks of the day on a board for everyone to see.
TakeemtotheBank
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Bethesda, Maryland United States Member #17193 June 6, 2005 432 Posts Offline |
| Posted: November 28, 2005, 11:31 am - IP Logged |
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HAPPY SATURDAY AFTERNOON EVERYONE........11/26
I just popped out of my cup of Tea to ask a "quick ?"........are computerized drawings the same or similar to the "quick pick numbers"???.....I would really like to know.........
Depends on the state. Most states use a different system than the one used for quick picks. But one state, Indiana, gets the results from the same computer that does the quick picks.
JS9:
That's not true. Quick Picks are generated by the lottery machine where you buy the tickets, and the Indiana lottery drawing results are generated by a couple of PCs in a room in lottery HQ. I'm not saying that computerized drawings are any good (they're not), but I just want to be clear that Quick Picks are generated in a different place.
However, from what I understand, the RNG employed by the Indiana lottery drawing PCs is pretty simple, so it is probably fairly similar to the RNGs used in the lottery machines to generate the QPs.
 thax much for the info. my observation has been that "QPS" in Maryland for the M&M have not been half as successful as the art of "Choosing Your Own Numbers"......Whereas, in other States such as Indiana, Ohio, PA, Missouri...to name a few, the "QPS" come out fairly often.
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