Fire the CEO ! ! !

I would have thought that the software and computers was completely checked and audited before they were installed as part of the normal job of the people at the lottery.  The fact that someone failed to enter the proper command that controlled how the computer picked numbers was identified as the problem and now it seem they going to spend even more money to confirm it. 

Now I'm wondering how much was really expected to saved by switching to computers if people at the lottery was eliminating their work while expecting to keep their job.

"Ketron said, "She said they have an internal auditor who will be checking what the problem is and that they know what the problem was... Okay, if they know what the problem is then what's the problem?"

The problem is simply; the Tennessee Lottery Commission lied to the players when they said the computer programs were tested and double numbers were drawn.

I wonder if it will be the same internal auditor who checked the computers after the players complained that no doubles were drawn and assured them by email that after testing, doubles were indeed drawn?

Could you or someone else give me a link to where you found out where it specifically states that the lottery said there were doubles drawn during the time of the glitch?

You can find the e-mail posted on Lottery Post.  Many people posted it.  Do some searches around the time of the first major articles in August.

I found this thread:

http://www.lotterypost.com/news/161445

There were 3 paragraphs I was most interested in.

"It's just kind of odd it went so long without anybody noticing it and with people calling and sending e-mails about it, and they still said there was no problem," said Allen Lowe, a player who lives in Clarksville.

Lowe said he began sending e-mail messages through the lottery Web site the weekend of Aug. 11 when the drawings produced no duplicated number. 

He said the lottery replied with a message saying others had made similar inquiries but testing by security staff showed no problems, with double digits coming up in the random test draws.

Now, the third paragraph is the one I'm looking at the most. It says that Lowe said that the lottery said. Now, when he says the lottery said there were duplicate numbers drawn, did the lottery themself specifically state in the email that "duplicate numbers were drawn", or perhaps did he see a response such as simply "there were no problems" and then interpret that as "there were duplicate numbers drawn" and then repeat that as so?

Now I'm starting to get confused..... not really.

Whatever the investigation is, it needs to go back to the day Rebecca Paul Hargrove made a decision to switch drawing types what processes she and the committee took. And include every detail from the day she and her committee made arrangement to put in place computerized drawings clear up to the present day.

This report should include every email sent to the Tennessee lottery from the time the glitch was first discovered by the people, all news paper articles all the facts and figures and everything connected to the case involved.

What has happened since the computer glitch was corrected is practically irrelevant. All this will show is that the PC has drawn numbers but it doesn't clear up any misconception's on the players part, doesn't prove that the computers cant be manipulated.

Lottery officials are trying to side step any wrongdoing on their part.

No, the actual a-mail reply was posted by members.  Don't look for the news stories themselves.

I agree.  It should also include transparency into the financial comparisons showing exactly how many "dollars for education" were going to increased or decreased by going computerized.  After all, at least $90,000 "dollars for education" are being spent on an audit that would never have taken place if they didn't make the bonehead switch.