Ridiculous, this is not about moneys raised (deflect), this is about a system that was promoted to be perfect and it is not from day one. A lottery will raise money whether or not a ball draw or computer picked system is in place. The following is just a diversion from the real issue, ' "Of the $3.7 billion in total sales, approximately $2 billion of that has been awarded to players but most importantly we have raised $1 billion for the education program that we fund," Tennessee Lottery CEO Rebecca Hargrove said Monday. '; the faulty computer generated numbers.

Ok.  Has anyone seen their video on how their drawings are done?  They say that the computer cannot be broken into, and that the only thing that the computer is connected to is a modem that transmits the drawing information to the retailers.  What they don't know is that it is very easy for someone to break into a computer through a modem.

Yea i noticed that modem wire going into a receptacle with 4 other modem wires. Who are they trying to kidd. And how do we know that the PC's used aren't equipped with a wireless connection as well.

 What Rebecca didn't say was it was the players that informed the Tennessee lottery that there was a software malfunction. And her staff sent out emails saying nothing was wrong. I can understand her reluctance to tell the truth. But the truth of the matter is there was incompetence on the vendors fault and her department for not noticing the problem. Then to compound the issue they inflated figures to show they were making money. Had to have outside vendors to check the program that was supposedly working fine. If the oversight committee allows them to continue using the computer generated software i hope the people of Tennessee file a petition to get them to go back to ball drawings. 

In fact the Tennessee lottery should be required to run television, radio, and news paper adds informing the people of Tennessee that the drawings they use at the present time are computer generated. Not the original ball drawings they used for many years without problems.  

 Rep. Mumpower decision should favor the ball drawing over the computer generated drawings regardless of the cost. Just because Rebecca said the the software is working perfectly doesn't mean it can't be manipulated.

they say it would cost an additional 5mill to do the broadcasting?

I wonder if Mrs. Hargrove would consider giving up the "bonus" money she gets to help protect the integrity of her precious  

LOL.......because in her eyes the lottery in Tennessee wouldn't be what it is today without her "expertise".

The Hargollum

Stop playing TN in state.. Take it online..

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you .....I needed that laugh.

Sure does bear a strong resemblance moreso if you added a bun to the back of his head!