| Posted: January 31, 2008, 7:19 pm - IP Logged |
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Guys:
This winner notification technology has been around for 20 years (the tunes that play any time a winner is validated) - plus most lottery terminals (at least the 65% of US market share that come from GTECH) immediately begin printing a cash receipt any time they validate a winner. Personally, I don't like the idea of a "longer" tune (with a voice) when you win and a "shorter" tune when you don't win - stores are generally crowded and noisy and the short tune is just as likely to confuse someone. Silence is a great way of shouting "not a winner".
The previous poster has some great points. I think its important for there to be tools available but ultimately, we all ned to demonstrate some minimal level of personal responsibility.
Not to change topics - but its kind of like the people who can't fill out a ballot. Give that same ballot to a bunch of 8 year-olds (an experiment that was tried all over the place) and they have absolutely no problem with it.
