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Iowa Lottery exposed Social Security numbers of nearly 3,000 winnersNews Story
The Iowa Lottery said in a release Tuesday that the organization inadvertently released the Social Security numbers of some of its prize winners from calendar year 2011. This release of sensitive data was unintentional, Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich said. On behalf of the entire lottery team, I apologize for this mistake. As we have said many times through the years, human involvement in any process means it will not be perfect. We are offering those impacted access to a credit-monitoring serv
Sep 27, 2017, 9:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

Security Alert when posting!Reply
Oh my gosh, of course Lottery Post has not been hacked. What you are describing is malware on your computer. You are correct it's a scam. It is something you have installed on your own computer, probably by clicking some kind of spam message sent to you through e-mail. And every time you click links that it pops up, you are infecting your computer even more. So I'm going to provide the correct course of action for anyone seeing error messages like this. First a word about preventing th
Feb 3, 2020, 7:41 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Internet gambling restrictions attached to port billNews Story
House and Senate negotiators reached agreement last night on legislation to tighten maritime and port security regulations and, in a last-minute move, added an unrelated measure that seeks to ban Internet gambling. At the same time, House negotiators prevailed in their fight to strip out $4.5 billion in rail and mass-transit security funds included in the Senate provision. The port security and Internet gambling legislation was approved 409 to 2 in the House and on a voice vote in the Sena
Sep 30, 2006, 10:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

What's the Purpose of the Printed Time of Purchase on Tickets, If Drawing is 15 min to 1 hr Later?Reply
Every ticket has a unique serial number that corresponds to a record in the central database. In terms of the lottery identifying a ticket as a winner (or loser) that serial number, whether it's printed as a series of numbers or as a barcode, is the only thing that's necessary. The only sensible reason to print anything else on the ticket is for the player's benefit, so the clerk will have a redundant method of knowing how much to charge for the ticket (and one that will be accurate if they didn
Sep 27, 2019, 1:16 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tenn. lottery chief keeping mum about several key questionsNews Story
Tennessee lottery CEO Rebecca Paul is keeping quiet on several significant lottery issues, including why she wants to contract with a single vendor for lottery goods and supplies instead of splitting up the business among several vendors.In an interview with The Tennessean earlier this week, Paul was questioned about language in the request for proposal (RFP) sent to vendors stating that it is the desire of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. to select a single vendor able to provide a compreh
Oct 18, 2003, 1:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery insists computers are better than ball drawingsNews Story
Still smarting from the sting of a massive security scandal, Indiana Lottery officials are making a claim that computerized drawings actually improve security over traditional lottery drawings conducted with a mechanical ball machine.Hoosier Lottery winning numbers are no longer determined by white balls plucked from a whirling mass inside a wire cage.Now, winning numbers for Hoosier Lotto and daily games are picked in an office room, from a computer inside a black box secured with red, tamper-e
Jul 29, 2005, 2:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Can money buy happiness? Apparently yes.Reply
if money buys happiness, why is it that most wealthy people seem unhappy or unfulfilled? especially the ones that pursued wealth on the precept that money equaled happiness/security? seen way too many people to give validity to that claim. money buys things and experiences . having money can put one in a position that one who does not have money can experience. like someone else pointed out in an earlier debate about this. better health care, better nutritional opportunities, etc. b
Dec 22, 2003, 5:38 am - visiondude - Lottery Discussion Forum

Former MUSL official received severance amid lottery jackpot scandalNews Story
A prominent lottery official who was stripped of power after a subordinate allegedly carried out a prolonged jackpot-rigging scheme received a $284,000 severance payment, a recent tax filing shows. The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) made the payment to its longtime executive director Chuck Strutt as part of a voluntary termination agreement signed March 31, according to its 2016 tax return. The filing, released by the group in response to a request by The AP, also reveals that its leg
Jan 10, 2017, 10:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Internet Browers: Which Are Best?Reply
deja vu? I know I saw that link somewhere... HA! That's right, 1st page of this thread, my post, 7th one down! For security, Internet Explorer 9 is the best. Aug 16, 2011 article Internet Explorer tops browser security tests | Security | ZDNet UK: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2011/08/16/internet-explorer-tops-browser-security-tests-40093698/ ...I know you can't catch them all...
Aug 26, 2011, 1:21 pm - truecritic - Lottery Discussion Forum

New Internet Browers: Which Are Best?Reply
For security, Internet Explorer 9 is the best. Aug 16, 2011 article Internet Explorer tops browser security tests | Security | ZDNet UK: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2011/08/16/internet-explorer-tops-browser-security-tests-40093698/ For speed it is between Opera and Chrome March 22, 2011 article Browser Speed Tests: Firefox 4, Internet Explorer 9, Chrome 11, and More: http://lifehacker.com/5784396/browser-speed-tests-firefox-4-internet-explorer-9-chrome-11-and-mo
Aug 23, 2011, 4:31 am - truecritic - Lottery Discussion Forum