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National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000News Story
A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales. The dramatic reduction in takings for the post-Christmas draw caused the jackpot to be trimmed from the 4.2 million (US$6.1 million) estimated on Christmas Eve to 3.4m (US$5m). Camelot apologized publicly after the problem which may also have prevented a potential jackpot winner from buying a ticket. A single player w
Dec 29, 2008, 9:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Devil's Advocate Mode - Foreign Lottery Scams.
I have no doubt that there are a number of foreign lottery scams going on right now. But, I also have no doubt that there are a number of legitimate foreign lotteries. Years ago, my ex and I played the Gold Coast Lottery out of Australia (Queensland) by mail. We didn't win so much money we could retire (grin), but we DID win a few times. One check I got was big enough to pay a monthly electric bill ... and one check my ex got was big enough to buy two weeks worth of groceries. The only mailings
Sep 11, 2008, 12:30 pm - AlecWest - Lottery Discussion Forum

Conditional FeedbackReply
Back on 2007-10-28 @ 15:39 ET, I posted a modified graph that was presented at the beginning of a Lottery Post News story; the News post was Tenn. players picked up on new odds before lottery revealed glitch. In it I had shown a possible trigger date of Aug 6; since then I have decided on the date of Aug 8. The following graph is from that Lottery Post News story and will be necessary for part of the theories I'll write about next. One of the theories I have been thinking about was the po
Nov 9, 2007, 3:55 am - JADELottery - Lottery Discussion Forum

Opponents of lottery say 'I told you so'News Story
A database consultant alleges the N.C. Lottery didn't deliver the money promised By Frank Koconis The N.C. Education Lottery has been in operation for barely a year, and so far the state has seen little benefit from it. The promised boost in education funding is much smaller than expected, and for certain programs, nonexistent. Even worse, some of the ominous predictions of those who originally opposed the lottery appear to be coming true. The lottery simply isn't bringing in nearly as
Sep 19, 2007, 1:35 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Why do people try to justify their desire to win the Lottery?Reply
meanings of ancient words at times have multiple meanings. But then again I don't believe in this Christian Mythology anyway. What I do know for a fact is that even 30 years ago if you brought up the notion that gambling wasn't a sin you would be branded a sinner and driven from most Protestant Churches. Your Bible isn't always as clear as Christian would like to think. If fact most don't even understand or know what it really says because they can't read it in it's original forms. The vario
Jun 17, 2007, 2:34 am - manzplan - Lottery Discussion Forum

Going WestReply
Oh Santa Mazk you constantly amaze me. You just keep winning all over the place, and I'm always a day late and a dollar or two short placing my bets. I've got everything ass backwards. I'm all in when I should be all out. I'm holding when I should be folding. My luck really, really is bad. I was teaching an Oracle class in San Antonio today and traveling yesterday, so - NO - elf Henny missed out again on several wonderful Santa Mazk picks. WTG Santa! Wish there was some way you could determine i
Dec 15, 2006, 9:54 pm - hennybogan - Pick 3 Forum

Fernando's Filters' # 1Reply
Ragwi Thanks a lot for your spreadsheets. But I find that I have very little time for posting nowdays. There is now another problem: I see that too many people seem to be using what people post here ar LP for free to make money out of, they are making lottery programs for sale and or selling lottery services using the lottery information that they got for free here at LP from some or many of us. As many people have gone commercial or mostly commercial, I will after all have to sto
Oct 13, 2006, 12:30 pm - EXCALIBUR - Lottery Systems Forum

Problems with Canadian Bank Note Lottery Group Software in Aruba
Canadian Bank Note (CBN) Lottery Group has had a myriad of problems with their new online lottery software since its deployment in Aruba. Initially, the decision was made to perform a total switch over from the existing lottery system, but this resulted in an outage that lasted several days. During that time, resellers were unable to use either of the systems and lost their income while the problems were worked out. For resellers it was hardsince they depend on their commissions. To make m
Jun 15, 2006, 12:08 pm - ATTTTA - Lottery Discussion Forum

464 gaming machines seized in S.C.News Story
Businesses say despite payouts, games aren't illegal gambling South Carolina authorities seized 464 gaming machines and computers Thursday from 13 York County businesses accused of hosting illegal gambling just over the N.C. state line. Drawing attention were an increasing number of Internet cafes where customers played video slots with prepaid cards. Business owners defended them as legal sweepstakes. Authorities, however, said the cafes, which pay out money to winners, are thinly veile
Mar 3, 2006, 3:43 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Firewalls and ad-blocking software
These days there are many different choices consumers can make about protecting their computers from viruses, spammers, hackers, etc. Popular packages include Norton, Microsoft OneCare, McAfee, Zone Alarm, Kaspersky, and Avast, to name just a few. While much of the protection is essential, the default settings are often overly-restrictive, and block things that you would not necessarily want to block, if given the choice. Internet security software often is set to monitor all Internet traf
Sep 27, 2002, 8:24 am - Todd - Help