Texas Lottery audit finds security flaws

Comment #13

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 08 May 2006 12:12:28 GMT

as long as they keep the ball drawings they'll be in good shape......

Comment #12

KY Floyd — Sun, 07 May 2006 16:31:36 GMT

Disaster recovery is a pretty common term in the IT field, and based on the article's emphasis on computer security issues I'm guessing the possible disasters they're thinking about are more along the lines of massive computer problems.A major failure halfway through the sales for an enormous jackpot could cost them millions of dollars and be far more significant than paying out on a bunch of stolen scratchers.

Your comments asking what the fuss is about is an excellent example of why c... [ More ]

Comment #11

savagegoose — Sat, 06 May 2006 05:42:32 GMT

i think disaster recovery my mean when there is a disaster and looting, recovering the unpaid scratch tickets or cancelling them.

if shops are flooded or rubbler an looters get hundreds or thousands of free scratchies, im sure there has to be a policy in place to make sure the claims are not paid. maybe thats what they mean

Comment #10

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 06 May 2006 02:48:55 GMT

my heart is big as texas.but my brain is the size of rhode island

Comment #9

Tenaj — Sat, 06 May 2006 02:19:29 GMT

Don't be trying to worm out of it. Your remarks are beoming more and more comical.

Comment #8

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 06 May 2006 02:08:25 GMT

i'm just kidding with you tenaj.you know i joke.......

Comment #7

Tenaj — Sat, 06 May 2006 01:46:24 GMT

I take that back, even though Lottomike might be guessing and not know the facts; txtotteretort's angle, and the way he presents his response is fishy and for all we know he might have some kind of connection to the Texas Lottery and is just letting off stream and is following the publicity and landed here on LP. I don't agree with txlottoretort.

Comment #6

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 06 May 2006 01:44:29 GMT

do you think i gave flying rats butt what you agree with,lol.every now and then i unblock you so i can see our newest disagreement.your lucky i'm in a good mood......

Comment #5

Tenaj — Sat, 06 May 2006 01:00:46 GMT

with txlottoretort.

Comment #4

LckyLary — Sat, 06 May 2006 00:25:32 GMT

Bulldinky... I don't understand what all the fuss is about... if someone got into their computer how would that help someone to predict future drawings when they are not computerized draws? At most they might know which specific draw machine will be used next but the advantage thus gained would be microscopic, if any.

The audit also addressed concerns raised by former and current lottery employees about the agency's ability to operate after a disaster.

This means what, the survivors of... [ More ]

Comment #3

txlottoretort — Fri, 05 May 2006 03:07:24 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by LOTTOMIKE on May 4, 2006your right about that.we've been guessing something fishy has been happening for quite a while.they even tried pulling that computerized stuff here a while back.they would've been the new indiana.......

Ok LOTTOMIKE, I'm pretty sure you meant "you're," but I can only hope. Now, who are "they," and when was "a while back?" By "they," do you mean lottery officials or the Texas Legislature (Texas, like all state lotteries I know of, can take li... [ More ]

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 04 May 2006 19:48:03 GMT

your right about that.we've been guessing something fishy has been happening for quite a while.they even tried pulling that computerized stuff here a while back.they would've been the new indiana.......

Comment #1

Raven62 — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:11:17 GMT

Hopefully they followup the Security Audit with a Financial Audit

Texas Lottery audit finds security flaws

Lottery Post — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:00:33 GMT

The Texas Lottery Commission needs to better enforce its computer system security policies and more effectively ensure that its main contractor is conducting background checks on its employees, according to a state auditor's report obtained Wednesday.

The report, which is scheduled for public release on Friday, said security at the lottery is generally satisfactory. But the auditors identified several significant security weaknesses, especially in the area of system access.

For example,... [ More ]