N.C. Lottery fraud trial: E-mail disclosure has witness in tears

Comment #4

EXCALIBUR — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:12:40 GMT

Tell that to people like losingJeff, He is back, read this:

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/142161.htm

Time ago either as LANTERN or as EXCALIBUR (I don't remember) I did a short study of Idiana's past draws and that study showed to me just how crooked that game was at that time, maybe still is (?).

How many people have ever gotten 5 winning numbers out of the 6 possible ones for a singles pick 3 winning number,1 straight and 4 boxed, in fewer than 80 numbers (Combos)?, I would like... [ More ]

Comment #3

Drivedabizness — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:46:44 GMT

By the way - the whole lobbying thing IS scummy.

SGMS had a terrible time with the SC implementation. They were trying to use access to get a deal favorable to them in NC and they got caught red handed.

Its the kind of thing that gives the industry a bad name.

Comment #2

Drivedabizness — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:58:24 GMT

Every action taken on a lottery central computer system is logged and monitored.

The actual play information is not stored in any fashion that can be read by a computer operator - in fact it is scrambled to help make sure no one can see what numbers have been played.

While not infallibale, (most) lotteries go to great lengths to ensure their quick pick algorithms are random. CA used the stats department at UCLA for many years and their sign-off was a necessary step in launching/upgra... [ More ]

Comment #1

EXCALIBUR — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:58:36 GMT

I have always said that there is something very rotten with the state lotteries and the companies who handle their business.

Not just Scientific Games, but all the others also such as Gtech.

They have formed what I call an unholy alliance, their lattest agravation is their RNG, they all (RNGs or not) are very likely picking winning numbers that very few people buy, as they know which numbers were bought long before the draws, with their computer lottery terminals and their main computer(s

N.C. Lottery fraud trial: E-mail disclosure has witness in tears

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:39:02 GMT

An office manager for former state lottery commissioner Kevin L. Geddings broke down in tears on the witness stand Tuesday when she was asked to read for jurors an e-mail message that Geddings had sent her last year.

The message directed Cheri Moore Pfisterer of Charlotte to not disclose that lottery vendor Scientific Games was a client of Geddings' public-relations firm.

Geddings sent the message four days after House Speaker Jim Black appointed him to the lottery commission.

Pls neve... [ More ]