FLASH: Tennessee Lottery audit won't investigate drawing errors

Comment #25

LckyLary — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:30:39 GMT

Variables in a programming language can be any (program-legal) name you like. The letters U and R in this case were NOT variables, but one-character STRINGs contained in one variable which would be used to control whether or not to flag off as used numbers already picked. When you have a program pick with an RNG, there is the chance to repeat numbers, so in a Pick3 or 4 game that's OK but not in Jackpot games. The programmer apparently had the control variable set to equal U (unique) for the... [ More ]

Comment #24

psykomo — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:02:45 GMT

sad>>>>>>SKUNK^

smell's to > heaven

thank's to (ALL) our SHUNK's in the SENATE.......ET ta (senior)

Let's GIVE-UP^

(let's lay DOWN MAKE^ your 20 million moattage)

on YOUR cottage much>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>EASIER!!!!!!!!!!

FORCLOSE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>on ALL U ??????????

wonderfull^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^VOTE>>>>DEMORACATE R-2^^

T00... [ More ]

Comment #23

lottoscorp — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:34:55 GMT

Ms Tntea, what if you were to send that same text to local televivon stations and media including some of the local advocates...Do you thing that might expand interests to people in Tennesee? This is extremely serious.

lottoscorp-NY

Comment #22

time*treat — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:26:13 GMT

If the average person's only contact with the lottery is through the sales clerks, then it creates a direct conflict of interest for the clerks to say anything that might dampen the players' enthusiasm about the games.

Comment #21

tntea — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:34:02 GMT

I work in a lottery store for TN. Believe me , not all the people know the information/news about this glitch. Nor do they even know that TN has changed the way they get the results. I cannot warn them because it will hurt sales. My friend, the boss, would lose profits. I want to yell... DONT PLAY until things change back. I have written my complaints to TN lottery. Of course no word back...

DONT PLAY...

Comment #20

computerhead723 — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:30:58 GMT

what makes you think it was a glitch ....for 90,000 dollars I will say what ever you wanted ...or partners in crime the two covering each others back

Comment #19

time*treat — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:05:30 GMT

Lottery officials previously said KPMG

would be paid about $90,000...

Oh, there'll be a check alright.

Comment #18

LosingJeff — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:17:23 GMT

Welcome to Indiana folks!! Isnt it great

Comment #17

JADELottery — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:32:34 GMT

Why think small... how about something big like Class Action

Comment #16

lotterybraker — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:26:42 GMT

You Know..I was just reading this article for the first time and a thought hit me..I was thinking maybe a small group could actually file a lawsuit against the Tennessee Lottery because of the vote...The Citizens of Tennessee voted the lottery in through a vote correct?..That gives the power to the people..they changed the draws without the PUBLICS PERMISSION therefore they violated the law it seems to me..the public voted it in so they should have the say so..not the state gov..they are just in... [ More ]

Comment #15

lottoscorp — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:26:21 GMT

...A similar situation happened in Connecticut back around 1987-89. The Ctlottery was running their drawings on superstitious days or dates and got caught in a terrible fix. It was a Friday the 13th in May of that year and the number was 513 and lotto players from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York and of course Connecticut played 513 and as a result...The Connecticut Lottery had to borrow $80 + Million Dollars from Chase Manhattan Bank to payoff on 513 .

That wasn't the bad part. Th... [ More ]

Comment #14

GASMETERGUY — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:45:21 GMT

I certainly don't hold myself out as being a programming expert. I use only Visual Basic and VBA. If there is someone out there who is an expert, I have a question that I would like answered.

Is there a computer language and uses u and r as a reserved word? If there is, I am not aware of its existence. These letters might be a variable within a compiled language but, if so, they are subject to being manipulated via the keyboard or within the body of the program.

If these t... [ More ]

Comment #13

LckyLary — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:21:30 GMT

AGAIN, they obviously didn't have ME writing the program for them, then all this could have been avoided!

When they get it together over there maybe I'll write a prg. for the new TN games. Maybe.

LET ME 'SPLAIN something in case it hasn't been.. in my program if it is doing RNG on a Pick3/4 game, it picks each digit without regard to the previous. But in a JACKPOT type game, since you can't generate a drawing with 2 of the same balls in a normal draw machine, the RNG has to simulate this b... [ More ]

Comment #12

jarasan — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:49:30 GMT

Power to the people

Comment #11

AceKicka — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:17:15 GMT

I agree with BobP and all the above. I guess they didn't think far enough ahead to come up with an excuse that actually made sense. This is BULL and they know it! This is the problem with virtually anything that's programmed - what's the point of the programmer developing something that's random??

Why aren't the multi-million dollar games computer generated?? DON'T EVEN TRY IT!!

Legislators, keep up the fight. You must get to the bottom of this SCAM! And to all the other states that try... [ More ]

Comment #10

Guru101 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:09:52 GMT

Why would such an option be in there?

You need to understand that these options are in the source code, not the user interface. It's not like there's an button or checkbox to apply these options whenever the lottery feels like it. The lottery only has access to the compiled executable. Of course, there are ways to manipulate a program's operation even without access to the source code, but it's not exactly something the average Joe can do. I just wanted to point that out.... [ More ]

Comment #9

aaaok — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:08:02 GMT

here in pennsylvania the daytime lottery is computer generated and the night time are the balls. to me random means that anything can happen. so i just get that from the numbers 0 thru 9 . 10 times means atleast 7 different numbers should come up out of 10 drawings. so because of that computer picked numbers want to try their best to keep it pretty much even. so that makes the computer numbers kind of predictable,. with the balls that is totally random because u never know which

Comment #8

BobP — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:31:56 GMT

The simple truth is they LIED !!! They said the drawings could not be tampered with. Here is the very proof the draw can be tampered with !!! The lottery can change the result to avoid a problem draw by selecting U or R. Let's say they have a huge sale of 911 on 9/11 they can choose to avoid a repeating digit coming up for that draw. Why would such an option be in there? What other draw changing options are in there? They got caught !!!

BobP

Comment #7

JADELottery — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:15:40 GMT

Boycott People... in and around Tennessee... Boycott... Stop buying, Stop buying.

Demand it People... Answers.... Demand it People... You deserve it... Start the protests People.

Don't sit back and let this one go by!!!!

You deserve better

Comment #6

four4me — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:14:35 GMT

The legislators ought to jump in and speak up for the people. We could care less about how the computers are working now in fact we would be grateful if they tossed the junk computers in the trash or donated them to some school.

After all it was the glitch that caused people to notice and people tried on numerous occasions to get them to look into their computer problem and they denied having one.

It is clear to the players now that at the keystroke of the computer they can manipulate th... [ More ]

Comment #5

joshuacloak — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:01:30 GMT

audit FOR SHOW

not for results,

lmao

Comment #4

konane — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:35:47 GMT

Dead skunk in the middle of the road smelling to high heaven

Comment #3

tnlotto1 — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:11:14 GMT

i was happy when i heard there would be an audit i thought we could get some straight answers but now i see there is no checks and balances with the tennessee lottery they can keep cheating the players in this state if the players keep playing. you are right toad and kymystikal the boycott of this lottery must continue

Comment #2

KyMystikal — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:40:49 GMT

I agree with the quit playing. They never should have switched the format of the drawings without consulting the players. Players should stop playing so we can have a voice that will be heard.

Comment #1

ToadSchmode — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:34:32 GMT

Lottery officials have said the game became flawed when a computer programmer entered the wrong letter a u for unique instead of an r for repeat. As a result, repeat numbers were blocked, even though players could still buy tickets with repeat numbers.

This is random??? To me it clearly shows the program can be manipulated at any time.

Too many trips or quads played that day and the state doesn't want to pay. Hey charlie, set the draw for U today!

QUIT PLAYING!!!! Make'em p... [ More ]

FLASH: Tennessee Lottery audit won't investigate drawing errors

Lottery Post — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:02:34 GMT

Out-of-control situation gets worse

Legislators shocked to learn investigation won't study why errors occurred

The Tennessee Lottery hired an outside auditor after a computer issue affected the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August, but the auditor will not examine why the system failed.

Lottery officials previously said KPMG would be paid about $90,000 to look into the problem that kept repeat numbers from being drawn for those games for more than three weeks in August.

But a letter ob... [ More ]