CBS publishes second hatchet job on lottery

Comment #49

konane — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:06:13 GMT

Foot traffic in larger stores provides greater exposure and precipitates more ticket sales which increases likelihood but doesn't guarantee more winners. More bodies through the door, more sales of all kinds.

Second, in order to succeed/win someone must have a winning mindset, not just a desire or need to win.& Anyone who saw the movie The Secret viewable on the web and checked out the many spinoff sites for Law of Attraction discovers a winning mindset has no conspiratorial bias ...... [ More ]

Comment #48

LckyLary — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:03:54 GMT

Conspiracy theories and race riots aside, those COMMERCIALS for the Lottery (and the Casinos) are annoying!!! Maybe if they cut the advertising budget they'd have more to give back to players and that would increase interest in playing

Comment #47

computerhead723 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:34:19 GMT

just who are you refering to when you say the ignorant masses ????2. Who can fall off a turnip - truck , you will believe anything???? First most CBS documentries are validated with multiple evidence, since they heve been sued for reportin false news before;Its When they won't report , thats when I question their integrity ;such as 9/11and the Stock trade before 9/11 PUT Options - against American Airlines and the world trade center bein... [ More ]

Comment #46

WannaWinSoon — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:14:28 GMT

I agree CBS's story is completely skewed, and it leaves out some important facts about lottery sales in general. IGWB magazine, (International Gaming and Wagering Business), recently published information about lottery business worldwide, and it indicated that sales of number-based games like Pick 3,4,5,6 etc have been steadily slipping for years, and are offset by the more rapid growth in sales of instant scratch games. When I'm in convenience stores, or grocery stores, that's more of what I se... [ More ]

Comment #45

mpat69 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:50:57 GMT

I never did like that lady, even when she was hosting the Today show. I may start watching CBS news again when she leaves. Depends on who replaces her. I play the lottery because I enjoy doing it. I do not play my whole pay check. I only pay for a few tickets. I play mostly when the pots are large enough where I could retire on. I still play even when they are not so large, because I could still relax and enjoy the good thinsg of life with my family. Everyone says that is all it is a Dream , bu... [ More ]

Comment #44

MADDOG10 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:25:00 GMT

your right , under the current lottery operatons there is no way to convince me ;

Put the state police at each of the drawings and have the state appoint an attorney general to oversee the legal contracts which go on everyday behind closed doors ;

inspect the ball machines and the balls themselves everyday put that live and on TV ;

give back money to the community/ players that put money into the process.... in ot... [ More ]

Comment #43

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:11:13 GMT

I live in NY- we got the&whole earth here

Comment #42

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:22:59 GMT

just who a re& you refering to as ( iggnorant masses)& and (just&fell of a turnip truck) ;

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Comment #41

Tenaj — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:59:30 GMT

Most polls are slanted. And you have to consider the margin of error as well. And most of all - you have to consider the source. You especially have to be careful of special interest groups. You can pigeon hole just about anything to make a point. If you just fell off a turnip truck you will believe anything and the media and politicians know that. Whether you are within the ignorant masses is what's important.

Comment #40

KyMystikal — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:30:32 GMT

Actually I'm kind of confused. I'm wondering why you are comparing where you live to Texas? What the article doesn't say is what the demographics are for the population in Texas. I have a very good feeling that there probably are more Hispanics and Blacks there. If you conduct a study in a state which has more of nationality then of course they should be the ones spending more money. Also if your ever in the Ft. Campbell, Ky Area you will see that most all the mom pop stores in this area have... [ More ]

Comment #39

jarasan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:15:41 GMT

The population of DC is about 700,000, and this includes about 700,000 people, which is everybody.

Comment #38

BobP — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:01:44 GMT

You can't trust the lottery. Oh I suppose if you get the six winning numbers on a single line you will no doubt collect, but this is not an agency of government that's looking out for you.

When they say Play Responsibly they're just warding off complaints from critics like beer companies advising us to drink responsibly, don't sue us it isn't our fault you and our product combined to cause disaster we tried to warn you really we did honest.

Poor people play the lottery because that's... [ More ]

Comment #37

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:21:17 GMT

whats with everyone placeing the Race Card - on me for it was in the news - article- and God forbid I aggreed with the- news agency: lets see what did they say:????(like I said- people see what they- want- to see :)

CBS said ;

It's a shift of the cost of government onto people who can least afford it, says State Rep. Garnett Coleman, who has represented this neighborhood for 17 years. Is a drug dealer responsible when they sell to the person? Coleman a... [ More ]

Comment #36

Tenaj — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:17:51 GMT

This post remind me of a movie about gambling that I saw called Any Number can Play 1949 starring Clark Gable, Alexis Smith and a few people you'll recognize like Egar Buchanan, Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction and Frank Morgan, Prof. Marvel on The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Stone.

Clark Gable owned a casino and caught a lot of heat not only from his family (teenage son mostly) but from a few people who lost. There was a lady who dragged her husband to his house and insulted his wife saying th... [ More ]

Comment #35

Todd — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:15:43 GMT

So .... the lottery should not be making money? I don't think you've thought that one through. In every form of gambling, the house always makes a profit. That keeps the gambling enterprise alive.

All those things you mentioned about verify this, verify that, are already done. In fact, in your state (NY) the lottery is tightly controlled by the legislature.

In other states it is more of an independent quasi-government organization, but in New York -- the state you're talking about... [ More ]

Comment #34

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:36:54 GMT

thats a nice store ...never seen it when I lived in DC ;

but the poulation is who ?/

and look at the income DC lottery is generating from those sales?????????

the lottery machines is just plain over-kill

Comment #33

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:11:47 GMT

PART 2 IN RE. ASSULT ON ME AND MY INFORMATION&

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PAYOUT CHART FOR THE NY LOTTERY PICK 4 GAME ONLY it will only say how much is won but I and millions like me play everyday {aprox,. 1.4 Billion is spent on lottery operations per week: pleas deduct this from a billion p and notice the dates ;

Total Payout

06/06/2004 Evening 1017$6,025,040

01/27/2005 Evening 5555$5,002,900

09/25/2004 Evening 1129$5... [ More ]

Comment #32

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:05:10 GMT

Comment #31

Todd — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:31:10 GMT

That is a nice quote. I think we're all guilty of that at one time or another. Some more than others.

computerhead723, it doesn't sound like there is anything the lottery could do to make you feel they are conducting fair drawings. New York has real ball drawings, conducted on live TV, and to which they allow witnesses. I can't think of anything else they can do to be open and transparent in their drawing process, to show that nothing underhanded is taking place.

If you REALLY... [ More ]

Comment #30

SirMetro — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:17:56 GMT

I think that sometimes in our haste to defend the blindness of our assumptions we forget to see the truth that stands before us

At least that is what I think...but I have been wrong before.

Comment #29

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:16:13 GMT

first question:

I would love to understand your bottom line about what you believe the lottery is doing.

What is the lottery's role in all of this? If you could please explain it in as simple terms as possible, that would help me, because sometimes I'm a little slow

First Goal of the lottery is to raise revenue ,just who gets the Bulk of that revenue is questionable and classifyed information:

How they retain a steady winning streak ( here in NY... [ More ]

Comment #28

doubledee32 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:55:24 GMT

Well speaking as an African-American here in NC(charlotte) I don't see the lottery targeting any specific race, they even run messages encouraging people to play responsibly. And we do have minority's here that have hit it big. there was a jackpot winner from charlotte who bought his ticket in SC before Nc offered the lottery and he was an african-american(won $80 million) and just last year a correctional guard from Raleigh(African-American female) won $22 Million in the power-ball so let's get... [ More ]

Comment #27

Stack47 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:27:11 GMT

some times less than a block away and within 3 -5 block radius there is a huge supermarkets : thats competition and yyet its suported the neighborhoods, Ii dont frankly care if people chose to ignor the facts and chose to believe the lie

Within about the same radius there is a supermarket, 2 gas stations with food marts, a convenient store and 2 drive-thru's in my neighborhood; and they all sell lottery tickets. Maybe people buy tickets when they buy... [ More ]

Comment #26

Todd — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:19:34 GMT

You may have the case closed, but I haven't begun to understand what case is closed!

We obviously disagree about a lot of stuff, so let's agree to disagree.

I would love to understand your bottom line about what you believe the lottery is doing.

What is the lottery's role in all of this? If you could please explain it in as simple terms as possible, that would help me, because sometimes I'm a little slow.

Which part of the whole thing do they manipulate? Do they change the lottery... [ More ]

Comment #25

computerhead723 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:14:39 GMT

well if you stop chasing people with a burning cross and chains in the other hand and..... loose the white robe ...then some nice black lottery player will show you his neighborhood

Comment #24

Stack47 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:48 GMT

I have never walked into a small mom and pop store and saw a winning banner in my life in any black/hispanic community and I have been to many accross america;

Every time somebody makes this type of statement, I feel compelled to look for what they didn't see but I guess I'm lucky this time because I can't find black/hispanic community on my map. Maybe you could elaborate on why you go into so many black/hispanic mom and pop stores across America. Where can I... [ More ]

Comment #23

computerhead723 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:01 GMT

I look very well thank you but get the picture reality starts with questioning authority.

Rise up out of your own line of vision to comprehend that your experiences aren't necessarily indicative of reality!

Wow Todd , if I didn't know better I swear you were insulting me and saying I had lost my mind , seeing that my personal experiences were not indicative of reality ???

In the larger cities real mom and pop stores are run by fo... [ More ]

Comment #22

jarasan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:55:36 GMT

Check out this mom and pop store:

https://blogs.lotterypost.com/jarasan/2007/06/dc-lotterys-best-tenley-market.htm

All we need is a PowerBall jackpot, they've hit everything else.

Comment #21

psykomo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:39:02 GMT

Thank U ......Todd!

YOU .....................yes >>>>>>>>>>>> YOU

should be honest with all the member's >>>>>>>on Lottery POST!

PLEASE tell us what school of journalism..............you gradulated?

............HAVARD, YALE, maby Dartmouth ????????????????????????

YOU appear to know

how to report the ^^ news ....better/d-network

WE L@@K forward to Ceen'n U on the TLC soon... [ More ]

Comment #20

Todd — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:00:43 GMT

I GUESS YOU DON'T LOOK VERY HARD.

I have seen lots of banners in mom pop stores. I am even friends with a mom pop store owner (owns 2 stores) who had a Mega Millions jackpot winner in her store, and they have an enormous banner in the window.

Rise up out of your own line of vision to comprehend that your experiences aren't necessarily indicative of reality!

There is a reason that people are trying to explain to you these things.

They want you to understand that there is a mu... [ More ]

Comment #19

computerhead723 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:49:33 GMT

well I would like to repeate something I said before ;PEOPLE ONLY SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE ......

In reading the replys to this artical several people saw my rely was about race while others said I was advocating for the poor to win in mom and pop neighborhoods so they could buy food ....others sugguested I provide statistics to classified information while providing none of their own proff that my information was inco... [ More ]

Comment #18

Stack47 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:32:53 GMT

It sounds to me like you are advocating that the lottery manipulate the winning tickets so that an unfair number of winning tickets are sold in mom pop stores -- that they should do it because some people happen to need the money more than other people.

Public assistance comes from tax dollars and if it's true that mostly welfare recipients play lottery games and the lottery commissions can determine which store sells the most winners, wouldn't it make more sense to let those welfare rec... [ More ]

Comment #17

Stack47 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:13:24 GMT

WeLL I was infering that large chain stores and spermarkets with multiple locations who sell lottery tickets have larger winners with bigger payoffs than in small corner stores:

I was in one of those large chain convenience type stores early this morning in a very small town and saw a sign above the lottery machine saying that a $232,000 Rolling Cash winner was sold at that store. There is also a competing large chain convenience type store on the other side of t... [ More ]

Comment #16

Todd — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:08:49 GMT

Oh my.... now you're saying that there is some deep-rooted psychology behind the lottery and that they choose the winning stores because middle-class people play there.

You're also making blanket statements that are just untrue. Can you please show me a real statistic that shows supermarkets sell more winning tickets than mom pop stores? Not a statistic that you claim is real, but actually show the numbers and source.

The only way supermarkets would sell more winning tickets is if th... [ More ]

Comment #15

SirMetro — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:43:43 GMT

Sometimes, I am not sure which fascinates me the most; The belief that a completely random event can be controlled Or The belief that a completely random event targets a given segment of society and/or individual I do not know about other people and will not bother to post statistics I neither know nor understand. I do know I play based upon my personal interest and thoughts regarding the various games that are available. On occasions, on a gut feel that sometimes wins like the $500 scratch-off

Comment #14

four4me — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:29:27 GMT

It's not necessary to play the race card. People of all walks of life play the lottery and in every city and county where lotteries are sold. Winners come from many state areas also. A ticket holder no mater whom has the same chance of winning as every other ticket holder.

I have heard people say no one in Baltimore city has ever won the lottery. This is not a true statement there have been winners they just didn't go public about their win.

Comment #13

psykomo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:27:21 GMT

U will never C an

uhahhhhduuah an

ah<<< ATTACK

on the great state of TN.........from abc, cbs, nbc or cnn for.....

improper management ..........of the LOTTERY .......... ITSELF !!

because, they are not in the business to INFORM the PUBLIC !!

the Lottery Post is about all the INFO

on the what's going on

NOW new's

(U or most people gona GET )

LOL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some of U need a ....>>>JACKPOT... [ More ]

Comment #12

jarasan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:05:40 GMT

Everybody I know that plays numbers are not poor, uneducated, or a so-called minority. Remember what CBS stands for: Conspiratorial Broadcasting System.

They maybe #3 of the big three, but the big three are not what they used to be. They are actually much smaller if you compare by viewer shares. Hint: Look at Arbitron or Nielson.

Comment #11

computerhead723 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:44:29 GMT

said that I think the statement that blacks are being manipulated is not only wrong, but insulting. Also, the new article mentions POOR PEOPLE, NOT RACE. The amount of money you have is not a race issue, and I'm not about to make it one.

I have no idea where you get your statistics from, because I don't think you're using any. The actual statistics of winning ticket distribution consistently show that there is no bias against any particular geographic or socio-economic areas. It is comp... [ More ]

Comment #10

tnlotto1 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:06:29 GMT

i didnt like State Rep. Garnett Coleman comparing the lottery to drug dealers. in my opinion there is no comparison between selling illegal drugs and lottery tickets.

Comment #9

Todd — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:04:13 GMT

It doesn't matter whose sand-box this is. We both have equal abiltiy to speak our minds. You said your opinion, and I said mine.

Don't get upset and start implying you are being silenced or anything just because I put up a good argument.

I never said that there is no corruption at state lotteries. That would be pretty dumb if I did, considering the number of corruption stories I've published here in the past.

I said that I think the statement that blacks are being manipulated i... [ More ]

Comment #8

computerhead723 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:41:01 GMT

Todd this is your sand-box ..not mine ;

.and I had the immpression I could speaak my mind since I have read articles supporting my claims;

first I like State run lotterys's because that way it can be held accountable by the people and law enforcement; I want the state to continue lottery games ..but to disconnect them selves from corporate interest and insttutions like GETEC ;

I f a lottery needs a ticket -mach... [ More ]

Comment #7

four4me — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:57:21 GMT

If CBS wanted to allege anyone they should have went after state and federal government for adopting the lottery in the first place, and the reasons why states took over the numbers racket from the bookies.

oops i know why because it's a cash cow and the state and federal government couldn't figure out how to make extra money for this country so the opted for a sideline affair gambling. Siteing many different reasons benefiting the old, schools, teachers, fire departments, police dept, librar... [ More ]

Comment #6

Todd — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:15:42 GMT

Excuse me, but that is a statement that you need to clarify, because I can't for the life of me make sense of it.

You said, Black individuals are manipulated and short changed into believing the lottery is fair and and honest .

Please explain how state lotteries are able to pick out the black folks and make them believe the lottery is fair and honest , but somehow all the white folks and other races are informed that it is a crooked enterprise.

I thought this was a poor... [ More ]

Comment #5

computerhead723 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:19:33 GMT

The interview is factual ....Black individuals are manipulated and short changed into believing the lottery is fair and and honest ,......they are not and the corprorations which back and invest and sponser state lotterys are corupted;

I like to play the lottery everyday but do the sate change the balls ...YES...does that help them or the players ...it helps them :

instant t ickets ; are found only near the Governors resi... [ More ]

Comment #4

Littleoldlady — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:02:59 GMT

That interview is defintely slanted. Rent in that area must not be anymore than 250.00 per month. The utilities, gas and groceries must be free. It takes more than $15,000.00 per year to live even if you are a single person. Most of the people I know make at least 21+ thousand a year and most of the folks I know who play the lottery make almost $50,000.00 per year. The lottery offers it's players a dream that many can't seem to find in their job's retirement plans...a guaranteed stream of i... [ More ]

Comment #3

codmander — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:48:44 GMT

whats wrong with giving people a dream? After all thats probly the best part about hitting a lottery they should investagate how these numbers are drawn if anything

Comment #2

MADDOG10 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:56:23 GMT

Wake up and smell the coffee CBS..! Lotteries don't target anyone one individual, where are you getting your information from? Christ, you can't even clean up your own backyard ( your stattion), and now you want to create something that is totally untrue again. Why are'nt you covering the Tenn cover-up in the lottery??? You don't become number three from reporting the truth, you become number three from reporting the trash.

Maybe Katie can become Ms.Hargroves press secretary, would'nt that cl... [ More ]

Comment #1

dvdiva — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:53:53 GMT

If they want a hit piece that works maybe they can cover the problems in the Tennessee Lottery is having and the problems with comuter drawings.

CBS publishes second hatchet job on lottery

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:19:14 GMT

News outfit intent on slamming lotteries

CBS News, currently the lowest-rated broadcast network of the big three , today ran its second story in the past month attempting to dig dirt on lotteries in America.

In its latest diatribe, CBS News alleges one of the oldest, most widely-spread lottery myths that lotteries prey on the poor and destitute.

The problem is, the myth has been disproved time and again by long-term studies, using scientific means.

(See Study proves lottery not