Tennessee Lottery refuses to revert to ball drawings

Comment #24

tntea — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:39:40 GMT

Todd you are right. The sales aren't UP.. I work in a store.. and people are not playing like they did.

After talking with me, most just don't buy any. They buy scratch offs and PB. I let them know that it is computerized and their best chance is to buy one qp per game if they just want to play. Trying to figure out what is going to show is impossible.

I have customers at our business who work at other retailers. They too have said that sales were down with pick 3 and pick 4. M... [ More ]

Comment #23

Todd — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:01:30 GMT

Don't believe the BS the lottery put out there about sales being up. Read all the posts earlier in this thread.

On second thought, I think the comments are in a different thread. (Also in the news section.)

Edit:

Here you go: https://www.lotterypost.com/news/165325

Comment #22

mjwinsmith — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:00:48 GMT

Tennessee Players, the bottom line is that if they crap on you and you continue to play (Sales are UP!) then it stands to reason that they will continue to crap on you. Wake UP

Comment #21

LckyLary — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:52:50 GMT

I like how in PA for instance they have the b they have the nerve to show animated ball machines with animated numbers rolling out, on the website animation file that you download. I think they might be better off with computerized in TN because you just have to look for those weird patterns and you can use the same algorithm on the jackpot games as the digit games! Also the broadcasting costs could be cut but doing like the nj midday where you just see the machines with a disembodied voice. T... [ More ]

Comment #20

Guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:53:00 GMT

Exactly what I intend to do.

Comment #19

tntea — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:30:49 GMT

If one font works for some of dings hi lite what dings it did not work on and try another font.

I also have document wordpad on my computer and I can copy and paste into my wordpad and the translation is automatic without going thru font family

Why not just ignore it altogether

Comment #18

Guest — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:11:46 GMT

What the hells wrong with just writing in plain english?Whats the point of writing in code

Comment #17

JAP69 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:56:52 GMT

No-No-No-NO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MaddMike1

The great state of Tennessee......now ha$

$5 MILLION extra buck$

to spend on the children $$$

THEY are SAVING MONEY too cutting expensives AL$O

No-No-No-NO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MaddMike1

The great state of Tennessee......now ha$

$5 MILLION extra buck$

to spend on the children $$$

THEY are SAVING MONEY too cutting expensives AL$O

some of it is in webdings and some in wingdings.

to translate... [ More ]

Comment #16

tntea — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:58:04 GMT

No-No-No-NO>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MaddMike1

The great state of Tennessee......now ha$

$5 MILLION extra buck$

to spend on the children

Comment #15

pegeler — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:15:14 GMT

Guys, you'll not do any good at all writing to the Lottery Commission.

NOTHING scares a politician more, than letters from upset voters. So, scare the crap out of a politician! :)

Sen. Jason Mumpower is one of the wheels on the over-sight committee. Vent your frustrations to him.

mumpower@legislature.state.tn.us

Use words like loss of revenue , Coverup fraud , etc.

Go for it.

Pete

Comment #14

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:58:48 GMT

Comment #13

Guest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:39:04 GMT

Can someone decipher this gibberish for me,please?I only read English.

Thanks.

Comment #12

tnlotto1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:34:26 GMT

i havent seen them televise cash 3 and cash 4 but they still show that cartoon/graphics of balls dropping for the lotto 5 drawing with the dracula music as Todd called it.

Comment #11

KyMystikal — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:05:45 GMT

If broadcasting costs were escalating then why not do away with them? They were only televising the evening draw anyway. Another question, since I have stopped playing I don't watch the drawings, but isn't the computer drawings still televised

Comment #10

psykomo — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:41:25 GMT

Comment #9

tntea — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:46:59 GMT

I am in. anyone else

Comment #8

JAP69 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:53:11 GMT

Writing and e-mailing is not going to do squat.

Do like real protestors do.

Organize protest marches having signs with slogans. Chant themes while marching. Get interviewed by local t v.

Get arrested.

Fall down and kick your feet while being dragged to the paddy wagon.

Organize a march at lottery headquarters.

March in front of a high volume lottery store like the one in Admar.

Comment #7

chops — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:43:34 GMT

This escalating broadcasting costs thing is such BS that I had to register and put my 2 in.

For example, the Tri-State Lottery doesn't broadcast their drawings, yet they still do traditional ball drawings for all their draw games (Pick 3, Pick 4, Paycheck, and Megabucks), which are posted on the New Hampshire Lottery web site. If they can do it that way, why can't Tennessee

Comment #6

tntea — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:27:34 GMT

TV stations pay to have that type of airing for ratings to go up...

Write the stations and tell them you refuse to watch their stations unless TN changes back to the ball drawings.. No one is interesting in watching the fraud mess they are airing..

fight fire with fire

Comment #5

tntea — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:24:49 GMT

There is something fishy again with the TN lottery...

last five draws contained

ABA.... What is the likelihood of this..

Something programmed in that computer....

Rebcca is making splash again....

Email them now..

Comment #4

four4me — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:57:18 GMT

25 midday draws and counting the number 4 digit still hasn't been drawn. Give me a break they still think the product they are using isn't flawed i say it is.

It's pretty inconsiderate of them to even suggest that the product is working perfectly.

I am sad to hear that they refuse to revert back to ball drawings. I hope they reconsider. It sounds more like Hargrove is one minded on this. Her staff is lazy they have no interest is pleasing the people of Tennessee just because it's easer a... [ More ]

Comment #3

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:40:00 GMT

Well, that's that. I can say I will not be playing C3 or C4 anytime soon. (Unless its in GA) They would rather make $5 million rather than keep their integrity. In my opinion it would cost them more than $5 mill for their integrity. OH well, I've got the Florida and Georgia.

Comment #2

konane — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:31:42 GMT

............ old system would have cost $5 million more than before because of escalating broadcasting costs. ......

Believe that's a direct business expense deducted right off the top. Lottery could have moved drawings to another station ... so that one doesn't wash.

............ we've done over $1 million a day in financial transactions, said Hargrove. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/165325

5 mil is nothing compared to yearly sales, most important demonstrating transparency a... [ More ]

Comment #1

Guest — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:03:27 GMT

The fix is in.This lottery is corrupt

Tennessee Lottery refuses to revert to ball drawings

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:32:01 GMT

Lottery players won't see any balls popping up with winning Cash 3 and Cash 4 numbers on them, at least not for the time being.

The Tennessee Lottery Board decided Monday to keep using computers to pick numbers in the two games, despite calls for a change back to a ball-draw system.

Board members said they wanted to wait until auditors completed their final reports on a computer coding error that kept non-repeating numbers like 1-1-2 or 5-5-5-5 from being drawn. They also noted that sales... [ More ]