Tenn. Lottery uses other states' lotto numbers, headquarters flooded

Comment #24

KY Floyd — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:53:46 GMT

Or maybe their offices aren't on the first floor, and they only closed the offices because roads leading to the area were flooded.

Comment #23

Littleoldlady — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:10:08 GMT

I think they smelled a huge payoff coming from Michigan..they are due a double number of some sort. The 174 that fell in Ky mid is a favorite number also..they probably would have gotten bombed for real.

Comment #22

KyMystikal — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:06:45 GMT

FYI, Tennessee is back drawing their own numbers. I guess they must have a laptop doing it now

Comment #21

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:36:50 GMT

I bet you $1 million that they will end up getting the same numbers tonight too.

Comment #20

Todd — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:26:36 GMT

Just so everyone is aware, Tennessee again used other states' winning numbers yesterday (Tues., May 4) -- Kentucky for midday games and Michigan for evening games. The Pick 5 game is not drawn on Tuesdays, so they didn't have to use NY for that.

Comment #19

NYSlugger 777 — Wed, 05 May 2010 05:21:57 GMT

Wow and Tenenssee , and Michigan got the same straight tonight (5/04/10) 1153

Comment #18

Tnplayer805 — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:36:56 GMT

I'm certain (depending on the amount of damage done to the office) if they have to stay closed for an extended period of time they will grant district offices full power to cash big winners. I'd imagine it would take several weeks to repair damages.

Comment #17

DoctorEw220 — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:52:28 GMT

How funny would it be if TN cut off sales for their games a couple minutes after the nother states drew their numbers? People could make a lot of money if they did that.

Comment #16

HaveABall — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:19:55 GMT

Yea Illinois

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Got that right.

Hell, I'd be happy to get Iowa's numbers third-hand after they got 'em from Illinois rather than from that dang computer.

Comment #14

TheOtherOne — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:33:03 GMT

The Lottery HQ are pretty darn close to the Cumberland River in Nashville. Before they announced it I was wondering if they would have to close...I did a 10K run by the HQ a few weeks ago, and the majority of it was alongside the Cumberland Riverwalk. So I figured the HQ would be hit -- the flooding here is immense along most rivers, so I guess it was inevitable. Good for them for having a DR plan ...and even better for using REAL drawings lol!

I guess without them manipulating it the Pick 5

Comment #13

joshuacloak — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:00:04 GMT

we did indeed have some record rainfall/flooding this weekend, to bad rng will be back in a few days tops

lol water pwns RNG draws

in other related note

they better have their offices open in a few days, by wed atfer the mega millions draw

in case of 1 to 1 billion odds being overcome for my self

so i can claim my mega millions jackpot Rofl

i don't want to wait for their snip hq to reopen, while am holding the winning mega millions ticket in my hand

that be f'd up

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Comment #12

RJOh — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:47:15 GMT

This temporary change will probably mess up those system players who track games results because the data is from different sources.

Comment #11

TnTicketlosers — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:24:05 GMT

Like I said many times over,no ones perfect little world last forever no matter who you are...Todd for Tennessee Lottery CEO,Yea COOL.......

Comment #10

adamc224 — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:37:17 GMT

Somebody did win big in Tennessee on Pick 5... $100,000.00 winner... Good for them! As for the RNG Machines, I wish them all farewell for a day... and hope that they were in a dark basement somewhere filled to the brim with water... just frying their little circuts out trying to make a draw that will make the lottery more money... JUNK!!!

Have A Nice Day

Comment #9

konane — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:35:03 GMT

I know what water can do to electronics so hoping Tennessee players have an angel looking out for them.

Comment #8

sully16 — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:20:19 GMT

Win big Tennessee

Comment #7

Todd — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:06:49 GMT

Feeling optimistic this morning

Comment #6

Todd — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:05:40 GMT

I think like the article states it has more to do with the timing of the drawings in the other states. The lottery itself doesn't much care how the drawings are done, it's the players who care.

But since the lottery did start out with real drawings, and their disaster Plan was likely formulated at the time the lottery started, I would have to agree with your statement that their plan was probably formulated before they went RNG. I just don't think the drawing type factored into the plan. I... [ More ]

Comment #5

konane — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:05:24 GMT

Perhaps their RNG machines got flooded, shorted out, fried beyond repair (krispy kritter in the korner) and they'll be forced to go back to ball draws.

We can only hope for players in Tennessee they'll return to real draws.

Comment #4

Raven62 — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:26:59 GMT

Yeah, I did: Ironic as it may be: Their Disaster Plan was probably formulated before they went RNG.

Comment #3

pcurtis — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:20:30 GMT

I wonder what are their plans for today.

Comment #2

Todd — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:18:33 GMT

Maybe I should have titled this article, TENNESSEE LOTTERY HAS REAL DRAWINGS FOR A DAY .

Anyone notice that all the substituted games are drawn with real mechanical drawing machines?

Now if they do that every day, lots of players would be very happy....

Comment #1

Raven62 — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:13:38 GMT

Does every State have a Disaster Plan: If they do: What is their Disaster Plan

Tenn. Lottery uses other states' lotto numbers, headquarters flooded

Lottery Post — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:00:14 GMT

The Tennessee Lottery closed its Nashville headquarters office Monday, due to flooding conditions.

According to the lottery's Disaster Recover Plan, when the lottery is unable to draw its own numbers, it will substitute other states' winning numbers as its own.

For Monday, May 3, the Lottery used the numbers drawn by other lotteries on the following schedule:

Midday drawings for Cash 3 and Cash 4 used the numbers drawn for those same games by the Kentucky Lottery. Evening drawings for... [ More ]