Identical winning numbers crop up in hundreds of U.S. lotteries. Are the drawings really random?

Comment #32

Rigged50 — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:39:27 GMT

AHEM!!!! Name, hint hint

Comment #31

noise-gate — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 04:53:49 GMT

Forgive me Rngrepeats, but when l read your opening sentence, l thought you were reciting the lines of a movie. Go get them tiger

Comment #30

Rngrepeats — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:39:41 GMT

It only takes 1 person to take down a mob of crooks and they have pissed me off for the final time! They think since they dont pay taxes and dont have to claim it at lottery office they will never get caught. But im a fighter and i have pages of bogus numbers. And they know im coming for them. I did ask TN for investigation in to the matter and ask for a copy of the report! And im sure ill be waiting till my last breath for the report. Or maybe ill get the group of riggers first! Wake up sheep

Comment #29

Artist77 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:22:39 GMT

But did you play it? I think they just told you we do what we want. Lol

Comment #28

Rngrepeats — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:16:12 GMT

I posted this yesterday and tonight TN brought tge 378 exactly like this! Someone is watching! Or could it be that i called the musl, tn lotto, and SGC this week and told them this was the number that made me start watching them and the rigging thats going on

Comment #27

KY Floyd — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:51:07 GMT

Convention would say that the Wisconsin Lottery results are statistically significant and even close to being highly significant, two Wisconsin SuperCash! games drew the same six numbers twice within 10 days in 2006. The odds of that happening: 1 in 326,262

Does anyone know how often the drawings were back then and what the odds were? When mathematicians tell reporters what the odds of a particular lottery event are, the numbers they offer are frequently wrong. Claiming that the chances of d... [ More ]

Comment #26

Tucker Black — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 17:29:35 GMT

If the RNG is producing the same numbers, then why aren't people buying tickets with those numbers and profiting big time?

While they may not be here on LP bragging about it, we would be able to see that in the state's annual reports. But the fact of the matter is that every state lottery makes buckets of money, so either the RNG is randomly generating the same numbers every once in a blue moon (that's what the term OUTLIER means, something unusual that is not predictable), or the software do... [ More ]

Comment #25

Jenemay — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:08:41 GMT

There is no random in computer generators number. If you review the last two years draws in any game ,you will notice a pattern and can almost predate the number of the next base on the result of the last. Why do lottery numbers increase after couple of years ? Pattern is getting very visible.

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:43:30 GMT

Consider the matrices on all games.

There's only a finite quantity of numbers to deal with.

Comment #23

Rngrepeats — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:07:01 GMT

Ive been on to Tn lottery for years! The number 378 got me to watching them it hit on 08/07/2017 then08/17/2017/ and again that month on the 08/27/2017. There is no way in hell that should happen. Mr tipton took the fall for a much larger group than anyone could forsee! And in Tn its funny that its just the cash 3 that is so bad. But i figure they got smart anything under 600 you dont have to claim at the lotto office and no taxes. Hence they will never get caught unless the fbi goes in and take... [ More ]

Comment #22

recon12 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:55:56 GMT

Its a control ball thing Random not so !!! I hate cheaters.

Comment #21

recon12 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:52:55 GMT

GM partlycloudy07

I agree in what you say regarding the lottery and its all states

It is sad for us players and one day I would like to see an all state boycott. that will get there attention

God Bless You and God Bless America...

Comment #20

paneagle — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 14:38:34 GMT

I have followed the winning state and national drawings on Lottery post for at least the past 5 years (paneagle solarstarlottery forum)

I predict accurately here using the unique SOLARIS STARS LOTTERY and Solar Universal (Something like Astrology but using actual degree positions, not psychological references). I have found a significant predicting using Einstein Relativity formula and its association reference mode for SOLARIS STARS.

I have noticed these three things 1) Significant dupli... [ More ]

Comment #19

erica3578 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:30:07 GMT

You said that right! I mean God forbid we win most of the money WE are spending...and everybody should know if they don't that it is no such thing as a random number...period

Comment #18

slipsinker — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:04:33 GMT

This was several years ago (4 or 5 ) , but I would play the Ohio lottery Classic game. About every 20 draws or so the lowest number would be in the 20's. This worked for awhile then it would go a half a year with very few numbers starting in the low 20 s and it is that way to this day. It seemed fishy. If the lottery could control the ball draws then they could have a computer program set up that would monitor the numbers picked and then choose a number that pays out the least. The Ohio pick 3,4... [ More ]

Comment #17

DIGITALMONEY — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:59:13 GMT

If anyone believes this bologna

Play - ( 9335 , 5993 , 359 ) For the next few days

Win big - You'll win from pick 3 and 4 - Before all other games

Comment #16

Y9955NYC84 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:05:52 GMT

just like casinos and online gambling the lotteries are built for us to lose yet as much as we know this is the case we go back and play against the odds over and over again for that hope of the big win (which happens every now and then) so we come back for more ...

as long as there are people willing to bet there will be games to play no matter what ! even though we know the odds are stacked against us its an addiction, and we come back over and over and over again ... at the same time its p... [ More ]

Comment #15

partlycloudy07 — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:50:29 GMT

I agree and I will also add that they have money numbers which fall when they need to pay out other bills. NC residents believe its rigged pick 4 especially since we've had an unusually low amount of quads since 2006 compared to other states. Quads here are blocked yet in 2011 we got 4 out of the 8 that has fallen ......I do think the new director Mark is trying but he should step up before we lose interest in our states lottery altogether. Rigged yes... to their advantage of course you just hav... [ More ]

Comment #14

Big Joey — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:04:18 GMT

Maybe those two states have the same computer software. Sometimes computers work alike.

Comment #13

Groppo — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:58:42 GMT

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Yes, and I love Chineese Food.

There's a dish at a local restaurant. . . . but there I go again, I digest.

(digress you moron, not digest, digress

Comment #12

Reggie Numbers — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:53:56 GMT

Anyone notice that IOWA and INDIANA share the same numbers

Comment #11

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:35:08 GMT

Come to think of it : Nevada was the West Coast's Steel Curtain against Eddie's shenanigans.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:07:15 GMT

Sailmumm- When l posted no influence on the WC l was taking into account: Washington State Oregon. Both of those along with CA do not seem to be affected, thus far. Eddie's gambit seems to have stopped in Arizona.Tipton had been pretty active on the East Coast neighboring States where he ran amok. As always, just saying.

Comment #9

Artist77 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:54:30 GMT

Did you watch the 60 minutes episode? The couple started a syndicate and collected money from friends and family. And they realized their chances increased when the jackpot rolled down and increased the next level prizes.They started with smaller wins and made a profit and then used that money as well for the next roll down.

Comment #8

MADDOG10 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:45:13 GMT

Really? they are??. And the cow jumped over the Moon. nothing more than chance, phfffft.

Comment #7

bobby623 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:16:22 GMT

Seems a billion dollar Mega Millions lottery jackpot has caught the attention of many newsroom editors looking for human interest stories.

The recent lottery winner story carried by CBS 60Minutes failed to mention that the wins being dramatized were about 10 years old, not something recent.

I don't think there are many everyday lottery players that have a couple hundred thousand dollars lying around for lottery tickets.

Face it - if you have the means and resources to buy every possible... [ More ]

Comment #6

sailmumm — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:28:23 GMT

NG, Eddie's influence did reach the West Coast, he was security director for MUSL. As to whether or not he rigged the state RNG is what is up for debate. Eddie loaded a wrong game for AZ that was supposed to be a pick 3. That was after all testing was completed and the production game was different.

Comment #5

noise-gate — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:29:50 GMT

For one: l am glad that Tipton's influence did not reach the West Coast.

Two: With all the talk about identical numbers - how is it that it does not translate into multiple jackpot winners? With so many folks purchasing QP's doesn't common sense dictate, that we should be having more than just the occasional one or two jackpot winners? Can one assume that these non random numbers are safe?

Just a thought, until proven otherwise.

Comment #4

loonasee2 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:09:07 GMT

Go figure a post draw ,....who would a thunk.lol

Comment #3

jp91 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:30:48 GMT

Computer picks or ball drops all the same at the end of the day...the main database that collects all the picks for that current draw determines what numbers should fall. Veteran players in computerized and BALL drop states can predict due pairs, due sums and call out a few numbers for a draw with great success much more success then if it was truly random. My opinion is that the Lottery doesn't become and stay a Billion dollar industry without certainty. My remarks aren't about jackpot games as... [ More ]

Comment #2

welington — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:21:49 GMT

When lottery players are loosing it's all good with the lottery.When players start getting a few wins,the lottery blame the computers ,the ball just not to pay.

just my 2 cents

Comment #1

Raven62 — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:10:07 GMT

Maybe the Lotteries are getting their numbers from the same place that Fortune Cookie Makers get theirs

Identical winning numbers crop up in hundreds of U.S. lotteries. Are the drawings really random?

Lottery Post — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:49:38 GMT

By Jason Clayworth

America's popular and lucrative lottery drawings, in which computers randomly select numbers that turn a lucky few into instant millionaires, may not be as random as they seem.

In dozens of the games across the United States, identical winning numbers have been generated within weeks or months of each other sometimes in consecutive drawings, a Des Moines Register investigation shows.

Lottery officials, even some who have previously acknowledged concern with the nation... [ More ]