Audit opens up conversation about possible collusion between Maryland lottery players and vendors

Comment #22

Cruzincat — Sat, 28 May 2022 19:57:18 GMT

When the state begins holding back lottery wins because the winner owes back child support or alimony or some other money to someone else, what do you expect to happen? How many people would rather go to jail than to pay off the ex wife who made their lives miserable?

So you get less money than if you cashed it yourself and paid the money you owe for whatever. in some cases, the person you owe might take you to court to get more, especially an ex. Better to get less than to let the wrong per... [ More ]

Comment #21

jjtheprince14 — Fri, 27 May 2022 18:04:56 GMT

Good! Hope they bust some cheats

Comment #20

Rosabuis — Fri, 27 May 2022 14:26:48 GMT

Over the last 2 years, we all have noticed drastic changes in the combination of numbers drawn in MD lottery. Some some numbers combinations that we used to play are no longer drawn, repeated numbers with different digit placements. It would be great to investigate if computerized drawings are being used and hidden from the public. Any views on this

Comment #19

grwurston — Thu, 26 May 2022 22:12:49 GMT

On the taxes. Md.'s 8.95% tax isn't the highest but is in the top 3. I remember when it was much lower.

Comment #18

grwurston — Thu, 26 May 2022 22:01:02 GMT

Md stops sales 3-4 minutes before the P3 P4 drawings.

https://www.mdlottery.com/player-tools/drawing-sales-cutoff-times

Comment #17

noise-gate — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:24:35 GMT

* Don't you know, you not supposed to win in the first place. Winning is bad for business.

Comment #16

THRIFTY — Thu, 26 May 2022 18:54:09 GMT

The only way to win a rigged game is by not playing.

Comment #15

erica3578 — Thu, 26 May 2022 18:10:39 GMT

I am pretty sure folks in NC are definitely calling family members out state to come by and 'get a hot dog and drink' and get the winning tickets....wouldn't doubt if it happening everywhere.

Comment #14

itpmguru — Thu, 26 May 2022 17:55:26 GMT

Not hard to rig it is they pre-tape drawing like they do in NC. They close the draw and allow time enough to calculate what they might pay out, then run a piece of video with that drawing. Not hard to pull off, they just solan it out.

Comment #13

jarasan — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:14:43 GMT

They are ball draws, very hard to pull off. Keno and Race Track maybe...

Comment #12

ekem6078 — Thu, 26 May 2022 14:15:59 GMT

I think the SLGCA is passing the winning knowledge down to family members and friends. (Inside job, - fraud all over it). I think members and family members of the SLGCA should be prohibited from playing in states where they work and all states that have Ball Drawings. Seems to me they're

Passing the Bucks. If they investigate the winners they would probably find out that, alot of the winners had association family members work for the SLGCA. JMO.

Comment #11

jarasan — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:52:21 GMT

I live in Maryland, I play mostly the ball draws P4 P3 BM5 and little MM. The one that is interesting is the 2 players that won 439 times the multi match that is pretty amazing. All the others could be OK. I believe the biggest scam in all states are ticket cashing mules, people cashing tix for people w/o SS numbers you know, like non citizens. There are millions w/o SS numbers. I've seen it first hand, a mule at work. In MD now you don't fill out a form you have to provide Drivers License, SS#,... [ More ]

Comment #10

msglewis629 — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:07:00 GMT

This has FRAUD written all over it, and Maryland players should demand an investigation

Comment #9

Bleudog101 — Thu, 26 May 2022 10:13:02 GMT

Kind of like Deja Vu with the Massachusetts lottery. The MA lottery did get wise to those few individuals though. Not good @ names, but 20/20 or one of those shows did a story on one guy who made a killing by purchasing thousands of MA lottery tickets. I think LP did a story too.

Comment #8

grwurston — Thu, 26 May 2022 06:52:03 GMT

It's all ball drawings. Except for Racetrax which is a computer animated game, where you pick horses.

Comment #7

Mata Garbo — Thu, 26 May 2022 06:23:40 GMT

8 people won high dollar prizes over 200 times. I'm no math genius, but there are only 365 days in a year. That means these people were winning a high dollar prize every 1.8 days. That is a mind blowing winning percentage. My question is .....how can I become one of those 8 people

Comment #6

Stat$talker — Thu, 26 May 2022 04:44:37 GMT

I sure wish the feds would investigate the NCEL (NC Extortion Lottery) as they have been taking us for a ride for years!

Hell, the Fedz need to investigate MUSL...the Math says, drawing resultz ARE being Manipulated/ rigged..chancez are they're ALL on the take..

Comment #5

itpmguru — Thu, 26 May 2022 02:23:27 GMT

to identify patterns of potential collusion between players and lottery related vendors or officials. Uh yeah, players look for patterns too....duh! And stack47 is possibly right, some peeps trying to avoid taxes and child support by using a ticket broker to collect their winnings (very plausible and not the vendors involved).

In NC, they are the corrupt ones and only let us win when they want to. So who is more wrong, players who find patterns and win big, or the lotteries who rig the dra... [ More ]

Comment #4

Stack47 — Thu, 26 May 2022 01:00:02 GMT

SLGCA records show that 362 individuals won high-dollar prizes 20 or more times during the 2020 calendar year.

And they probably bought most of those tickets from someone that didn't want to fill out a W-2G. But it looks like SLGCA looked the other way when some people were cashing large jackpots multiple times for the real winners.

Forcing players to prove they bought a winning ticket or making rules against buying tickets as gifts, not much they can do to prevent it. The thing is, most... [ More ]

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Thu, 26 May 2022 00:01:17 GMT

Good point....tomorrow if I think or care about it will see if MD uses sucky RNG or if you what to call it CNG, that's fine.

OTOH tomorrow a $1.3 million ticket set to expire in CA; Powerball secondary prize sold in Sacramento in November.

Comment #2

Nikkicute — Wed, 25 May 2022 23:52:52 GMT

How do you inside job Pick 4 (We know how Eddie Tipton did it).

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 25 May 2022 22:41:55 GMT

What a mess. Does some of these winnings sound like an inside job? Hint hint.

Audit opens up conversation about possible collusion between Maryland lottery players and vendors

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 May 2022 20:49:11 GMT

Report reveals lack of investigative procedures for high-winning individuals

By Kate Northrop

A report conducted by the Office of Legislative Audits in 2022 revealed security concerns that suggest possible collusion between lottery winners and vendors in the state of Maryland.

The report, published and viewable online by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, reviews a fiscal compliance audit of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency (SLGCA) between Jan. 3, 2017 and