New York Lottery reviews couriers in state following Texas Lottery controversy

Comment #14

Justing618 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:01:59 GMT

Dude did you see tonight's mega millions number? Whole Lotta zeros and eights

Comment #13

garyo1954 — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 03:33:53 GMT

Happy to do it.

Soon everything will be second nature .

Comment #12

Justing618 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:45:23 GMT

I think I'm doing the same. This is getting pretty ridiculous. Between Texas. Then the powerball mishap. And even tonight's powerball number. I'm gonna give it a break. Thanks for sending me that message to my inbox. I'm new to all this on here with the messages and stuff. I used to be just a lurker. I'm still trying to navigate thru everything.

Comment #11

garyo1954 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:56:33 GMT

Same here. We're going to be watching our spending more closely and only play when the pot reaches those large amounts.

If nothing else, prices will eventually kill the lottery

Comment #10

Justing618 — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:26:54 GMT

Yes. The jackpot is split between grand prize winners. Why would I spend any money on a game that someone already bought the winning ticket? The odds are horrendous to begin with. Then I'm supposed to keep throwing money at a game that I know someone elese is gonna win. And mabye I might get lucky and win half. No thanks Im good! I mean if other people wanna play that's there choice. I'm about over all the games anyway. Soon as mega millions goes up to 5 dollars a ticket. I'm probably done with... [ More ]

Comment #9

garyo1954 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 23:18:25 GMT

It's okay. I don't mind answering your questions anyway.

Comment #8

LottoIntuitive — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:00:26 GMT

I wasn't talk to you.

Comment #7

JustMaybe — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:49:29 GMT

There's a broader question of couriers, generally, their access to the system and implication and fairness to our existing vendor network and the players themselves, Crotty concluded.

I wonder what that statement means?

When they talk about their access to the system what does that mean?

Does it mean that they could go into the system, get behind the security walls and see what combinations have been bought already?

Or does it only mean the access to print tickets, whether QP or... [ More ]

Comment #6

garyo1954 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:27:22 GMT

Yes, there can be more than one winner. But they could never win the total jackpot if one or the other bought all the combinations.

So when that happens the prize you're playing for is not the prize on the ticket, but half what it says. You could claim you were enticed or misled to buy the ticket due to the large prizes when the dot com who sold the ticket knew you could not possibly win the total jackpot.

This same dot com is under investigation by the DOJ and facing lawsuits from inve... [ More ]

Comment #5

LottoIntuitive — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:51:24 GMT

Can more than one person win the same jackpot?

So if you have the winning numbers you just have to maybe split the winnings. It's just that the other person was guaranteed to win and the other person got lucky or even played a strategy and won.

Is it really unfair to other players if there can always be more than one winner no matter what

Comment #4

Justing618 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:53:47 GMT

Exactly! It's a waste of even playing if someone already bought the winning ticket! I wish the lottery would have the same energy with couriers and random number generators. Quess I'm asking to much

Comment #3

garyo1954 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:21:03 GMT

Good for New York to ensure all players have a level playing field and not overreacting until they discover problems that need correcting.

More states are likely doing the same quietly and will quietly make necessary changes.

I say, boy, I say, good on those states that have taken steps to ensure a fair game for everybody.

Comment #2

Lunar777 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:19:09 GMT

That is why couriers before you begin playing have you to submit proof of identification, hello!!!! This comment pertains to underage gambling. We know what we want, and having the comfort of not having to go to the store to play numbers is great. This is the 21st century.

Comment #1

LottoIntuitive — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:14:04 GMT

Ok, here we go.

I don't really care about the big jackpot games because the odds are too ridiculous for me. I like to have fun winning on a regular basis so all I care about are the games that do not have prize amounts that increase over time (like the Pick 3) but they are being punished for something that can't even be done in those games. No jackpot can be bought in games that do not have a jackpot so why make it illegal to play those games through a courier.

The law must be specific b... [ More ]

New York Lottery reviews couriers in state following Texas Lottery controversy

Lottery Post — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:51:39 GMT

New York Lottery feeling cautious amid courier service scrutiny

By Kate Northrop

The New York Gaming Commission revealed during a meeting last week that it will be conducting a review of its own practices following problematic publicity surrounding the Texas Lottery and courier companies.

In response to the controversy surrounding Texas Lottery's recent Lotto Texas jackpot wins, the New York Lottery announced that it's looking forward to a review of its policies to avoid facing simil... [ More ]