A Florida Lottery Scam??

Reply #31

CARBOB — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:17:10 GMT

This should answer everyone's questions ,especially and including mine, about the Florida Lottery drawings. It seems now that a lot of TV stations in the state of Florida don't want to do our communities a service and air the drawings. Below is the response I received from the Florida Lottery. MY apologies to the forum, if I seem a little panicky.CarbobThe Florida Lottery Asklott Account appreciates you writing, and expressing your concerns about the Lottery drawings. However. It should be noted... [ More ]

Reply #30

pacattack05 — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:12:30 GMT

That is true. All I would have to do is play 950 straight bets from 000-950, and would win $500.00, 90 percent of the time.A fifty dollar net profit would eventually be parlayed into hundreds a day in net profits.

Reply #29

Pick-4_Master — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:00:29 GMT

Gary Busey quoted it on Celebrity Fit Club that's how I heard of it

Reply #28

Chewie — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:55:25 GMT

fear: False Evidence Appearing RealClever, hadn't heard that one before.

Reply #27

JimmySand9 — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:47:26 GMT

But then they wouldn't make any money.

Reply #26

CARBOB — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:00:26 GMT

inittowin, Thank you very much for that info. My only concern was that the lottery had tried to pull a fast one and switched to computers. I, would still like to get an lottery spokesperson to verify that info. It seems strange to me, that a number of TV stations in Florida , because of ads, quit showing the drawings.Carbob

Reply #25

inittowin — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:34:54 GMT

I just had a conversation with a representative from the local TV station in Fort Myers, FL that carries the FL lottery drawings. She expressed that they didn't have any plans to start showing the pick 3 4 drawings anytime soon. They will continue to show the numbers at the bottom of the screen though. In her explanation of why they don't show the drawing, she said that it was because of advertising spots at that time and they had to show those over the drawing. She could not give me a reason... [ More ]

Reply #24

Pick-4_Master — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:26:39 GMT

And don't forget that the Cash 3 should actually be a $1,000 payout instead of $500

Reply #23

pacattack05 — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:59:34 GMT

The only scam in the Florida pick-4 Lottery is a payout of $5000.00, when the odds are 1 in ten thousand.

Reply #22

Todd — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 23:27:13 GMT

OK, so it looks like a false alarm. From the links posted earlier in this thread, it's obvious that they are still broadcasting the drawings live, and all the same ballset info is still available. It's just harder to find on their site.

Reply #21

Pick-4_Master — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:51:54 GMT

I really LIKE the New Website I think it's a nice upgrade from the way the old one looked

Reply #20

inittowin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:38:21 GMT

Thanks, I appreciate the help on that justxploring

Reply #19

justxploring — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:32:08 GMT

We don't even get the knowledge of where the larger winning game tickets are sold any more from the web site. This information is always available in the Media section using the link to press releases. Last night the $10 million winner was in Tampa and used a Quick Pick. I like the way the new design shows not only the big winner, but how many people won the lower tier prizes. Before it would only show the dollar amount. There are many changes, but basically the same information is available on... [ More ]

Reply #18

Pick-4_Master — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:06:37 GMT

If I remember correctly they never showed machine/ballsets for the Pick-3/4 games

Reply #17

inittowin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:43:21 GMT

In checking that link Carbob, I don't see ball sets for the daily games.Possibly more proof that a change was made.

Reply #16

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:39:11 GMT

Here's there page for Machine/Ballsets.Carbob http://www.floridalottery.com/inet/gamesMain.do#machinesets

Reply #15

inittowin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:38:44 GMT

I do know that the FL lottery does have the Fantasy 5, Mega Money and the FL Lotto televised by either live or taped telecasts. But I am trying to find out if anyone has seen the daily Pick 3 4 draws live or taped for that day of drawing.

Reply #14

Littleoldlady — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:30:47 GMT

This is the link from their site..http://www.floridalottery.com/inet/media-tvdrawingsMain.do

Reply #13

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:27:18 GMT

Just for Cash 3/ Play 4, that I know of. I've sent an e-mail Channel 9, action consumer group, to see if they can get any kind of response.Carbob

Reply #12

Pick-4_Master — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:16:14 GMT

So there live drawings for all games have been discontinued? or just for the Pick-3/4? on the old website that information was readily available machine/ballsets but I haven't noticed it anywhere on the new website.

Reply #11

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:06:00 GMT

Pick-four-master,Unless my data base is wrong, here's what I had prior to the repeat. The repeat doesn't concern me. What concerns me is the missing of live drawings and no record on their website Machine/Ballsets. There might be a reason for it, but unless you have live drawings, you can almost bet your last dollar, that they have changed to computerized drawings.CarbobCARRIED01234842178511272128301244354.72 2.23 3.53 18.75 496.75

Reply #10

Pick-4_Master — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:46:56 GMT

Okay now I am concerned not only has doubles been out too long but HIGH numbers like 596,789,576 or 895 have been out 28 days pretty much a month and that's very,very unusual according to my program.

Reply #9

Pick-4_Master — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:37:09 GMT

The Repeat of 4286 was actually Due because I have a program that Tracks when 4 number repeats are due too hit and according to my program it was over 99 draws since 4 numbers repeated from the previous draw.Remember (1 and 2) number repeats happen quite often in Pick-3/4. Complete number repeats are not a common occurence but they do happen and this game was overdue for a Complete number repeat.As for whether the FL Lottery has switched from Live Draws to Computer generated draws the last

Reply #8

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:27:35 GMT

Todd, the very first thing tommorrow morning, I will start making phone calls. I am also going to contact a local tv station and newspaper. Something is starting to smell.Carbob

Reply #7

Todd — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:49:36 GMT

Is that right?! Can someone from Florida please verify that Florida has stopped airing all drawings on live TV?If that's the case, we need to raise holy hell over it, but if not, I don't want to perpetuate a false rumor.Let's get the info, and then decide if there's a problem.

Reply #6

inittowin — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:39:47 GMT

My concern was more of proof that the numbers were drawn like that and not the odds of it happening, or that they were due.In my emails to the FL lottery, I have asked them to at least show the daily drawings on their web site like Virginia does. That hasn't happened yet. I am just concerned about the way that they all of a sudden changed things and won't comment on some topics. I find it odd that ALL of the TV stations stopped the live pick 3 4 drawings at the same time around the state.We do... [ More ]

Reply #5

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:32:46 GMT

Pac,I'm not talking about a number repeating, I'm talking about live tv drawings and ball machines. Do they have live drawings in you area? I suspect, somewhere around the first of October, they quitely switched to computers, witout publicizing that fact. Personally, I think that is wrong. Come Monday morning, I will start making phone calls. That might or might not change anything.Carbob

Reply #4

pacattack05 — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:26:20 GMT

Nothing strange at all. Despite the odds of a set showing up twice within a short amount of time, is nothing but chaos doing it's job.I've seen pick 3 numbers that showed up exactly the same the next day. 3 times as a matter of fact.It's just the p-4's turn. Less frequently than the p-3, but nontheless.In the jackpot games, 1,2,3,4,5,6 in that order have the same probability as any other group of numbers. The only difference is that it'll have to wait in line to come out.Think about it, How long... [ More ]

Reply #3

CARBOB — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:40:34 GMT

I just visted the website in search of machine and ball set information. They only show that for Lotto, Fantasy 5, Mega Money. So, guess what folks, all indications say they have quitely changed the game, without any notification to the paying public. Now,what can we do about it? I became suspicious when the local channel in Orlando quit televising. I sent e-mails, but never received an answer. All Florida players that vist this website need to stand up and be counted.Contact your local represen... [ More ]

Reply #2

Littleoldlady — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:41:24 GMT

That particular number hadn't hit in over 2 years..since 2003. So it was long overdue.

Reply #1

Tenaj — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:26:17 GMT

I saw that too inittowin.

A Florida Lottery Scam??

inittowin — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:59:13 GMT

Did anyone notice that the exact same number in Florida's pick 4, was drawn Thursday Friday evening? The number was 4286! Is it now a RNG lottery? I could see a possiblity of the same combination of numbers, but hard to believe the exact combination 2 nights straight.Has this happened in other states, in the pick 4 draws?Recently the FL lottery has quit showing the live draws for the pick 3 4 in my area. From what I have gathered, they don't have a TV station in the state that shows a live d... [ More ]