Is any State Run Lottery Honest?

Reply #13

richwood — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:23:23 GMT

The lotteries in this country are not random. They never have been. Control of your and my donations is what its about. Don't you just love seeing 1 person walk away with all the money over and over again. Thats par-mutuel wagering. Every game they create in the lottery games has a definite pay out and definite winning catagories. With the Cash Five game 1-37 you get 5,4,3,2 payout. IF no one wins the 5 numbers the money is spread out among the other tiers 4,3,2. Sounds good huh! If a g... [ More ]

Reply #12

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:10:07 GMT

i think tennessee has a list that tells you when the last big ticket is sold.its on the tennessee lottery website.

Reply #11

justxploring — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:54:03 GMT

Yes, and I've read that many other states continue to sell scratch tickets after all prize money has been paid, but I'm not sure if they are only talking about the big prizes. If there are no smallerprizes to be won, then that's total fraud and the tickets should be pulled immediately once that is determined.

I agree totally that advertising jackpots which are, in reality, 50% of what a winner will get BEFORE taxes is misleadingbut most people now realize what a cash value is versus an annuit... [ More ]

Reply #10

dvdiva — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:55:47 GMT

I don't think state lotteries care, most of the board directors treat it as a temp job to academia. If they did care they would have NON computerized drawings and more care with scratch tickets. Personnally I don't think any system where the winning tickets are pre-printed can be 100% safe.

Reply #9

LANTERN — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:32:55 GMT

But no-matter what they do or don't do, there are always things that a person can do to improve the winning chances.

Reply #8

LANTERN — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:25:26 GMT

Texas has been known to keep on selling the scratch-off tickets even after all the prizes are gone.

Just as the jackpots are inflated way beyond what the prize money will be.

You say corruption ? What about pre-draws and many sets of balls and machines and all other such manipulations known and also maybe unknown ? What random

Reply #7

LANTERN — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:19:28 GMT

The way that the numbers and their many patterns come out tell the whole story, but most people can't seem to even see any patterns at all, much less properly read and interpret them.

Random games ? Don't make me laugh.

Reply #6

BobP — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:37:33 GMT

The scratch off games are out of business once all the good prizes tickets are sold, so if we want to know when to stop buying a game because all the good prizes are gone, how can we complain if the lottery knows those rolls have gone to the stores. As citizens who want the state to do well, don't we want the lottery to hold back a few good prizes so all our tax dollars for advertising a game aren't wasted by the game ending early bacause all the good prizes are gone, so why shouldn't we expect... [ More ]

Reply #5

BaristaExpress — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:50:37 GMT

The big story on the Mc Donald games was on the Monopoly game (5 or 6 years ago now)! It was the printer of the game pieces that was the bad one. He told family members where the big prize pieces were and they would collect them up and hand them to some other people and collect! Then sell the items and divide the cash up among them and laugh it up! The whole thing is that they had done this for 3 games running! So they thought why not go for the Grand Prize! So, they did and that's the one that... [ More ]

Reply #4

psykomo — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:24:39 GMT

I believe it depends on each individual state lottery remember the McDonald game piece contest several yearsago?????????? The manager for this contest........slipped a few prize winn'ingames out the backdoor to people who would give him a kickback for theprize they were sure to share. He was caught after some in the rat pack toldMcDonald about the situation. He only got time in the white collar open pin prison system, but the McDonald name was saved in the meanwhile!!!!!!It's your mon... [ More ]

Reply #3

DoubleDown — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:01:16 GMT

Corrupt is a very strong word, but is it the right word ? My problem is in the randomness of large jackpot scratch off tickets going to retailers that are chosen by the system .Why is this done ? Why aren't the tickets distributed without bias ? What is the criteria that determines which retailer gets the JP tix ?Promotion of the games ? ie: marketability...Paying their bills promptly ? How are the accounts settled up with the Lottery ?Dare I say the kickback word ? I hate to even think it. P... [ More ]

Reply #2

richwood — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:54:01 GMT

True, the lottery is a buisness, but honest no it is not. In Texas it took 14 years to finally get a survey done to see who is spending the most money on lottery tickets. The poor and black people of Texas. Who gets the most return on money spent is not this group. They lied for years that the more affluent people won because they spent more money. The secrets of the gaming industry and state lottery operations is very corrupt. The true knowledge of this industry is hidden with trade secre... [ More ]

Reply #1

Chewie — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:47:22 GMT

Define honesty. It is like glazed or stained glass, every one sees a different illusion. I don't think any lottery is blatantly corrupt. They may not be what you would like it to be, but they are not corrupt. They are a business. Their annual goal is to make a profit. To do that, they must convince both the stupid and the illusioned intelliect to spend money on something they should know they have horrible odds of winning. If they were corrupt, people would not be standing in line to spen... [ More ]

Is any State Run Lottery Honest?

richwood — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:40:03 GMT

After reading about the man in Indiana who is charged for rigging a scratch off game, I paused to think about the fact that the vendor scientific games knew exactly where the winning tickets where. That should have sent off bells and whistles, that something is up. I worked here in Texas for a large brewery. When they had a promotion in the packaged beer the company knew exactly where that winning six pack or case of beer was going. Everyone buys the beer with hope of winning the top prize,