Florida Lottery = Pathetic

Reply #12

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:10:33 GMT

Very interesting, thanks for letting us know.

I would be happy to build, host, and operate the Florida Lottery site. Imagine how player-friendly and stable I could make it!

Would the Florida Lottery ever go for such a thing? Highly doubtful, maybe no chance at all.

Why?

Because state lotteries either give their web site very little budget at all, and rely on interal IT guys to build it, or else they spend their web development dollars with big ad firms, who know very little about w... [ More ]

Reply #11

CARBOB — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:50:14 GMT

I talked with a Lottery rep this morning while shopping. I asked about the web site. His reply was no comment . I prodded him some and his answer was not hiring the right people for the job . Todd, you might want to send them your resume.

Reply #10

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:48:25 GMT

By the way, the Florida Lottery website is still not working this morning!

Maybe I should clarify that: it sometimes partially loads, if you can wait 5 minutes.

Reply #9

justxploring — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:09:28 GMT

Remember that FL doesn't offer a multi-state game just yet.

Jeb doesn't want one here.

The site is so messed up that it shows the draw date for Wednesday's Lotto as 4-11 instead of 4-12. Still says in place of the numbers AVAIL SOON but you can get them using the search by date feature. Of course, since Todd was kind enough to do the work for us, you don't have to

Reply #8

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:53:56 GMT

Remember that FL doesn't offer a multi-state game just yet.

Reply #7

petergrfn — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 05:32:44 GMT

I agree the web site for Florida lottery needs a new administrator. Either their system can't handle the number of people trying to check numbers at 11pm est so they take it off line or the site crashes. They need to do some work on the server or hire a better Admin. I still will offer my skills to them pro bono after I win the FL lotto jackpot. LOL However as for the lottery itself I enjoy playing the FL lotto, Cash 3, and some of their scratch games. The payouts are better than some state... [ More ]

Reply #6

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:28:53 GMT

No, the site's been down a lot lately. I've posted about it before.

Reply #5

DoctorEw220 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:27:30 GMT

That's probably why the site is down and the phone circuits are busy. Perhaps the site crashed.

Reply #4

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:05:44 GMT

I finally got through on their phone line, and I've updated the results page.

I suppose the good news for players is that the Saturday Lotto jackpot is now $65 million.

Reply #3

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:58:42 GMT

florida used to have an excellent lottery.wonder why this is happening?

are they between directors or something

Reply #2

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:51:24 GMT

That's a good idea.

Reply #1

dvdiva — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:45:15 GMT

I can only imagine how difficult it is to keep the site current. I know the Washington state lottery doesn't even bother updating it's website some days. Maybe it should be part of the grades the state lotteries get.

Florida Lottery = Pathetic

Todd — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:37:51 GMT

For the second week in a row, the Florida Lottery web site is kuput - nada - nothing.

So, with their web site down, I'm trying to get the results off of their phone line, and guess what? You get one of those All circuits are busy messages.

So I guess the Lottery Post Florida Results page will have to be without Lotto or Fantasy 5 results until they work out their ongoing problems.