Ball-Drawn Raffles

Reply #9

rdc137 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:32:26 GMT

If they ever go computer pick...

Who's they

Reply #8

guesser — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:17:17 GMT

If they ever go to computer pick, I'm out.

I would have asked the question - 'What type of drawing procedure do you prefer ?'

And then list the options:

ball-drawn,

computerized,

tarot cards,

darts,

by gosh or

by golly....... (LOL

Reply #7

rdc137 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:35:12 GMT

I concur. Delaware was ball drawn until I believe 1998.

As for Keno, there is actually no reason why Keno could not be a ball-drawn game every 5 minutes, alternating between two live machines, and having others on standby. Of course the lotteries will say it's too expensive to do that, and they may actually have a point because people will play video crack (as I've heard it called) without regard for odds or if the system is legit.

Reply #6

konane — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:53:19 GMT

Yes definitely ball drawn. I personally feel everything but games like online Keno which is drawn every few minutes should be live ball drawn, not animated results/smoke-and-mirrors/behind-closed-doors RNG's.

I want to see those balls rise, tumble and come out of the hopper myself .. which is the main reason I'm NOT buying a ticket.

Reply #5

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:59:14 GMT

rdc was delaware ever a ball drawn state at one time?

my answer is yes to your poll....

Reply #4

rdc137 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:57:08 GMT

It sounded better in my head than typed out. What I mean is that either of those vs. computerized drawings.

Reply #3

guesser — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:17:56 GMT

Ok, with your Poll, you are asking two different questions, with only one answer possible to cover both questions, which question are we saying 'yes' or 'no' to ?

Just step back and look at it for a minute, and you will see what I mean.

Reply #2

rdc137 — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:09:08 GMT

Yes, I meant 0 to 9. That is a typo. My apologies.

Reply #1

JimmySand9 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:13:24 GMT

Or you could simply base all of the prizes off of one single number like Quebec's la Mini.

And don't you mean to load one with 0 to 4, and the others 0 to 9

Ball-Drawn Raffles

rdc137 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:05:37 GMT

Many of us on this forum are strictly opposed to computerized drawings. The new lottery raffle games are being computer selected. This makes me wonder: Should these raffles be drawn with balls instead of computer selected? A possible way to do it (using Pennsylvania as an example):

PA's first raffle sold 500,000 tickets (since increased to 625,000, but bear with me). The tickets were numbered from 00000001 (1) to 00500000 (500,000). To run this as a ball drawn lottery, instead of ticket 500,0... [ More ]