How was the lottery like back in the day?

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Stack47 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:24:58 GMT

Stack, I've never met anyone who told me he purchased a computer just to play lottery games!

That might be an interesting topic; What was the first thing you did after you set up your first computer? or What was the first website you visited when you first logged on the Internet? .

I believe radio-teletype was use in the 50s because I was trained to use it in the 60s. It was a primitive form of the Internet. That's about all I can remember about the 60s (grin).

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justxploring — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:58:59 GMT

Stack, I've never met anyone who told me he purchased a computer just to play lottery games! Anyway, I chuckled when I saw the topic, since we did have hot cold running water, indoor plumbing and even electricity! As far as It wasn't exactly like the Stone Age is concerned, that's not how I remember the 60s and 70s. LOL

Reply #4

Stack47 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:37:13 GMT

It wasn't exactly like the Stone Age. LOL!

The Ohio Pick-3 started in 1979 but most race tracks has gone to computerize tot machines and the lottery terminals were similar to them. The lottery had a toll free number (and still does) that you could call and get the results if you missed the live drawing. Newspapers published the results, money wagered, and money paid out the next day. Some papers gave 6 weeks or more worth of results in their Sunday editions too.

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Big Hitter — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:56:18 GMT

In the 70's and 80's people tracked the numbers via pencil and paper just as now. My old neighborhood had a older woman who had a super hot rundown she had copied at the stationery store and handed out to her fellow 'players'. Most winners came from talking to your friends and playing off the calandar. You would be amazed at how many repeat winners hit within in a day or two of the day they were drawn in the previous month or previous year.

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jarasan — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:20:16 GMT

There was things called newspapers and telephones. The newspapers had sections with the results I think they still do, USA Today has an all states section. You could also call in a get results which I think you still can. As far as winners as stories go you only heard of the state of the winner of large jackpots but that was about it, something to be said about the good old days, it was more local.

Reply #1

four4me — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:52:15 GMT

IBM had computers since 1951 but by 1970 the 360 came out and it has grown ever since.

http://www.beagle-ears.com/lars/engineer/comphist/ibm360.htm#gener

How was the lottery like back in the day?

SmoothJuice — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:41:11 GMT

I know in the 1970's and 80's they didn't have computers. how did they find out about winners, drawings, etc etc? I couldnt' imagine doing everything without a computer.