Lottery Witness

Reply #17

Wintariofan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:00:28 GMT

The reason they video tape the draw and bring in the host later is five lottery regions use the video in their own way. The one hosted in the studio is done for British Columbia, Loto Quebec takes the raw video and cuts it down to fit into their French lottery stuff, Ontario uses parts of it to use on its webdraws. Because of the time constraints and procedures they still do it this way since Lotto 649 was launched in 1982. Sales information is for draws reconsilation, it proves that every lotte... [ More ]

Reply #16

benmas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:40:11 GMT

The only thing left to this long day is a TV host arrives in the studio and stands in front of the lottery set. There is no machine or balls as they've been put away. A video tape of what happened five minutes ago is rolled in and they announce it as if it was happening LIVE. It's fun to watch. One week the host was on vacation. A back-up host came in. It took them several takes to get the audio and video correct. The host would be announcing the numbers before they came out of the machine. They... [ More ]

Reply #15

Coin Toss — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:39:54 GMT

Thanks for replying and writing this all out again, Wintariofan.

Reply #14

Wintariofan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:05:04 GMT

Thanks Cointoss...I have sat in and been a part of many lottery draws here. I will repost my experience(s) again to give everyone an idea of what happens. Sidenote: everything happens legitimately and the draws officials (who can play) even rip up their tickets after its all over.

DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LOTTERY DRAW

It's 11 AM on a Wednesday morning, lottery draws officials are just arriving for a long day of work at 20 Dundas Street. Many people may think that the officials only work aft... [ More ]

Reply #13

benmas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:53:07 GMT

i do beleive that most lotteries are conducted in a fair manner (the lottery wins anyway because they have a strong house edge)...but events like or similar to that would never go away...there is too much money and too much greed involved..

Reply #12

MaddMike51 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:46:02 GMT

It's events like this that give lotterys a black eye.On yhe other hand,it also forces the lotterys to be more open.

Reply #11

benmas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:39:09 GMT

thanks mike for the link...wow what a story....their plan looked perfect (a triple is a popular number, they traveled around buying tickets, rigged 2 balls (4,6) to not draw suspicion).... but glad they got caught...that phone call to the drawing studio was a stupid mistake on their part otherwise this could have actually worked

Reply #10

MaddMike51 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:48:10 GMT

Heres a link to Wickpedia that tells about this event from 1980.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Pennsylvania_Lottery_scandal

Reply #9

pacattack05 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:25:47 GMT

Elderly people are less likely to lash out. Young folk have more energy than they need. Youngsters are proned to act on thought.

Not really, but it sounded good...lol

Reply #8

benmas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:24:11 GMT

from hoosier lotto website FAQs

HOw do i witness a Hoosier lottery drawing?

All Hoosier Lottery drawings are open to the public. Drawing witnesses are invited to actually perform the drawing. Drawings are conducted at Hoosier Lottery Headquarters and Scientific Games in Indianapolis. Please call Hoosier Lottery Customer Service at 1-800-955-6886 to arrange to view a drawing.

Witness to a computerized drawing process...hmmm...is there a good reason into going there and witnessing one...y... [ More ]

Reply #7

benmas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:15:13 GMT

allright i realize the conspiracy theory was just that..i personally dont beleive it anyway i just thought to throw it out there but i saw other posts that were similar...so anyway..for PA i found this information in order to be a witness and also the schedule...its kinda cool that the staff takes you out to dinner at a fancy restaurant...but i dont know why the require you to show up two nights consecutive as a witness (they dont pay for the lodging costs)

PA lottery witness schedule:

M... [ More ]

Reply #6

MaddMike51 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:58:35 GMT

I vaguely remember this happening.It was back when only a couple of states had lotterys.The tv announcer figured out a way to add weight to some of the balls so they wouldn't be sucked up the tube,if I remember right.Pretty ingenius but obviously not ingenius enough...he got busted

Reply #5

Stack47 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:06:44 GMT

Because in PA the lottery profits benefit senior citizens and the lottery rules require a drawing witness.

The need for a witness began many years ago when a TV announcer rigged a pick-3 drawing so only two of the digits could be drawn from each machine and had people play those combinations. After an audit revealed the winning tickets were sold in only two cities, he was caught after an investigation.

Reply #4

four4me — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:04:15 GMT

but i was just thinking what is to prevent them from taping all the tests and showing one of the test drawings (assuming they pick the one that they see there was no winner or low payouts) as the live one..the sales cutoff a few minutes (5 or 10 mins) before the TV drawings which would be enough time for them to see all the combos sold and pick and televise the tape with the set with lowest payouts...(again the way the balls are picked is completely random but maybe they can interchange the test... [ More ]

Reply #3

x1kosmic — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:21:00 GMT

There's also a member here named Guesser....

He's witnessed a couple of Poweball drawings...

He says everythings on the up-and-up.

Good luck

Reply #2

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:41:39 GMT

in PA they have a requirement of 55 and older and i'm not 55 yet but iwould like to be a witness if i had the opportunity...(they havedifferent ball sets that they rotate for each game (daily number, big4) and it is the witness that chooses the set)

You have to be 55 or older? Why the set age limit

Reply #1

Coin Toss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:45:10 GMT

There's a member here named Wintariofan that has posted about this, he's in Canada. Maybe he'll see this thread.

Lottery Witness

benmas — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:33:14 GMT

Has anybody here ever been a witness to a lottery drawing? (mostly interested in PA) if you were could you please describe what you did...

in PA they have a requirement of 55 and older and i'm not 55 yet but i would like to be a witness if i had the opportunity...(they have different ball sets that they rotate for each game (daily number, big 4) and it is the witness that chooses the set)

..another thing ..how come PB or Mega Millions do not have a drawing witness?...i know that there is a... [ More ]