Do you believe the lottery is 100% honest in everything it does?

Reply #30

LANTERN — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:57:32 GMT

People are the same everywhere more or less, kind of.

Almost no matter who they work for and what they do, of course not exactly, but in general.

People are people, some of those who handle, money and or lottery tickets will steal, also those who handle merchandise and or process material and or money transactions.

About the lottery draws, lower ranking employees are not so much the ones that we should worry about as they do what they are told most of the time

those who have control... [ More ]

Reply #29

Tnvol5 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:51:12 GMT

if its Tn lottery NOT HONEST AT ALL! AND there is no argument TN5

Reply #28

Redsquash — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:42:05 GMT

All they have to do is lock the whole thing in a vault, and only one person knows the combination

That will not be effective internal control system, because then that one person can do anything.

The combination should work by combining more than one person. For example, if the combination is 123 then first person knows only one digit to punch in - 1 but doesn't know the codes for the other two persons. The second person knows that he only has to punch in 2 but doesn't know the codes for... [ More ]

Reply #27

JordanT1021 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:22:44 GMT

ncel is 100% crooked....

the govt. needs to look into ncel lottery

shut them down so i can start driving back to virginia...

Reply #26

lottocalgal — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:11:53 GMT

RJoh

Great question. I wrote about my suspicions in another post. (thank you Todd) I play on the off chance that they are not fraudulent and I'm just paranoid; but as I said before the day SuperLotto Plus goes computer is the day I say goodbye lotto forever.

Reply #25

fja — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:27:15 GMT

I couldn't tell you if they're honest or not.

Unfortunately in todays world its easier to believe that there is dis-honesty in government and big business, and sometimes there is. I haven't bothered to look into the lottery. I have spent more money doing worse things in the past, then buying a ticket.

Reply #24

charmed7 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:39:08 GMT

Nope

Reply #23

four4me — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:25:29 GMT

When states first started offering pick 3/4 games it was their bread and butter money maker now lottery's makes the most cash daily selling scratch offs. They don't have to rig pick 3/4 games to generate cash the game already makes money because people have an on going belief that they can somehow defeat the odds and win more than they spend which for the most part is not the case.

If most people play the lottery every day spend $10.00 or more on lottery numbers pick 3 games every day th... [ More ]

Reply #22

PERDUE — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:04:21 GMT

I am under the conviction that they are 100% honest crooks. They are like the Ollie North of gambling. Yes we lie , cheat, change the rules when it suits us. And that's the truth.

Why????

You gotta understand that dealing with all of that money is such a temptation and they are only human. They must operate under the rule of If I give you some then I will have less. theory. Why else would they have the ability to lock out a combination if it sells over a certain amount? Always remember GR... [ More ]

Reply #21

stribman — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:54:29 GMT

I can strongly agree with this statement. predraws are just a guise to see that they dont lose money, it in most states law that they make money, and with the fat paychecks they make, payout must be held to around 30

Reply #20

RJOh — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:22:09 GMT

I won't say anything on computer drawings because I don't play them too often, but I think they do their best to make sure that the ball drawings aren't rigged.

That was the problem when Tennessee had a problems with its pick3 drawings with no doubles of triples. The game wasn't rigged but a mistake made setting up the RNG program had the same results as if it had been rigged. The lottery commission could see it even when players alerted them to the condition for several weeks. Had the same t... [ More ]

Reply #19

joker17 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:58:13 GMT

I don't buy it for a second. They need not go thru all that just to make sure nobody tampered with the machines. All they have to do is lock the whole thing in a vault, and only one person knows the combination. To further guarantee no tampering, have video camera surveillance on the machine when not in use. Then review the playback before the draw.

So simple. Yet we know why they don't do it this way. It's because they need an excuse to mess up the history of the tubes. I've read articles fr... [ More ]

Reply #18

Newb — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:31:36 GMT

I've stopped playing one lottery and I'm conducting 'experiments' on another lottery, the results of which will deterimine if I continue to play that lottery or not.

Reply #17

Pinkpansies — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:06:02 GMT

Is the lottery honest? Yes. Are some people in the lottery always honest? No.

When people aren't honest that is when you get fiascos such as rigged lottery draws and someone buying out a store where a winning million dollar scratcher ticket is. I'd like to hope those events are extremely rare, but I couldn't say because we just don't know.

I know that the pre-tests, post-test, and switching of the machines mess up the predictability of the game quite a bit, but the whole reason they do th... [ More ]

Reply #16

joker17 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:57:27 GMT

I don't mean rigging in that way, but doing pretests, which is legal, and rotating tubes which is also legal, yet manipulating the numbers so that patterns won't show.

Reply #15

four4me — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:54:07 GMT

I don't think they have to rig anything after all reputations are one the line not to include they have auditors, films, and security tapes of just about every aspect of the ball drawings. If you worked for the lottery would you put your job on the line for the sake of rigging the games to make money for the state knowing full well that if you were caught you'd spend time in a prison.

RNG is another story all together yes i believe they can manipulate those drawings.

Reply #14

joker17 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:59:44 GMT

Good points, however, there's always a bean counter in the mix. Even though they make a lot if they weren't rigging, still, if rigging proves to make that much more, they'll do it and deny it. Streamlining is king.

Reply #13

four4me — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:43:26 GMT

The lottery's main concern is where their next big promotional scratch off game is coming from, how they will advertise it and how much money will be generated for the state because of it.

They don't have to rig pick 3/4/5/6 drawings to make money these games odds make the games money because the people will play thousands of numbers that won't hit that day. This is what the bookies counted on still count on since lottery's started. You cant beat the odds of any game because it isn't str... [ More ]

Reply #12

pumpi76 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:09:41 GMT

he is so right, then there is the out of the blue drawings that you wonder how they came out...There have been like 3 or 4 moments now more than before that i've thought today or tomorrow whatever combination plays is going to start with 17+ and nail it right on the head that's just 1 of the examples...

sometimes i am typing and i'll type 2 or 3 words and i'll go to the next word and when i finish typing the next word i'll look back on the 2 or 3 words i typed before to see 1 of those words c... [ More ]

Reply #11

joker17 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:30:26 GMT

Let's see.....Rotation of the tubes, MULTIPLE pre-tests, multiple sets of tubes designed for the sole purpose of reducing breakdowns during live draws. What a crock of bull excrement.

Even Steve Player knew the officials did this to prevent patterns from forming.

If a machine is going to break down, it will. Murphy's law. How do pre tests prevent a machine from breaking down? Please tell me. In fact, they are aiding in the breakdown by breaking the law of perpetual motion. No machine lasts... [ More ]

Reply #10

sarfi33 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:10:03 GMT

YES INDEED ITS A GAME OF CHANCE I GUESS TC LUV YOUR POST

Reply #9

quietstorm2 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:58:20 GMT

I don't believe they are completely honest. However I do believe whatever is meant for me even dishonesty can't stop it. I notice here when the lines are short for a period with lottery players all the fancy numbers will show up. 123 567 1112 1028. One can attract bees if honey is presented.

Reply #8

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:53:33 GMT

I don't. I quit playing the Pick 3 a while ago.

Reply #7

RJOh — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:50:14 GMT

If you don't believe the games are honest, why play? Chances of ever winning big in an honest game are unlikely so why play one you suspect isn't honest

Reply #6

pcnut — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:37:48 GMT

Well lets see, in one hand, you have the out of the blue lottery draws, that leave you scratching your head, (RNG ball draws.) In the other hand your trusted... (cough..cough....xxxxx) officals behind closed doors strategizing RNG runs or ball weights..... Honesty in the lottery,,,,,,,that will be the day..

The interest groups (the state,) are going to place it in their favor, regardless... as for the consumer....well you get the picture...

pcnut

Reply #5

zigzag31 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:17:29 GMT

I agree with all of you. I dont believe it is honest. Whats stopping them from doing what they want? The law? im pretty sure someone on top can change anything if they dont like it.

And about our government being honest. I just laughed.

Reply #4

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:40:01 GMT

Nope. All I have to do is look at past drawings (like from my state). I know they aren't honest. The numbers are picked from a computer and it is done behind closed doors. They can hide whatever they want from the public.

Reply #3

Litebets27 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:34:01 GMT

H...... no!

Period.

Reply #2

LANTERN — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:29:56 GMT

I will not give you the Why, Instead I will ask you:

What makes you believe that they are honest?

Just because they are part of the government? You do believe that the government is honest?

Because they say so?

Because they should be honest?

Do you believe in Santa, just because Millions of children do

Reply #1

pumpi76 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:27:04 GMT

to me the lottery is a cartel just like the Petroleum cartel...They got plenty of power...PLENTY...THEY ARE TOO POWERFUL...

you know what happens when you try to sue a Big Corporation like Wallmart or other....you know what happens? you end up losing....

Do you believe the lottery is 100% honest in everything it does?

zigzag31 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:25:13 GMT

So im new to this site and seeing how ervyone here has something to do with lottery i want to ask you this. Do you think that even though there are laws and what not, that the lottery is not 100% honest in what they say or do?

Please give me your opinions on why you do or dont. Thanks

-zigzag