Florida Pick 2 Could Be Rigged

Reply #10

grwurston — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:43:24 GMT

I found a site that tells what lottery balls are made of, and the size and weight specs of the balls.

http://thelottolife.com/blog/2015/2/17/if-you-think-all-lottery-balls-are-made-out-of-ping-pong-bal.html

Reply #9

Todd — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 10:55:39 GMT

The only reason I could imagine that there would be any kind of chip inside a ball is to embed a unique code or serial number inside each ball, for identification purposes, to ensure that the ball has not been replaced by a fake that has different weight or size characteristics.

The description of lottery balls as being like a Nerf is strange. The only types I have ever seen are hard, heavy rubber balls and ping-pong balls. Seems to me that a Nerf ball would be too light weight, and the spong... [ More ]

Reply #8

grwurston — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:23:10 GMT

Todd, I'm quite sure you know about this... But what I want to know is why are there microchips inside the balls? For what purpose? If Pa. does it, how do we know other lotteries aren't doing it also. Also check out the slide show, to see how many pre-tests they do.

https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/304449/4703727

Click on the link in the thread to see how the Pa. Pick 3 drawing was rigged years ago.

At 5 p.m. a minimum of six people two drawing officials, two certified public accounta... [ More ]

Reply #7

Kathy001 — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:49:26 GMT

Wow! how did you think these things

Reply #6

psychicSEER4u — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:06:37 GMT

Anything with human involvement can and will be manipulated but the occurrences that are ever detected would be a VERY small percent of the total number of draws that have ever taken place for a particular game. I would think that past posting (betting after the results) which happens in all forms of Gaming could occur more often than rigging the balls or devices in anyway. The state's lottery commission main purpose for existence to to maintain the integrity of the game. To the best of my knowl... [ More ]

Reply #5

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:14:33 GMT

Since you live in Austin it would be easy for you to go to 6th Street and watch a drawing.

Reply #4

lottoal — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 04:03:38 GMT

I been playing the lottery for over 22 years and I know I don't have to think it's rigged or they know what numbers have been played before the drawings. The balls can be rigged with all this modern technology anything is possible.

Reply #3

Ron5995 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 23:03:49 GMT

More likely to be one-off than hit. Basic statistics.

Much like matching 4 out of 5 on a jackpot game, which very frequently occurs. For example, PA Cash 5 (5/43) jackpot odds is 1 in 962,598 while 4 out of 5 odds is 1 in 5,066. Sure, matching 4 out of 5 seems close, but is actually ~190 times more difficult. Same idea with Keno. Sure 6 out of 7 seems close, but is far from it.

A $1K prize liability is nothing for a state lottery. Even for Pick-2, $1K is relatively small. In PA, Pick-2 reg... [ More ]

Reply #2

Lilian2626 — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:47:02 GMT

I have always wondered about this myself. I also believe that numbers are either drawn or pulled based on the amount of winners there are. If many played 777 they switch the numbers; after all this is a business and they're not trying to give away more than they're making. This is solely my own opinion

Reply #1

Todd — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:16:17 GMT

Florida uses ball drawings, so the chances that it could be rigged are incredibly small you can witness the numbers being drawn. Plus the payouts on a Pick 2 game are the smallest of any lottery game drawn in Florida, so there would be much less incentive to rig a drawing.

Be thankful you play the lottery in a state with traditional ball drawings. Those who play in a state with computerized drawings always have to be wondering if everything is A-OK. Other guys like Eddie Tipton could be out t... [ More ]

Florida Pick 2 Could Be Rigged

johngpick2fla — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 21:32:38 GMT

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here. I hope you are lucky this week!

Something dawned on me last night. First of all let me add that in Florida there are 6 pair games available (Pick 2, Pick 3 FP, Pick 3 BP, Pick 4 FP, Pick 4 MP, Pick 4 BP). The difference that Pick 2 offers is supposed exclusivity of the balls and the ability to bet F or B number for $5 win per $1 ticket, BOX or 1-off.

I'm not saying 100% with certainty BUT...

I thought that I would close in and try for the $20... [ More ]