Gonna get a real lotto machine (maybe)

Reply #12

emilyg — Sat, 15 May 2004 02:56:55 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by ayenowitall on May 14, 2004 I was at a local flea market and found a lottery pen that has a plastic sphere containing numbered balls. It hasn't won me any money, but it only cost me a buck. I'm not convinced that being able to generate random numbers can really help anyone win the lottery. Randomness is more of an ideal than an attainable reality. Even the lottery draws themselves are not entirely random.there was a story in lotto world some years back - cat played wi... [ More ]

Reply #11

ayenowitall — Fri, 14 May 2004 23:49:07 GMT

I was at a local flea market and found a lottery pen that has a plastic sphere containing numbered balls. It hasn't won me any money, but it only cost me a buck. I'm not convinced that being able to generate random numbers can really help anyone win the lottery. Randomness is more of an ideal than an attainable reality. Even the lottery draws themselves are not entirely random.

Reply #10

hypersoniq — Fri, 14 May 2004 23:33:29 GMT

go for the gustohttp://www.smartplay.comto emulate powerball you need 2 Halogen Machines and one Pachinko Prize Wheel (powerplay)they don't post prices or availability, it's probably in the range of something only a state or lottery winner could afford...

Reply #9

four4me — Fri, 14 May 2004 14:12:25 GMT

You can go to radio shack and buy all the electrical stuff to build/make a small RNG box.

Reply #8

Colin F — Fri, 14 May 2004 07:33:08 GMT

I'm quite happy with my own RNG but here's a site you might like to check out and which I wouldn't mind getting some feedback from. They have a hardware TRNG (True Random Number Generator) for $895 and a version that uses your computer for $39.95. At this price for the latter I was quite prepared to buy it for cross comparison purposes.http://www.comscire.com/Downloads/#PCQNGSOFTI sent them an email detailing some of the things I look for and I don't know whether they thought I was too discrimin... [ More ]

Reply #7

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 14 May 2004 05:43:45 GMT

as cool as it is having a lottery draw machine in your house might be, i'd still go with having an RNG, sicne most lotteries are using them for their draws now.

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four4me — Fri, 14 May 2004 05:08:58 GMT

Wow this outfit that sells these machine is like 3 miles from where i live. A company i used to work for bought all kinds of plastic from these guys for our machining and manufacturing processes i had no idea they make lottery equipment.

Reply #5

keystonechas — Fri, 14 May 2004 04:41:13 GMT

On the left side of the LP home page, Todd has a link to a Quick Picks Generator. You can't beat the price....it's free!!Chas

Reply #4

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 14 May 2004 04:29:24 GMT

i like the movie clips. it's almost like testing them out.

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Todd — Fri, 14 May 2004 03:26:23 GMT

Hey, that's a great link! Any idea how much they cost

Reply #2

winsumloosesum — Fri, 14 May 2004 02:26:58 GMT

Buy yourself a $99 bingo ball tumbler.Much cheaper!!wsls

Reply #1

whodeani — Fri, 14 May 2004 02:21:48 GMT

Why spend the money on a ball machine??? A ball machine shouldn't be any more random than a lottery terminal quick pick would be. If you are interested in leaving number selections up to complete randomness, then save the few hundred dollars (or whatever the cost is) on a ball machine and spend a $1 on a quick pick.

Gonna get a real lotto machine (maybe)

Sleepingdogslie — Fri, 14 May 2004 01:43:27 GMT

Here's an idea...B