about the petition......

Reply #14

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 02:27:00 GMT

i get what your saying now.i have to agree that its pretty smart on the state lotteries part because they would be out of a lot of money so i see now how they put up measures to protect themselves.

Reply #13

four4me — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 01:11:12 GMT

Lottomike I tried to explain this on another thread you posted to. Most games have a cap a certain amount that can be bet before the numbers would be cut of. Other games are fixed payout. And other games are par mutual. So if the guy was to spend 100 bucks on the same numbers and won he would be splitting a jackpot with himself.example of a pick 5 the cap is 600,000 12 tickets worth 50,000. If say 13 -14 or 15 persons won. The 600,000 would be divided up amongst all the winners.The rules of the... [ More ]

Reply #12

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:15:51 GMT

that is why i think states do monitor these numbers and if one is bet on way too much there ain't no way the state is gonna lose that much money they are gonna make sure that set of numbers ain't gonna come in....just something to think about......

Reply #11

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:13:47 GMT

think about this........what if........what if some person felt like betting his lucky numbers on pick 5 and bet 100 dollars(times) on his numbers and the jackpot was like 600,000 and he won...that would be at least 60 million dollars

Reply #10

rabbitfoot — Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:11:51 GMT

If the day comes when someone does indeed discover that a lotto game or games is/are rigged, that would be the day that killed the Golden Goose for everyone. I don't think that a state would chance losing their future lotto income by rigging the games. Besides that, a state makes 50% off the top of every ticket sold to start with. They don't need to rig the games to be in profit.

Reply #9

four4me — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:44:14 GMT

There are 10,000 pick 4 numbers to choose from with only one of those going to be picked. No matter how many people play a certain number there is a cut of point. This cut of point will depend on what state you live in. That cut of point will be at a certain pay out level like here in Maryland its somthing like 3.6 million dollars. Once a number has been bet to a point where it's going to breach the 3.6 million doller amount, that number is cut off. This prdvents the lottery from going into defa... [ More ]

Reply #8

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:15:47 GMT

kinda like this.......imagine some guy all the sudden gets a feeling his numbers might hit and plucks down like a hundred bucks on pick 4,thats like very serious money that guy would win because they pay at least 5,000 on that game and imagine if someone bet a hundred times and won,but but the people monitoring the lottery see that number being bet on a lot at at their central computer and decide no way that number is gonna hit today they don't want to be taken for that much money....

Reply #7

LANTERN — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:56:55 GMT

They have the 15 to 30 or so minutes both with the computer draws and with the ping pong balls, also they have the computer to tell them which numbers were bought the least or not bought at all with the computer draws and with the balls both, so it really does not matter which they use, 15 to 30 minutes to Fix things is enough time.Anyhow, my point is that it really does not matter at all which they use and it's the plain truth.Whatever they are going to do if anything, they will do no matter... [ More ]

Reply #6

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:39:03 GMT

i was wondering if maybe they might have a computer and whatever numbers was bet on the least they would make that the winning number,plus that time frame where they cut off betting until the drawing gives them just enough time to do change something,you very well could be right.....

Reply #5

LANTERN — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:36:49 GMT

I have tried to predict both: Computer draws and ping pong balls and they are about the same and or computer draws are just a little (very little) easier to predict.But both of them are very very hard, there is hardly any difference between them at all.

Reply #4

LANTERN — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 07:31:06 GMT

I might just be very paranoid, but do you think that if they wanted to fix the games that they can't just because they have to use ping pong balls?, Ping pong balls and their machines are not enought to stop them from doing whatever they want if they really want to, when there is a lot of money involved nothing is impossible.Also it's almost impossible now to predict the winning balls and so I am saying that it can't be no worse with the computers no matter what.It will be no harder to predict... [ More ]

Reply #3

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:41:58 GMT

lantern how are things bad with the ping pong balls

Reply #2

LANTERN — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:39:22 GMT

I also signed the petition, but now I regret that I did, things are bad now as they are with the balls and they can be no worse with the computers and maybe they will be better, at least they can be no worse.

Reply #1

four4me — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:23:03 GMT

I think once the required amount of signatures is made. then they have to lobby or get some statesman/woman to represent them in congress. it is a long drawn out process. However we will need a lot more signatures than we have on lotterypost. So people might want to get a printable version of the petition and post them in as many places as allowable. post them where you play the lottery. then fordward them to whomever's address is designated for handeling this petition.

about the petition......

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:13:02 GMT

i signed the petition but i was wondering once we get the signatures we need that these government types wouldn't just end up ignoring us or throwing it on the backlog or something being that they are notorious for taking forever........