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Lottery Post can now 'speak' lottery resultsReply
Thanks for the nice comments everyone! I really feel that the Internet is critical to everyone's life, including those with vision problems and/or disabilities. This has been a focus of mine stretching back to Lottery Post's beginnings, when I chose colors that would be easy for color-blind people to see. I actually received a flood of e-mails from people just to say thanks because they could finally read lottery results clearly on the web. There are a bunch of things coded within each
Jan 27, 2020, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery player says scanner not accurateReply
Okay, the disclaimer to my following comment is this, All products and services should, in fact, be checked via quality assurance/control to promote efficient operation at all times. Now, I remember back in the day before all this additional scanner technology came about, there were (2) options to check tickets. One, go to any store and have the clerk run the ticket back through the lottery terminal. Two, simply go back to the store and pick up a printout of the current winning numbers
Sep 16, 2012, 4:20 pm - Lucky Loser - Lottery News

Atheist converts after mock prayer to win $1M lottery is answeredReply
@ Truecritic, Don't bother. The only thing Ridge can understand is 4th grade insults. He'd still be living in a cave If it weren't for Technology. He'd be scratching his ass, picking his nose in a cave wondering why he smells to high Heaven. Religious morons like to benefit from Technology. Then in the same breath they discount it when it fits their agenda. And then there are a few who use Science to prove their point, all the while failing miserably.....WHAT? I love my air condition
Jul 11, 2011, 1:20 am - joker17 - Lottery News

$42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmerReply
I was an English teacher in Korea for three years and I think you're full of yourself. 1. You base your generalization of Koreans and rich Koreans from an article where they explain the scandals from a couple of richbusinessmen. Many rich businessmen around the world are the same way. 2. Korea is very small country with only 48,000,000 people; their economy and technology is extremely well when you realize how small they are. 3. There are no North Koreans in the USA. North Koreans
Oct 13, 2008, 8:59 pm - SmoothJuice - Lottery News

Technology glitch plagues Connecticut LotteryNews Story
What a Connecticut Lottery Corp. spokeswoman described as a hiccup in a ticket sales computer system may have cost the state and its lottery agents tens of thousands of dollars in lost sales Monday.The computer glitch left Connecticuts 2,800 lottery agents without operating ticket terminals for more than 10 hours during the morning and early afternoon Monday.The problem wasnt corrected until about 2:30 p.m., which meant that thousands of customers were unable to buy tickets for Mondays midday
Oct 19, 2004, 11:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

Workers get 10% bonus if lottery launches on timeNews Story
Tennessee lottery workers can earn as much as 10% of their salary in incentive bonuses about $18,000 for the highest-paid executives if tickets for the scratch-off games and the games played by picking numbers are on sale by their deadlines.The incentive package for the lottery start-up was recommended by Tennessee Education Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul and approved by the lottery board yesterday.Gov. Phil Bredesen said the bonus level was not unreasonable and was considerably more conservative than
Nov 25, 2003, 4:22 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canada lotteries changing biggest games to computerized drawingsNews Story
Random number generators will be used for Lotto Max and Lotto 649 after May 14 Starting mid-May, players of Canada's two largest multi-province lottery games will no longer be able to rely on real lottery ball drawings to choose the winning numbers. Instead, the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation will retire the lottery balls that generate the winning numbers for Lotto Max and Lotto 649 on May 14, moving to a computer program called a random number generator. They're part of our histo
Apr 24, 2019, 6:19 pm - Todd - Lottery News

D.C. Lottery continues to evolve online gambling planNews Story
The D.C. Lottery's planned online gambling program will not be hosted on the city's secure DC-NET Internet system as originally planned, information technology officials said Wednesday. The gambling program known as iGaming faces a repeal effort in the D.C. Council, yet lottery officials have been working on its implementation since it passed into law as part of a supplemental budget plan last December. D.C. Lottery's initial plans to use DC-NET a high-speed fiber-optic network that carrie
Dec 8, 2011, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canadian family charged with stealing $12.5M lottery jackpotNews Story
Search is on for rightful owner of winning ticket Are you the victim of an alleged $12.5-million lottery jackpot theft? Ontario police say someone else celebrated with what should have been your happy dance. The rightful owner of the Super 7 ticket was defrauded of the winnings nearly seven years ago, police say. Meanwhile, investigators allege the family accused of stealing the winnings lived in the lap of luxury multiple homes and BMW and Mercedes vehicles were among their big-ticket
Sep 30, 2010, 8:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

New Michigan lottery terminals are giving retailers fitsNews Story
Numerous glitches have popped up on the touch-screen devices that use satellite technology The new generation of Michigan Lottery machines is giving some retailers fits as the devices sometimes go on the blink in this winter's harsh weather. The state began replacing 11,000 older model machines last fall, and the conversion should be completed by month's end. But unlike the old system, which used phone lines, the new one relies on satellite technology. In snowy, windy weather, the ne
Jan 16, 2009, 7:54 am - Todd - Lottery News