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New York Lottery accounting method questionedNews Story
Billions of dollars in bets are kept off the New York Lottery's books. That's because the state Lottery Division does not publicly report the wagers on its video games that go to gamblers as prizes. The figures aren't included in the Lottery's annual reports or audited financial statements, and the Lottery initially declined requests for the amounts wagered on the video machines, and the prizes paid, since the machines were introduced in 2004. Late yesterday, however, a Lottery official
Jan 30, 2007, 6:48 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Jersey: 4/1 - 4/30/2010Reply
Ahh Crow, You are playing my song! As you know this is my angst. Today the 37 popped (finally) and with the 9 which I posted earlier were 2 of overdue and longest out numbers. I absolutely hate myself for being in a rush and not posting my favorite play today the 379!!! It was a map with the 37 pair soooo overdue! It paid very nice too! I should have wheeled but had it boxed twice. The 'audit' pre-draws are a killer. I have a friend that works for KPMG and has performed audits on Lotte
Apr 30, 2010, 1:42 pm - alibaba917 - Pick 3 Forum

Tennessee Lottery refuses to revert to ball drawingsNews Story
Lottery players won't see any balls popping up with winning Cash 3 and Cash 4 numbers on them, at least not for the time being. The Tennessee Lottery Board decided Monday to keep using computers to pick numbers in the two games, despite calls for a change back to a ball-draw system. Board members said they wanted to wait until auditors completed their final reports on a computer coding error that kept non-repeating numbers like 1-1-2 or 5-5-5-5 from being drawn. They also noted that sales
Oct 31, 2007, 8:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

computerized drawings set to take over the lottery in a few years?Reply
Here is another question.... Don't these States use independent Auditors ? Price Waterhouse... KPMG ...etc So,,,, Don't the States pay these Geeks Thousands Dollars $$$$$ each year to Audit? Isn't it their job to Audit the actions...preceedings and results of the draws? These are supposed to be the MATH Guys .... The Bean Counters ... The Number Crunchers The guys who oversee the results.... and CERTIFY
Aug 22, 2007, 8:43 am - WIN D - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tennessee Lottery oversight meeting delayedNews Story
Update (Nov. 9, 2007, 11:18 am): See below for rescheduled date and time. The Joint Lottery Oversight Committee in Tennessee, which was scheduled to meet this month to discuss the many problems recently plaguing the Tennessee Lottery, has been delayed. The meeting was originally scheduled for November 26th. According to a note sent by a co-chair's staff member, the delay is due to the fact that two ongoing audits have not yet been completed. Both audits will be discussed at the upcomin
Nov 8, 2007, 4:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Ireland National Lottery to propose must-win jackpot drawsNews Story
Debate about forcing a jackpot win heats up as Lotto jackpot continues to roll beyond six months By Kate Northrop Executives at Premier Lotteries Ireland, the operator of the Ireland National Lottery, are in talks about enacting regulations that would require a drawing for a capped jackpot to produce a winner after a certain number of rollovers. After an Irish politician called for an audit of the Lottery's machinations , suggesting that there may be some flaws in the operation of
Dec 15, 2021, 1:19 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings under suspicion againNews Story
Lottery draws same numbers 3 days in a row; same thing happened last month When will the Tenn. Lottery dump the computer draws? Seven was a lucky number for Tennessee lottery players last week. A very, very, very lucky number. For three consecutive days, the winning ticket in the Cash 3 drawing was some combination of two sevens and a zero. Thursday, the winning Cash 3 number at midday was 0-7-7. Friday, the winning midday number was 7-0-7. And Saturday evening, the winning number was a
Apr 8, 2008, 8:26 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery asks firms to pay cost for errorNews Story
Letters seeking $1.4 million are sent to 2 vendors Tennessee Lottery officials have asked two vendors to pay a total of $1.4 million to make up for losses caused by a computer coding error that compromised the Cash 3 and Cash 4 games in August. Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove and two board members disclosed the figure during a meeting Tuesday with The Tennessean's editorial board. Letters demanding the payment were sent to Smartplay International, the vendor that supplied the computer
Oct 31, 2007, 7:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery harder to win in Atlantic CanadaNews Story
Lottery players are twice as likely to die in a car crash on the way to the store to get their tickets than to win the big jackpot, says the Toronto statistician who has crunched the numbers of the Ontario lottery. Jeffrey Rosenthal said the odds in Atlantic Canada seem to be stacked even higher against ticket holders, in light of news that retailers have won 10 times more than statistically probable over a six-year period. If you buy it and you are not careful, even if you do defy the od
May 14, 2007, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

California Lottery director resignsNews Story
The turnover at the top of the California Lottery continues with Robert O'Neil deciding to step down at the end of the day Monday after 18 months as director. The lottery will be headed on an interim basis by Chief Deputy Director Paula LaBrie until Gov. Jerry Brown makes a new appointment, according to Alex Traverso, a spokesman for the lottery. Brown removed Joan Borucki as lottery director shortly after his election in 2010, and the post was filled on an interim basis by Linh Nguyen unt
Jul 15, 2013, 5:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News