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Arizona Lottery pulls second computerized drawing machine over duplicate numbersReply
Actually, Lottery Post has published many news stories about glitchy computerized drawings. In almost all cases it was the players who identified the problems after they noticed irregularities. In fact, I can't think of a single case where the lottery suddenly realized it has a problem on its own. There is certainly a segment of people out there who perpetually think the lottery is rigged. These people largely do not distinguish between real ball drawings and computerized drawings. They just
Nov 30, 2017, 8:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery security chief: Rigging computerized game "sadly" possibleReply
Along with rigged drawings, computerized drawings can also accidentally screw people over, as was the case in Tennessee. The severely flawed drawings have been happening every day since computerized drawings replaced the lottery's real mechanical ball drawings more than three weeks ago. That's a total of 80 Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings in which almost half the lottery ticket players bought were unwinnable. The flaw in the drawings prevented two of the same numbers from appearing together,
Jul 15, 2015, 10:01 pm - ttech10 - Lottery News

BOMBSHELL: MUSL employee might have rigged Hot Lotto computerized drawingReply
Not only are computerized random number drawings a bad idea because of this intentional rigging, there are also the unintentional problems that have been reported before with defective software not being truly random or not allowing certain number combinations to be picked (example - Tennessee's Cash3 and Cash4 problems reported here). Although it is possible ping pong ball drawings can be rigged or skewed toward certain numbers, it is more difficult to do than rigging, or hacking, compute
Apr 13, 2015, 2:23 pm - duckman - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery no longer sharing Illinois Lottery drawingsReply
It appears either Iowa is having computerized drawings for their pick-3 and pick-4 games or they haven't updated the times and TV station for live ball drawings on their websites. PB and MM will probably remain live ball drawings, but lotteries are adding new games like all or nothing (hit or miss) , five card cash , and 4 and 5 minute Keno which are more difficult to draw live. The answer to your question is probably another question; do players watch the live ball drawings? Some states a
Apr 18, 2014, 8:45 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Oregon Lottery working to end slumpReply
Earth to Oregon Lottery: Maybe try getting rid of the computerized drawings and you'll sell more lottery tickets. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that states with real lottery drawings are selling more tickets -- even in this poor economy -- than those who have fake computerized nonsense. Man-up and give the players back real drawings. You'll make more money.
Sep 2, 2009, 5:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. lawmakers trying to force lottery to switch back to real drawsReply
This is good news for Tennesseans everyone there should write, email or call their representatives. Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and Rep. Jason Mumpower, R-Bristol, let them know you are for the ball drawings and against the computer generated drawings. If you stop pushing the issue then most likely they will have a difficult time bantering with Hargrove. Whats important here is governor Phil Bredesen know what he believes isn't quite accurate about the peoples/players confidence concer
Jan 12, 2008, 2:16 pm - four4me - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery created discontent with move to computerized drawingsNews Story
Lottery should not have ended drawings By Larry Duck When the Tennessee Lottery started drawing the numbers by computer software, did you know they were doing away with the ball drawings? I could hear a great cry from loyal lottery players. People who have been playing the lottery for many years must have felt betrayed by the lottery, as they were not properly informed that this was going to happen. No constituent votes were taken and no polls conducted the lottery just made its decisio
Sep 2, 2007, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsReply
The lottery (Tennessee Lottery) claims computerized drawings are exciting , although player polls suggest that any excitement from lottery drawings comes as the result of seeing real lottery balls being mixed in a spinning drum and drawn one at a time both of which are missing from computerized drawings. Because of the Ohio Lottery, state representatives and state senators had an additional $646 million to put into the state's educational fund in 2006. I seriously doubt they would risk
Aug 20, 2007, 3:52 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsReply
I know everyone doesn't like computerized drawings...well it seems that way anyway. But one thought, balls can just as easily be manipulated as a computer. Different weights, different sizes, doesn't anyone remember the PA story of the 80's I believe. I do think there is way to much emphasis on this non-computerized drawing kick. Someone should do a statistical analysis on drawings that are made by computers and ones that are done with balls. I bet there won't be a difference and if t
Aug 8, 2007, 5:17 pm - Bradly_60 - Lottery News

Audit finds gaps in Oregon Lottery securityNews Story
A state audit has concluded that the Oregon Lottery should tighten user access to computer data and improve security at employee workstations.The points were raised in an annual financial audit that the state Audits Division released Wednesday. The audit found no major problems for the year ending in mid-2004 but brought up a few issues that require management's attention, the audit said.A letter accompanying the audit said that Oregon Lottery managers should review computer-access rights when
Jan 6, 2005, 12:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News