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Arizona Lottery pulls second computerized drawing machine over duplicate numbersReply
You're doing some good work Jade, thanks. I'd recommend sending an e-mail to the Arizona Lottery directly for verification of the date of switch-over to computerized drawings. Unfortunately the switch back to real ball drawings is only temporary, as they are scheduled to go back to computerized drawings on Dec. 11. Here is the Arizona Lottery's Contact Us page: http://www.arizonalottery.com/en/contact-us
Nov 29, 2017, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

NJ Lottery adding Quick Draw game to its lineupReply
My understanding is that they no longer use the drawing system created by Tipton. I question why they continue to use computerized drawings at all at this point, but at least they did change the system. Hopefully players will keep pressure on MUSL to change all of its drawings back to real ball drawings. (This is off-topic to the discussion about the new NJ Quick Draw game, but worthy to mention because of the computerized drawing angle.)
Apr 21, 2017, 2:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

BOMBSHELL: MUSL employee might have rigged Hot Lotto computerized drawingReply
Actually, Indiana actually did that for their Daily 3 and Daily 4 games back in 2013. (Three cheers to Indiana!) They switched from computerized drawings back to real ball drawings, hired a television personality, etc. Very good move! Computerized drawings is one area where advanced technology is NOT a good thing. This is being spoken by a technologist (me).
Apr 13, 2015, 11:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery mulling changes to drawingsReply
To the lottery director and staff of the Illinois lottery do not switch from ball drawings to computerized drawings you will lose money. The integrity of the games depends solely on the fact that ball drawings are the most wildly used drawings in the USA. Computerized drawings have and will continue to fail due to software glitches that neither you nor your staff will recognize.
Apr 22, 2014, 10:19 am - four4me - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery no longer sharing Illinois Lottery drawingsReply
Well, if Iowa added their own drawings to protect their players from computerized drawings, then big-time props to them.
Apr 17, 2014, 8:53 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery mulling changes to drawingsReply
Computerized drawings vs real ball drawings...I don't trust digital, and I wouldn't ride a sinking boat either.
Apr 16, 2014, 10:05 am - Marilyn222 - Lottery News

Powerball multi-state lottery to raise prices, jackpotsReply
According to the Iowa Lottery.nothing is changing when it comes to the drawings.So no,they won't switch to computerized drawings.
Jan 5, 2012, 12:38 pm - Cletu$2 - Lottery News

Thought about True Drawings vs. Computerized Drawings
I had a thought the other day about true drawings and computerized drawings. I am not sure how the lottery computers come up with their numbers, but from what I learned in statistics class calculators generate random numbers off a number line, which is merely a long string of numbers. For example, if the night's picks are 703 / 8694 / 1-4-23-37-40, a possible number line is ...70386940104233740...). If this is true, the numbers in computer-generated drawings might be predetermined. I do not
Dec 31, 2009, 5:29 pm - Hermanus104 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Some States Consider Leasing Their LotteriesReply
I'll take the annuity on a large jackpot. Nothing in life is without risk. But privatization begs the question: What would a private company think of computerized drawings? They might save money but people are becoming wise to them and most prefer ball drawings. Do you think privatization would trend away from computerized drawings and maybe that is how to ultimately eliminate them? If you could own a Lottery how would YOU run it? I'd keep ball drawings and I'd significantly raise the payback to
Oct 21, 2007, 8:33 am - LckyLary - Lottery News

Info On RNG'SReply
Not at all. I want ball drawings because any layman can see or measure or detect problems or fraud. That's why computerized drawings in California, Kansas, and Tennessee had problems that festered for weeks and in some cases months -- before PLAYERS in each case detected problems by looking at the poor probability of the bad drawings. That could never have happened with ball drawings -- and HAS never happened. The vast majority of lottery players who discuss this issue here and on othe
Sep 14, 2007, 9:30 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum