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Kentucky Lottery now using computerized drawingsNews Story
Coronavirus claims another victim: Real lottery drawings By Todd Northrop Starting today, you will no longer be able to watch how the Kentucky Lottery draws its daily numbers games because the drawings now take place inside a computer program. The daily Pick 3, Pick 4, and CashBall 225 games are all transitioned to computerized drawings starting Monday, and will no longer be drawn using balls and machines. Instead, a dedicated computer system known as a random number generator will rand
Apr 13, 2020, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery wins International Gaming-Compliance award for work in lottery rigging investigationNews Story
Long-running case culminated in 2017 guilty pleas from three men The Iowa Lottery has won an international gaming-compliance award for its work in the long-running lottery jackpot investigation that uncovered fraud against U.S. lotteries and resulted in guilty pleas from three men. GamblingCompliance on Wednesday named the Iowa Lottery its 2018 recipient for outstanding achievement in compliance. The organization's annual awards that recognize excellence in 11 categories focused on regulat
Apr 19, 2018, 10:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery computerized drawing machine generated identical winning numbersNews Story
Machine taken out of service; no explanation offered Once again computerized lottery drawings are coming under scrutiny as a machine responsible for generating random numbers has done the opposite, generating exact duplicates. The Arizona Lottery is offering losing ticket refunds or exchanges from four games held over a recent six-day period because a machine used for the drawings generated the same winning numbers in consecutive games. The games affected are Fantasy 5, Pick 3, All or N
Oct 6, 2017, 12:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Hot Lotto multi-state lottery game to end in OctoberNews Story
By Todd Northrop Hot Lotto, a multi-state lottery draw game currently played in 14 states, will end this October. The final Hot Lotto drawing will be conducted on Saturday, Oct. 28. It is normal practice in the lottery industry to change your gaming mix and keep products fresh in the field. Based on overall performance after 15 years, it was time to make a change, West Virginia Lottery Director Alan Larrick said. The 14 lotteries that offer Hot Lotto are working on new game options that w
Aug 9, 2017, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery seeking volunteer witnesses on evening drawing showReply
Yeah, this biggest weakness of PA drawings: the DAY drawing. Because that's computerized. As good a PA is with the evening drawings, they're doing the wrong thing with the day draws. As a lottery player, at least you can avoid computerized drawings by sticking with the evening drawings. Most computerized states you have no way to avoid them.
Oct 4, 2015, 6:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

BOMBSHELL: MUSL employee might have rigged Hot Lotto computerized drawingReply
I always believe that computerized drawings are not fair to lottrey players..
Apr 14, 2015, 1:56 pm - addai1516 - Lottery News

MUSL employee arrested in Hot Lotto jackpot mysteryReply
RNGs aka computerized drawings just cannot be trusted
Jan 16, 2015, 8:39 am - maringoman - Lottery News

COMPUTERIZED DRAWING GLITCH STRIKES ARIZONA LOTTERYReply
FOR SURE . . . Computerized drawings should be banned
Aug 29, 2013, 3:53 am - belle$star3! - Lottery News

Spain's Christmas lottery is still "El Gordo"Reply
Todd, which states have computerized drawings?
Dec 18, 2009, 2:41 pm - Nino224 - Lottery News

ARKANSAS LOTTERY DRAWINGS TO BE COMPUTERIZEDNews Story
Numerous polls show players do not trust computerized drawings Did Arkansas Lottery Commission hire the right team? Senator proposes bill scrapping the lottery Despite nearly universal player mistrust of computerized lottery drawings, the new Arkansas Lottery director made the inexplicable decision this week to forgo real mechanical lottery ball drawings, and use a computer program to select the winning numbers in the state's new lottery. The commission met at Philander Smith College
Aug 1, 2009, 1:20 am - Todd - Lottery News