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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

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

Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inceptionNews Story
Lottery throws all blame on a contractor; players bear the brunt By Todd Northrop A month ago, Tennessee Lottery officials claimed the state's new computerized drawings would be exciting . What Tennessee lottery players got instead were buggy, unfair drawings, in which almost half the numbers people picked had no chance whatsoever of winning. The severely flawed drawings have been happening every day since computerized drawings replaced the lottery's real mechanical ball drawings mo
Aug 21, 2007, 7:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery Considering Computerized DrawingsNews Story
Warning to Texas Lottery players: Your state lottery is considering a move that will eliminate real lottery ball machines, and will use a computer to select your lottery numbers.New documents uncovered by News 4 WOAI Monday show the Texas Lottery Commission may consider changing the way it draws numbers, but some say the system they want to change to is unreliable.Currently, the lotto is drawn with a machine using individually numbered ping-pong balls, but according to documents obtained by New
Mar 1, 2005, 12:35 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Winner sues Colorado Lottery 12 years after rigged drawingNews Story
A decade after Colorado engineer Amir Massihzadeh hit the lottery, two state agents visited him with stunning news: He was likely the only legitimate winner of a $4.8 million jackpot he'd had to split three ways. They told the Boulder resident that the other two people who had won the 2005 drawing were linked to a conspiracy in which a lottery insider and several cohorts had rigged drawings in several states. Now Massihzadeh, 62, is suing for the rest of the winnings that he feels should have
Oct 5, 2017, 6:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Vt. Lottery computer glitch creates extra winnersReply
This just goes to show the obvious problem I've always had with computerized drawings and how they can be biased. The irony is, when the system works and nobody wins because of it the lottery folks don't raise an eyebrow--they're perfectly happy to just take everyone's money. Yet when the computerized system malfunctions creating too many winners, all of the lottery officials are scrambling trying to figure out what happened and of course, nobody wants to pay out. Well, maybe that's what's wrong
Aug 24, 2010, 7:45 pm - RollChris76 - Lottery News