We realize that all states reserve the right to limit number selection, we understand why they do it and, just so there's no further miscommunication, let me state in the simplest terms I know how, we have no problem with the practice provided it's used properly.
There's a big, BIG difference between real published, mandated liability limits as set forth by other state lotteries and those which are perceived as real because somebody said they have them.
Indiana has no liability limits. All we have is Hoosier Lottery spokesman Andrew Reed telling us our liability limit is $2M for EACH of Indiana's daily games (Daily-3, Daily-4 and Lucky-5), but he can't point to where they can be found, BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST!
For any of you who believe Mr. Reed is sincere, please post the last $2M payout Indiana made in any of their daily games. If you can't find one (and you can't), then post the last one million dollar payout they made for a daily game. No luck, huh? Okay; find one that's at least $750,000.
I can show you multi-million-dollar payouts for the Pick-3 and Pick-4 in nearly every other state that has a lottery. Delaware, South Carolina, Michigan, Georgia, Ohio, are just a few that come to mind. Their liability limits are public knowledge. Any time someone is confused, he can look up his state gaming laws online or at the local courthouse and find out what those limits are, because they're in writing.
When someone in Indiana wants to know what those limits are, he has to call Andrew Reed and ask him, because our liability limits only exist in his head.
Are you beginning to see the difference?