OK, here is the response which I received.
"Thank you for contacting the Georgia Lottery Corporation (GLC).
The Georgia Lottery goes to great lengths to ensure the security and integrity
of every game. Game symbols and prize amounts are distributed randomly during
the printing process of instant tickets. All instant games are audited by an
independent CPA firm prior to the release of a game to confirm that the
appropriate number of prizes is included in the printing process of a game.
The overall odds printed on an instant ticket are the odds of winning any prize
in the entire game. For example, if the odds are 1:4 that means there is a
winning ticket in every four tickets printed in the entire game. Since winning
tickets are randomly distributed during the printing process, this does not mean
that every fourth ticket in a roll is a winning ticket. There are multiple top
prize winning tickets, as well as multiple prize levels, available in all
Georgia Lottery instant games. Tickets are randomly distributed to more than
8,000 retailers throughout the state.
We appreciate your interest in the GLC and our games"
It is evidently a standard response, which would lead me to believe that they have had issues like this in the past. They do not seem to care, or to take this very seriously. Note that they did not even mention the game or odds by name. They just use for example...
So there you have it in their own words. Of course they are not going to admit to any wrongdoing. It would probably take some type of investigation to see if this is true, but I do not know how. The only way I can think of requires one or more persons with some extra cash to spend. Someone, a philanthropist, for example, or a group of people would need to come up with say $2740. That would cover the odds of 1 in 2.74, multiplied by 100. That would buy 274 tickets, and there should be somewhere near 100 winners, which would mean that there were exact odds. I would think that there should be no less than 95% of the stated odds, which are 1 in 2.74. There should be no less than 95 winning tickets, which allows for a variation of 5%.
We would need 24 people located at various locations around the state to buy 11 tickets each, and one person to purchase 10. That would be $110 that each of the 24 people would need to spend, and one person would need to purchase only 10. That would add up to 274 tickets, or 2.74 times 100. Each group of 11 tickets would need to be in exact order, all from the same book, not purchased randomly. That would rule out the possibility that someone who was playing multiple games could not lower the odds for everyone else.The tickets should be purchased at different locations, but in strings of 11. It would be best to spread it out over the state as much as possible.
It would be great if we could get a media outlet to foot the bill for this, but that is extremely doubtful, and I will tell you why. The lottery spends good deal in the form of advertising at these television and radio stations. The stations should be independent, but in all reality, they might fear that the GLC would pull their ads, causing them to lose money. Possibly one or more persons with that much extra cash would be willing to participate. Or it would work if all 25 people could spend $110 each.
There would need to be some oversight, of course. If multiple people participate, then someone would need to make sure reasonable steps are taken to assure that someone who is dishonest would not take the money and run. We would also need to make sure that participants were not turning in old tickets, and just the losers. So long as they are in consecutive, non-broken order i.e. there is not a winning ticket missing, then it could be debated that those tickets could be used in the evaluation.
If we could put up an ad somewhere, perhaps we could find someone who already has some consecutive tickets. I don't know, it is just an idea. Are there any lotto winners of $5,000 or more out there willing to participate? You could buy 274 more tickets. They would be yours, and as soon as the results are documented, you can cash them in. Who knows, spending money like that spread over the state could possibly result in a grand prize. Not saying that it will, but it greatly increases your odds.
You may or may not break even, but my guess is that you would do much better than breaking even, but no one can guarantee anything. If you don't win on at least 95 tickets, then I would assume that we could be looking at a class-action lawsuit. The GLC has very deep pockets, so I think any trial lawyer would jump on this if he thought he had a case. In closing, I bought another Jingle Jumbo Bucks ticket last night, and of course I lost again.
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