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kyokushin187

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Jul 8, 2011, 8:43 pm

I have. Noticed here in my state on numerous occasions our lottery machines are down during a storm.is this just a coiencidence or does the lottery commission do this so that they can keep track of what numbers are played)quick picks or player picks?.I went to three diff stores in diff towns and all were down.kinda fishy to me.has anyone else noticed this?
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Jul 8, 2011, 9:06 pm

i cant comment on the events in your area. but just suggest getting in a day early if you play regular numbers. i cant believe things can get so bad they have troulbe taking lotto money.

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Jul 8, 2011, 9:49 pm

Quote: Originally posted by kyokushin187 on Jul 8, 2011
I have. Noticed here in my state on numerous occasions our lottery machines are down during a storm.is this just a coiencidence or does the lottery commission do this so that they can keep track of what numbers are played)quick picks or player picks?.I went to three diff stores in diff towns and all were down.kinda fishy to me.has anyone else noticed this?

so you think the lottery is corrupt..... oh yea they cant wait for a storm to brew so they can cheat people.

Their systems can go down just like the power lines, phone lines and satellite connections in your area do. Unless it's a major outage they are usually back on line in short order.

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Jul 8, 2011, 10:12 pm

They went down here just this afternoon due a bad storm. Went to 2 store 3/4 mile apart. Went back 2 hrs. later all was fine.
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Jul 8, 2011, 10:14 pm

Quote: Originally posted by kyokushin187 on Jul 8, 2011
I have. Noticed here in my state on numerous occasions our lottery machines are down during a storm.is this just a coiencidence or does the lottery commission do this so that they can keep track of what numbers are played)quick picks or player picks?.I went to three diff stores in diff towns and all were down.kinda fishy to me.has anyone else noticed this?

"is this just a coiencidence or does the lottery commission do this so that they can keep track of what numbers are played)quick picks or player picks?"

They don't need to take the system down to do this... they know what numbers are played before the ticket even prints.

I use to buy tickets in Maryland and always had this problem during storms. One of the clerks told me once that the machines are on a satailite system and it frequently goes down during storms. A buddy of mine has Direct TV and and he has the same problem.
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Jul 8, 2011, 10:15 pm

The lottery does NOT have to cheat you to beat you out of your money..They have the best odds of all gambling games around..If you don't trust them simple...DO NOT PLAY...

Pure luck
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Jul 8, 2011, 11:26 pm

IGlenn is correct. It works with satellites, and yes I do have Direct TV which also goes down in a heavy storm. Here in Florida, especially in the summer, If I wait too late in the afternoon to go to the store and purchase my tickets, the machine won't read the betslips. I also have the same problem with the credit card machine in my work van. In a heavy storm I have to write all the Credit card info on a special form and enter the info later when the weather clears up.

They don't need a storm to track any info. They have that ability at anytime...
ttech10

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Jul 11, 2011, 6:08 pm

Thought of this thread today. I stopped by two different places on the way back from running errands and both stores I stopped at had their lottery terminals down, I asked the clerk at the second store if she knew what the issue was but she just said they were down (she looked a bit annoyed so I assumed they had been down for some time). Our weather wasn't bad today though, so not sure what the deal was.

Then just a little bit ago I stopped by the store around the block to grab a soda and they were doing renovations inside, and because of that they had no machines (really almost nothing else except for what was in the coolers with sodas/powerade/beer/milk/etc), so I was foiled yet again in buying today.

I just took it as a sign that I was supposed to buy them tomorrow like I usually would.
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Jul 11, 2011, 6:21 pm

iGlenn is correct. Maryland's system receives it's transmission via satellite. You can always tell when a storm is nearing your area when you spend a little time in a store playing. The Keno and Ractrax screens disrupt and freeze.

Although, I have walked into a 7-11 in the afternoon to play at a busy time, during good weather, and found a sign on their machine, stating the system is down. Just to find out the clerks are so overwhelmed at that time that they just don't want to bother with Lottery, so they will put a sign up.

If your a regular, the clerk usually tells you to wait a minute, "I'll work on it in a minute."

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Jul 13, 2011, 9:27 am

There has been a few times when Lottery Machines were down from weather here in Ohio. everynow and then the Machines go down anyway. When one goes they all go.
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Jul 15, 2011, 12:52 pm

Just a little inside info...

I use to own a shop and sold lotto tickets...

the system is Hooked up to Phone lines to transfer the info from the lotto terminal to the Main system.

So just like your home phone, cable, internet, can go down in a storm the lotto system is not imune to the force of nature.
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Jul 15, 2011, 6:21 pm

All said above is true. There is a gas station that a frequent right by my work that goes down EVERY time it rains it seems. I know to avoid that station if its even a light drizzle like yesterday. They don't have to shut the systems down to cheat you. They make enough money due to the odds, they are doing pretty well on the profits

Nothing fishy about it
karinda

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Jul 18, 2011, 4:37 pm

In my opinion, any state would want their machines up and running during the designated hours to sell tickets. If the machines are down the retailers and the states lose revenue. I think in New Jersey the lottery machines are shut down from midnight to 5:00am at 24 hour convenient stores. That's only 5 hours that they can't cash or sell tickets. (Instants can be purchased 24 hours a day out of a machine, but I'm not sure about over the counter. They can't be cashed during the down hours though.

Probably the only reason they shut the machines down in New Jersey is because they have to! Otherwise they'd probably be selling tickets 24/7. Does anyone know if the lottery machines go down for a set number of hours in NY and what they are? I would think in NYC they would never shut off the machines, unless they had to!

Best of luck to you!

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Jul 19, 2011, 1:46 pm

Quote: Originally posted by karinda on Jul 18, 2011
In my opinion, any state would want their machines up and running during the designated hours to sell tickets. If the machines are down the retailers and the states lose revenue. I think in New Jersey the lottery machines are shut down from midnight to 5:00am at 24 hour convenient stores. That's only 5 hours that they can't cash or sell tickets. (Instants can be purchased 24 hours a day out of a machine, but I'm not sure about over the counter. They can't be cashed during the down hours though.

Probably the only reason they shut the machines down in New Jersey is because they have to! Otherwise they'd probably be selling tickets 24/7. Does anyone know if the lottery machines go down for a set number of hours in NY and what they are? I would think in NYC they would never shut off the machines, unless they had to!

Best of luck to you!

Karinda

The machines shut down for software updates and Accounting Process. Updates depend on the the time it takes to transfer the data...
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Jul 30, 2011, 5:25 pm

Quote: Originally posted by kyokushin187 on Jul 8, 2011
I have. Noticed here in my state on numerous occasions our lottery machines are down during a storm.is this just a coiencidence or does the lottery commission do this so that they can keep track of what numbers are played)quick picks or player picks?.I went to three diff stores in diff towns and all were down.kinda fishy to me.has anyone else noticed this?

I've had that happen to me twice in the last week. Last Sunday, there was rain in my area and I was able to purchase tickets, but when the clerk went to cash one for me, the machine went down. He said it was because they use satellite and that goes down during storms. That happened to me on Friday when I went to buy tickets for my office lottery pool. I went to two places on my lunch break and both told me the same thing; that the satellite was down and they couldn't sell me tickets. The weather cleared and I was able to get the tickets later, but it was still inconvenient.

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