Well, maybe If they didn't have a camera or host standing next to the machine to click the switch, the outcome may be different, but I believe you missed my point altogether.
You said you can't predict the lottery using past data, and I was trying to explain that you can, simply by observing the trends and patterns.
An observer needs to make predictions, not a simulation run by a computer program. A program doesn't have the Human touch, finesse, complex thought patterns possibly Influenced by Quantum sources, intuition, and a host of many many other attributes.
I'm a firm believer that the whole universe is interconnected in every way, shape, and dimension. Our puny brains needs to get bigger to fill in those missing gaps, and that's why we don't win more often.
Past, present and future exist simultaneously. I've seen future events many times, although I didn't always capitalize on them. The Human involvement makes all the difference. Once a brain gets smart enough, and after it gets it's fill on the mechanical side of things, taps into the Quantum side, things become eerie. Try it sometime, you'll amaze yourself.