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lucky 4moola

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Feb 10, 2014, 8:55 pm

... in US, Canada, UK, Australia? Just curious for an inside opinion.
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Quote: Originally posted by lucky 4moola on Feb 10, 2014
... in US, Canada, UK, Australia? Just curious for an inside opinion.

i know a few people working for the Lottery they give me FREE STUFF
rdgrnr

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Feb 12, 2014, 1:58 pm

Nobody really works for the lottery in a fake-drawing state like Tennessee.

They just press the button on the computer and whatever numbers they programmed come up.

No real work involved.

They have lots of employees though.

I think they call them Coordinators.

And of course they need a buncha Vice Presidents in Charge of Coordination and so forth.

And as many people as necessary to get their coffee and pick up their dry cleaning.
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Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Feb 12, 2014
Nobody really works for the lottery in a fake-drawing state like Tennessee.

They just press the button on the computer and whatever numbers they programmed come up.

No real work involved.

They have lots of employees though.

I think they call them Coordinators.

And of course they need a buncha Vice Presidents in Charge of Coordination and so forth.

And as many people as necessary to get their coffee and pick up their dry cleaning.

i'm told any lottery employee that wins over 1000$ will be investigated.

guess it only seems logical.

I'm an N.S.A.

A Numerical Statistics Analyst.
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Feb 12, 2014, 2:01 pm

Quote: Originally posted by tungsten chef on Feb 12, 2014
i'm told any lottery employee that wins over 1000$ will be investigated.

guess it only seems logical.

I thought they weren't allowed to play?
Artist77

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Feb 12, 2014, 7:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Feb 12, 2014
i know a few people working for the Lottery they give me FREE STUFF

I am assuming this "free stuff" is also available and being being provided to the general public. If it is not, that is a possible ethics violation for the lottery.
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Feb 12, 2014, 7:11 pm

Quote: Originally posted by rdgrnr on Feb 12, 2014
I thought they weren't allowed to play?

Me too.
trinitron00

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Feb 12, 2014, 7:28 pm

In Canada they can play but anything above $1,000 is throughly investigated by an independent body, in some provinces in Canada they cant play some instant games
RJOh

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Feb 13, 2014, 4:00 pm

Quote: Originally posted by helpmewin on Feb 12, 2014
i know a few people working for the Lottery they give me FREE STUFF

I once knew a guy who worked for the lottery but all he did was deliver supplies and supposedly fixed the terminals or replaced them but I never asked him for anything because I could get the same things free where I brought my tickets.

He didn't have any knowledge about the drawings or the tickets he delivered.

* you don't need to buy every combination, just the winning ones *
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Feb 13, 2014, 4:16 pm

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on Feb 13, 2014
I once knew a guy who worked for the lottery but all he did was deliver supplies and supposedly fixed the terminals or replaced them but I never asked him for anything because I could get the same things free where I brought my tickets.

He didn't have any knowledge about the drawings or the tickets he delivered.

That makes sense. I can't see lottery employees giving anything away free that they are not giving/making available to everyone else or passing out to places that sell tickets. I am sure the written restrictions on them as employees are a mile long. I have a friend who works for a business that has in the past done business with the state lottery and she cannot even play the lottery per her contract. She was not thrilled when she took the new job and found out about all the restrictions she had to abide by. lol