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• grwurston

  

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  Aug 1, 2018, 7:51 pm

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  In response to DELotteryPlyr

  Quote: Originally posted by DELotteryPlyr on Aug 1, 2018

  WOW!! I am impressed he answered all of your questions and didn't just blow you off. 

  When he first said I'll call you back, I'll admit I had my doubts. But he was very nice about it.

  Gotta give credit where it's due. lol   Hey if anyone else wants to call and fish around for some useful info to share...

  
• four4me

  

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  Aug 2, 2018, 1:43 am

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  Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Aug 1, 2018

  Well I just called them. I said I was just on their website looking at the winning numbers for the last few days and noticed they had drawing videos for 7/28, 7/29, and 7/31, but not for the evening drawings for 7/30. What happened to it?

  Lady said I'll pull it for for you. Then she said her computer was having an issue with it. Then she said she would call over to public affairs and put me on hold. She came back and said she would connect me to the drawing manager. He came on and I asked him. He said they had a problem with the video. Then he asked for my name and number and said he would call me back. 

  Well he did. He said exactly what happened. They video tape all the drawings and they saw  they left a sign on the machine that wasn't supposed to be there.

  Me: What did it say? 

  DM: It said test.

  Me: What do they test for?

  DM: He explained that they do several tests before and after the drawing to make sure every thing is random and there's nothing wrong with the balls or machines.

  Me: How many tests do they do? 

  DM: 4 tests before and 4 tests after each draw for all games.

  Me:  What are they looking for?

  DM: We check to make sure a ball doesn't come up too many times in the same chamber and that every thing is random.

  Me: So if the same number came up 4 or 5 times in the same position, what would happen?

  DM: For example. On the pick 4, if the 5 came up in the first chamber 4 times in a row we would run additional tests.

  Me: How many additional tests would they do?

  DM: Several more. Up to 10.

  Me: Does it matter how many times the same number keeps coming up? Say if the 5 came up 4 times in the 1st position, skipped once, then came up 2 or 3 times in the 3rd position what happens then?

  DM: Nothing, that would alright.

  Me: So if the 5 keeps coming up in the 1st position what happens?

  DM: They pull the ball set and send it out for calibration to get weighed and measured.

  Me: So what happens if they say the balls are ok?

  DM: Then we'll test them and use them like we always do. 

  Me: Okay thank you.

  DM: If you have any more questions call back.

  Thank you i know they calibrate their own balls or they used to they had a video of it and they have lots of ball sets.

  Bad part is they have the final word. I think they are also the gaming commission for the state. 

  So any real problem we have to call the attorney general. At the governors office.

  Big John says. You don't hit the number. The number hits you!!!!

                 I'm not Big John, I'm Four4me, Big John's a friend.
• grwurston

  

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  We now know that they do 4 tests before and 4 tests after each drawing. That's 8 test drawings between each official drawing. 

  Now  here's something to think about.  Let's say you have a number that hasn't hit in 15 to 20, or more more official drawings. You mean to tell me that that particular number, just happens to randomly skip every 9th drawing all those drawings in a row?  Even if it gets hotter than Hades during the tests, it still just "randomly" misses out on the official drawing all those times?  Sure...