Of course they would lose more if they got caught. But show me one criminal, just one, who thought to himself while committing his crime, "Gee, I'm sure I'll be caught doing this; wonder how long I'll be in jail? I Guess I'll have to wait and see." No one thinks they'll be caught committing a crime. That's why they do it; they believe they're more clever than the general population and, if the general population thinks the way you do, then I would have to say they are probably correct.
Your argument, while naive, would have gone a long way at OJ's trial: "He couldn't have done it, Your Honor; he simply has too much to lose. Therefore, these charges are ludicrous and should be dismissed. The defense rests."
It's easy to believe what makes you comfortable just by turning your head and pretending there's nothing to see in another direction. But turn your head this way for a few minutes, and I'll try to change your mind.
Like you, I once believed in fairies, leprechauns and Eskimos. I bought my lottery tickets like a good little citizen and, when I lost, I didn't complain. I just threw away my losing tickets and tried again. I was poor, but I was happy and secure in the knowledge that my state government would never try to cheat me.
Then one day while I was walking through the flowery meadows of the Hoosier Lottery's website, I discovered that they changed the rules of all the games, but didn't bother to tell anyone.
Suddenly, I wasn't so happy, and I began to find out other things.
For example, a page on their website reads: "Drawings for the Hoosier Lottery are no longer conducted using numbered balls and machines. Instead, numbers are drawn through a computerized random number generator." What this doesn't say is that the Hoosier Lottery downloaded their computerized random number generator from a public site on the internet. Yes, they did. I know this is true because their own CPA gave me that information.
Another page of their website says, "Due to the lack of available network time, the Hoosier Lottery is unable to offer a live broadcast of any of the drawings of Hoosier Lottery games." What is not said is that a live drawing is required by state law (IC 4-30-3-7 (4), and also that the real reason for not renewing their broadcast contracts, according to their CPA, was to save money. One of these reasons is a lie, but which one, and why is that so? What I mean is, why is it necessary to offer more than one reason? Why not just be truthful from the outset?
On this same page, it states, "The drawings for all games, with the exception of Powerball, are conducted at the WB4 television studio in Indianapolis. Extensive security controls are built into the procedures for all drawings." What is not stated is that a large part of these "extensive" security controls consists of paper stickers covering holes in the backs of the pressboard cases used to store the official draw machines, which are $350.00 PC's. They also left out the fact that they drilled these holes to access the ports on the backs of the PC's, then covered the unused holes with the stickers "to make them tamper-proof." Another thing conveniently omitted is that one of these machines is stored at Scientific Games, one of their online vendors, and a very heavy player in the lottery industry. The Hoosier Lottery thinks this is fine, and sees no conflict of interest here.
A few weeks ago, Michigan experienced a record payout day when the number drawn in their evening Pick-4 game was 1171, and the state paid out nearly $4.8 million. On 03JUN of this year, 0070 fell in Indiana's Daily-4 evening game, and the Hoosier Lottery paid out a total of $4050.00. That's four thousand dollars paid to the citizens of a state with a population of six million. You might notice that I didn't say the state paid out $4050.00. The Hoosier Lottery is NOT part of our state government, and many other state lotteries are set up this way to operate independently of state government and the accountability such an association carries with it.
This is just a small sample of the information I've uncovered over the past year concerning the Hoosier Lottery and their dubious methods of fleecing their customers. Prior to my investigation, they had been getting away with it for four years, and no one questioned anything they did. We all believed that they wouldn't do anything illegal but, I've proven, beyond doubt, that they have, in fact, violated the law many, many times over the past four years.
Your argument, that they wouldn't risk wrongdoing because they have too much to lose if they're caught, just doesn't hold water. People will risk anything, everything when they believe they have little or no chance of being discovered, and the best way to get away with something is to do it right out in the open, where everyone can see you. While you're sharing a cup of coffee with the movers from next door, your neighbors actually have no idea they're being robbed of all their furniture. But the men you poured coffee for couldn't have been crooks, you argue; because if they were ever caught stealing from people, they wouldn't be in the moving business long.
Take your head out of the sand and look around you. What you see might surprise you or, more likely, will just cause you to ignore it completely. Ordinarily, I don't take personal jabs but, in this case, I think a more appropriate moniker for you would be "unseeing." I apologize for my candor, but I've been posting on this subject for over a year now. I've related the evidence I've uncovered on this very forum, and others, I've met with my state representative regarding the matter, who pointed out that virtually NO lottery money goes to schools or education in Indiana, and many of my concerns became front-page news recently. This same story was posted on LotteryPost's home page, and is still available, if you'd care to read it. I point this out not to blow my own horn, but to demonstrate the effort that has gone into uncovering a lottery that is, in fact, rigged against its players, despite your compelling argument that "the states wouldn't do that because they have too much to lose if they got caught."
RNG's, quite frankly, do not save money for the states using them. In my opinion, there's only one possible reason any state would switch their official draw procedures from the universally-accepted ping-pong ball method to a computerized electronic random number generator. That reason is ease of manipulation of their online games. With the addition of a simple if/then statement, an RNG can be made to minimize payouts of a state's daily games and, at the same time, cause the lotto jackpot to roll over at their official whim, and as many times as they deem necessary to meet or exceed their sales goals. I've said this many times, but it bears repeating: If your state currently uses an RNG, or has plans to institute one, you may want to take a closer look at the inner workings of your game. If you don't like what you find, look even closer. Then keep looking until you find the truth. Don't just turn your head and pretend that if you can't see it, it's not really there.