GTECH picked to run Indiana Lottery

Comment #32

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:47:11 GMT

Or they could be inside of our houses as we post, as we sleep.

Well as long as they shut the lights off, and flush the toilets after using, I guess I can live with that.

Comment #31

grwurston — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:35:34 GMT

Me too. Maybe we were on to something??? At least this confirms that lottery officials troll the LP.

Comment #30

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:18:26 GMT

That's what I plan on doing!

Staying stuck in one state is so B-O-R-I-N-G

Comment #29

helpmewin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:38:01 GMT

how about Owning Homes in different states - Twice the Fun

Comment #28

mcginnin56 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:30:36 GMT

Good question, I asked him a question over two weeks ago. Still no reply.

Business must be really good, guess we little people don't matter to him any more.

Comment #27

grwurston — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:26:32 GMT

What happened to Chip, I guess he doesn't want to answer our questions

Comment #26

haymaker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:56:25 GMT

Thanks for the reply,

so I guess if you want to play PB that means a trip to indiana

Comment #25

grwurston — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:06:29 GMT

Hey Chip,

Interesting comment about doing a retest and pulling the ballset if a number comes up 4 or 5 times in a row.

Statistically it should not happen you say, but it does quite often. Two recent examples in official draws, 9/28 thru 10/1 the 9

appeared in Md eve. (4 times). 10/2 thru 10/6 the 9 appeared in Md. mid. (5 times). Just since Sept. 1, a number appeared

4 in a row or better, 11 times in the Md. pick 4. On the flip side what about when a number doesn't hit for 12, 15 or... [ More ]

Comment #24

mcginnin56 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:52:04 GMT

Just being devils advocate here Chip, but I'm sure there are ways around those rules.

Nothing to prevent you from buying lottery tickets, or having a friend pick one up for you.

The only problem would be cashing in a large winner or jackpot. In that case you could entrust that winning ticket to a friend to claim.

Unethical, but I'm sure its all been done before many times, if not your state, the other 49.

Thanks again for all your informative posts, always good to get the lottery's p... [ More ]

Comment #23

ChipP 2 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:35:22 GMT

Hey there Haymaker. Not only are all Kentucky Lottery employees prohibited from buying tickets in Kentucky, but so are members of our board of directors and all employees of lottery-specific vendors that we do business with (like GTECH who provides our draw game system, Scientific Games who prints our scratch-off tickets, etc.) The only caveat is with the Powerball game, and we're allowed to play that but ONLY out of state. Mega Millions does not provide that option.

Comment #22

haymaker — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:54:36 GMT

Hi ChipP 2,

Are all lottery workers banned from playing the lottery they work for or is it just the high level folks ?

I work in a hotel casino and there was a time when licensed workers were banned from playing in any casino in atlantic city,

now I can play, but not at the one I work for.

Comment #21

ChipP 2 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:06:08 GMT

Hey grwurston. The industry standard for test draws is between three and five test draws per game. That's how we've done it since 1989. If the same number comes up either four or five times during the pre-test draws we do a retest as statistically that shouldn't happen. If the same number continues to come up we pull that draw set and have it inspected to make sure nothing has happened to it. The results of the test draws are always available by request, but aren't published. There's no time to... [ More ]

Comment #20

grwurston — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:53:08 GMT

I don't see why not. It would be good publicity. Besides, if more people win, then more will play.

Comment #19

Ronnie316 — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:31:00 GMT

Should this be taken to mean that the centralized computer does not make use of RNG, but rather systematically uses up all the number combinations for a given game??

If so does it just start over once it uses all the combinations available

Comment #18

mcginnin56 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:07:25 GMT

I'm sure Chip would love to see lottery players winning all the time.

Of Course he'd be out of a job, but the players would be very happy. Isn't that what really counts

Comment #17

grwurston — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:02:05 GMT

Why so many? Do you publish the predraw results? If so, where and when? Any chance of getting the rest of the states to

publish them also? (Texas does). Preferably before the drawings in time for the players to see what they were. After all,

you do want the players to win as much as possible right

Comment #16

ChipP 2 — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:55:19 GMT

Yes - we've always done pre-test drawings. We do five per game before the official drawing. Let me know if you need any more info.

Comment #15

grwurston — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:56:56 GMT

Chip,

Thanks for clearing that up. Us lottery players do not like computerized drawings.

Comment #14

CARBOB — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:14:38 GMT

Will the lottery be conducting pre-draws?? If yes, how many

Comment #13

ChipP 2 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:37:28 GMT

Hey CARBOB - I didn't address it because I never saw it. What's up

Comment #12

Original Bey — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:27:29 GMT

Thanks Todd.

Comment #11

Todd — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:09:40 GMT

I have edited the story just a bit to replace the term computerized and insert a note that should clear things up.

Comment #10

CARBOB — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:20:07 GMT

I noticed you didn't address my post about pre-draws

Comment #9

ChipP 2 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:39:08 GMT

Hey grwurston - this is Chip Polston with the KY Lottery. I wanted to clarify the computerized games reference in this story. I sat in on the interview yesterday between the reporter and our president and CEO. There was some confusion as to what was meant by that - draw games used to be called online games, and they were given this term before the advent of the Internet (and thus the phrase online took on a whole different meaning). The reference to computer means the tickets are printed from a

Comment #8

CARBOB — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:32:07 GMT

They also do pre-draws

Comment #7

jamella724 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:17:34 GMT

This is good for Indiana... Definitely it will bring them more income and people there will play great...

Comment #6

mcginnin56 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:11:56 GMT

They should also make available, vending machines which dispense lottery clerks, without the attitude or patel disposition.

Comment #5

hsg2000 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:10:46 GMT

They have vending machine to sell lottery tickets in many shoppong centers too.

Comment #4

RedStang — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:16:26 GMT

Gtech is also converting ice-cream trucks into mobile lottery machines. You will be able to buy tickets at birthday partys, weddings, and red lights. Keep us updated in a year.

Comment #3

grwurston — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 04:14:03 GMT

The Kentucky Lottery contracts with GTECH to provide computerized lottery games such as Pick3 and Powerball...

Computerized games. That's just GREAT.

Comment #2

vjohnson8 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:00:06 GMT

IND needs to give back

Comment #1

mcginnin56 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:22:05 GMT

GTECH picked to run Indiana Lottery

Lottery Post — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:19:15 GMT

The Hoosier Lottery board voted Wednesday to hire a private company to oversee sales, marketing and other operations with the goal of earning the state about $2.1 billion in additional revenue through 2028.

The board chose Rhode Island-based GTECH which provides similar services to the Illinois lottery and provides some computerized game services in Kentucky at the recommendation of Hoosier Lottery officials, who conducted an expansive review of the two companies vying for the 15-year contrac... [ More ]