Arizona Lottery director not embarrassed about computerized drawing fiasco

Comment #38

Cassie8620 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 03:01:59 GMT

Thank you. I appreciate this info. Noise-Gate.

G-night.I see he is not a DEM, as stated incorrect.But, a Repub.

Got it.

Comment #37

MADDOG10 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:21:04 GMT

Yes it was I who surmised he was a democrat, and I stand corrected thanks to noise-gate.

Comment #36

MADDOG10 — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:17:01 GMT

Wow, thanks Noise-Gate. sure fooled me. I'd have to apologize to Edgar on that.

Comment #35

tnwinner — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 00:37:21 GMT

THAT BIG FAT PIG is to stupid to be embarrassed .

Comment #34

Ron5995 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 22:40:00 GMT

Agreed. PR and CFO experience, absolutely. Sad to see another thread regarding a serious topic verge off course. Though, is instructive of the limitations forums, social media, etc have for effecting real change. It's no wonder many lotteries stick with RNG. What organized group is challenging them. None I'm aware of.

To be fair, LP is entertainment only for many. Hoping to find a way to beat the lottery, which they won't - barring finding a flaw in a game that can be exploited and/or access... [ More ]

Comment #33

noise-gate — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 21:16:27 GMT

So it is true. I mean, when a sentence starts with we all know , it tells me that l am engaging with an all wise powerful personage. Knowing all the thoughts of people is truly mind melting. Bye

Comment #32

Artist77 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:43:55 GMT

We all know your political agenda in the forums and no one disproved what Maddog surmised. People claim allegiances to all sorts of things to get jobs. The fact that the Director left this experience off the press release speaks volumes.

Comment #31

JADELottery — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:15:37 GMT

Ah, yes, Next Gen.

That was the Samaritan Snare.

They are the Pakled.

Comment #30

noise-gate — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:09:45 GMT

..Reminds me of those aliens that kidnapped Gordy la forge from Startrek the Next Generation.He beamed over to help their stranded ship the next thing you know, they won't let him go. He sabotaged their engines...of course.

Comment #29

noise-gate — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 20:05:50 GMT

Maddog was the one who mentioned Edgar being a Democrat. I was merely correcting him. There is zero mention of Edgar doing any political work for or with Democrats. So there...

Comment #28

JADELottery — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:46:23 GMT

Not embarrassed, huh, must be Sontaran.

The resemblance is remarkable.

Tonight on Doctor Who, the Sontaran fleet try to take over world by embedding an operative at the Arizona Lottery.

Watch the Doctor hit the jackpot as he uncovers the plot undermine world gaming systems by cashing in on duped players and combinations.

J.K.

Comment #27

Artist77 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:33:43 GMT

I agree but a certain member repeatedly tries to start political based arguments. The Director's repub credentials did not qualify him for the job anyway but his private pr practice and cfo experience likely did.

Comment #26

noise-gate — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:48:11 GMT

Yep, keep this up.This subtle persuasion may have us all convinced, that Richard Nixon was a Democrat

Comment #25

Ron5995 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:30:40 GMT

Seems pointless to focus on the credentials of the AZ Lottery director. Party affiliation and all that is even more silly. Of course he's PR driven. Most executive directors are; mouthpiece of the agency. Much of the decision making is coming from elsewhere, in particular, lottery consultants and vendors that perform much of the day to day operations of the lottery.

Players aren't going to effect much, if any change, barring some organized actions (protests, boycotts, etc) that potentially en... [ More ]

Comment #24

Artist77 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:48:51 GMT

Press release says he was cfo of his own pr firm in Phoenix for 20 years.

Comment #23

Artist77 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:59:21 GMT

Just because something is online does not make it true. That 2nd part of his resume is overhyped and the secret service would tell you they supervise the movements of the president. I think he was a glorified conference and logistical planner. He scheduled meetings. He sounds like a loose cannon. And for that trip meaning a one time thing? Lol I think the Republicans kicked him to the curb.

Comment #22

noise-gate — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:56:21 GMT

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Comment #21

MADDOG10 — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:11:33 GMT

5 will get you 10, he's a democrat. That being the reason he's not embarrassed.

The only way this is going to change is through the players.

Comment #20

OneTrickpony — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:33:26 GMT

Speaking of balls, (pardon the pun), I just noticed that the number 34 hasn't come up in PowerBall numbers in over a year. And also the PB number 14 hasn't been pulled in over a year. Due? If I am wrong, I do apologize.

Comment #19

sailmumm — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:58:30 GMT

Out of curiosity, where in the ARS does it state it has to be held in AZ? I would be very surprised if it wasn't vetted through the AG's office first.

Comment #18

spartan1707 — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:14:00 GMT

They knew from the second drawing with players calling and emailing them about it. They only did something when it effected other states. Arizona doesn't conduct it's own drawings. It's all done by Third party. which upon Arizona residents realize it will revolt due to the law saying it must be held here not in another state.

Comment #17

Bleudog101 — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:03:39 GMT

He doesn't have any balls to address the issue; no wonder he favors RNG. Time to go to a fast food place and keep that weight on. It's a shame that the Feds don't investigate RNG/computer glitches.

Comment #16

MillionsWanted — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:40:39 GMT

Comment #15

Dead_Aim — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 03:13:29 GMT

The glitch, however, was discovered by an observant player while it was overlooked by officials with the Arizona Lottery.

And did people lose their jobs?, where were the people running the daily audits and pre-test drawings. what the hell were they doing? Almost EVERY glitch ever caught has been reported by players. I have read that over and over again..

as said earler...

Hello! use balls! no longer a problem for such malfunctions...you brain damaged bunch of retards...

Reminds me of... [ More ]

Comment #14

grwurston — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:59:07 GMT

I posted this earlier as a response in another thread but it applies here too.

Here is a comment from the Md lottery website. Note the contradictions. Games of chance, the House will always win, virtually impossible to rig a drawing.

Question- If it's a game of chance and it's virtually impossible to rig, then why does the house always win?

Answer- Because it's rigged in the house's favor.

Note the hi-lited comments.

mdlottery mike 7 years ago

mike: Thank you for your message.... [ More ]

Comment #13

TnTicketlosers — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:52:41 GMT

Comment #12

TnTicketlosers — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:52:22 GMT

Of people were strong enough like me they would stop being scammers like Tennessee,If people lived here they would see how depressing it is.Cant win grocery money in this state.

Comment #11

OneTrickpony — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:23:03 GMT

What I'll tell you, our players are extremely intelligent people and they know what they're doing when they play these games, he said.

He's right. We are intelligent. But that is also not an answer. It's pandering, and I find it insulting.

The malfunctioning machine is now undergoing a forensic audit.

I hope it's audited by an independent third party and not the contractors who set up the system in the first place. That would be like sending the fox in to inspect the hen house.... [ More ]

Comment #10

Artist77 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 23:12:40 GMT

I think people in AZ need to start exploiting these errors. The director did not even give the standard go to answer we are taking steps to make certain this does not happen again.

Comment #9

Stack47 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:50:19 GMT

What I'll tell you, our players are extremely intelligent people and they know what they're doing when they play these games, he said.

I wonder if Edgar's extremely intelligent people will figure out the problem with the malfunctioning machine undergoing a forensic audit. is the same RNG program he is using in his other machines

Comment #8

noise-gate — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:33:51 GMT

Edgar was never going to apologize, to do so would be admitting guilt, making him look weak. Notice how he deflected the question, and came out with our players are extremely intelligent

l looked up Edgar, and what do you know. He is the founder of Edgar Strategic Communications- a PR firm. If the press thinks they will corner Edgar with questions, they have a thing or two to learn. Edgar is soaked in the deflecting game.

Comment #7

tnwinner — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:17:26 GMT

The Arizona Lottery is a scam joke. The RNG is used to screw players. The computer purposely picks numbers that very few have played to insure low payouts and make the lottery more money. Boycott the games until the lottery is forced to return to the ball draw. Quit letting them screw you ..

Comment #6

lejardin — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:45:19 GMT

The glitch, however, was discovered by an observant player while it was overlooked by officials with the Arizona Lottery.

But he isnt embarrassed by this? Shame on him.

Comment #5

Ron5995 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:30:45 GMT

Not surprised AZ Lottery is going on as usual. However, I'm a bit surprised that the AZ Lottery director has such a lackadaisical attitude regarding the situation. As if it's no big deal, RNG glitches happen. Not reassuring at all.

One would have thought with the Hot Lotto scandal that lotteries would be switching away from RNG, but most aren't. I believe it's for two main reasons:

Most players will play, regardless. No legislation requiring ball draw.

What makes matters worse is most... [ More ]

Comment #4

Todd — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:16:10 GMT

Exactly. Seems to me if they wanted to really solve the problem they would switch back to real lottery drawings and punt the computers. People act as if it would be an enormous undertaking, but Indiana did it, and got a lot of positive press from it. Ball drawings are a nightly event that give the lottery an opportunity to market directly to its players base. They inspire trust and confidence.

Comment #3

haymaker — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:12:46 GMT

What I'll tell you, our players are extremely intelligent people and they know what they're doing when they play these games

You see, this is what they do...compliment the victims to try and disarm their anger.

It's all psychological

Comment #2

JADELottery — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:12:04 GMT

The only take away we get from this is, it appears they are desperately trying to avoid the demon that lurks within computer generated numbers.

We have our own take as to why this happened, however, it's just speculation.

In the meantime, as long as this problem is not seriously addressed, it will happen again.

Like all things these days, it will be handled by alleviating the symptoms.

At this point, word marking are the words of the day.

Everyone should Watch for it and Profit fr... [ More ]

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:57:49 GMT

team has taken precautions to make sure they catch similar errors in the future .

Kinda like locking the barn door after the horse gets away.

And he says they want to catch similar errors in the future? That's reassuring. So they expect more errors in their RNG in the future

Arizona Lottery director not embarrassed about computerized drawing fiasco

Lottery Post — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:51:10 GMT

The head of the Arizona Lottery says he's not embarrassed that his department overlooked a potentially costly failure of its computerized drawings.

Over a six-day period starting Sept. 28, lottery machines spit out the same numbers in consecutive games.

(See Arizona Lottery computerized drawing machine generated identical winning numbers, Lottery Post, Oct. 6, 2017.)

The Lottery is now offering refunds or exchanges for anyone who played the Pick 3, Fantasy 5, All or Nothing, and 5 Card... [ More ]