Lotto America to switch to computerized drawings

Comment #40

Bleudog101 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:31:21 GMT

I think you meant Cash Pop as same hours as Keno and you're correct.

Cashball 225 only drawn once/day and like other KY lotto games, ruined by RNG.

Been a long time since I've played games on the machine before 5 a.m. The on-line games like PB, MM, Pick 3 4 are dimmed out on the machine so you can't play them. I would 'assume' that since Fastplay is with those aforementioned games on the screen it would be unavailable too

Comment #39

Stack47 — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 23:06:35 GMT

Cash Ball has the same playing hours as Keno, but can't find any time limits on the Online instant games and believe they can be played 24/7. Most of those games can be played for as little ten cents up to $20.

Comment #38

Bleudog101 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:48:17 GMT

Correct, it was 13 APR 2020 that KLC changed to RNG. I forgot this year to send them a somber reminder of this on FB Messenger.

Like I said before RNG is OK with me ONLY on Keno since they are drawn every 4' from approximately 0500-0158 or so seven days/week. Not sure if Cash Pop operates the same hours, but it is every 4' as well.

Comment #37

Stack47 — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 04:00:35 GMT

Not sure state lottery was the first to use computer generated drawings but it's nothing new. And because many multi state games like Lucky for Life and now Lotto America use computer generated drawings, there are only five US jurisdictions with no computer generated drawings.

Without having MM and PB live ball drawings, 25 US jurisdictions would have zero live ball drawings.

Comment #36

eddessaknight — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:26:02 GMT

For players, this potentially programable change is highly questionable

Comment #35

Stack47 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:04:12 GMT

The Kentucky Lottery went from one daily live drawing to two daily live streaming drawings but changed to computer RNG drawings in 2020 because of the pandemic.

As for watching the drawings, I guess it depends on when you want to know the outcome. Some states draw before 8 PM and others as late as 11 PM local time. Probably can't cash winning tickets after 11 PM so those drawings with the exception of the MM and PB are probably viewed less.

Comment #34

rundown99 — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 17:33:15 GMT

I actually played Lotto America last year because the tickets were only a dollar and the odds were better. But I won't even play Lotto America again because they will use computerized drawings. Thank you so much for sending us this information.

Comment #33

Hermanus104 — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:01:03 GMT

When I was in high school and lived in northern Virginia, the D.C. Lottery would broadcast their live drawings at 7:58 P.M. If I was at home, I watched the drawing. If I was not, then I'd check the numbers the next morning in the newspaper. I did not realize at the time I could check the results online. I suspect D.C. changed to computerized drawings in the summer of 2004 because they started using animations to show their numbers. I did not like the new format and stopped watching the drawings.... [ More ]

Comment #32

Bleudog101 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:35:30 GMT

About two weeks ago Kentucky Lottery sent out an email. It was about their RNG KENO which IGT runs. You can buy for an extra $1/ticket a Multiplier. Well IGT discovered that from January to last July somehow the X10 multiplier got deactivated. You sign up to get a $10 voucher...still waiting for that to come.

If PB and MM ever go to RNG those games will be history for me. Folks like to see the balls dancing around and dropping out of the bottom or some states a vacuum sucks out a ball.... [ More ]

Comment #31

Loteriaplayer1 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:25:36 GMT

I do. Cause, Texas lottery been doing mechanical and air-mix machines for years. They gonna keep doing that.

Comment #30

Stack47 — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:27:18 GMT

How many people actually watch the live ball drawings

Comment #29

eddessaknight — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:55:45 GMT

AMEN, hoptran, AMEN

Comment #28

hoptran — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:00:53 GMT

Computerized drawings = fraud fraud fraud. Never play lottery unless it's mechanical drawings.

Comment #27

Loteriaplayer1 — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 02:23:09 GMT

I'll bet there gonna be an example of the draw video on YouTube.

Comment #26

Justing618 — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:32:04 GMT

I'm curious ..... What does a rng machine look like. I tried googling but no luck.

Comment #25

play4shekels — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:43:55 GMT

We all know how that went the last time. While everyone is worried about the drawings being rigged, I'd worry more about the quick picks being rigged. Just a few simple criteria can guarantee a jackpot rollover.

Comment #24

Hermanus104 — Sat, 15 Apr 2023 04:30:02 GMT

Rig the compiler. No amount of source code inspection detects this rig because no evidence of the rig ever shows up in the source code. The RNG is rigged to appear random, and passes statistical tests, but is actually fully determined on certain dates . Coder remains clueless.

I began wondering if California's Pick-3 RNG was unknowingly rigged not to draw MDD birthdays midday on January 4. Day drawings started in 2003; it took until 2023 for this to happen, when they drew 706.

Comment #23

HUN RockMan — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:14:25 GMT

Oh my goodness. MUSL, why? What we did to get this horrible decision?

What's next? Cash4Life?

Pls, don't use RNGs. That's the biggest horrible thing, than do just 4+1 games(like in Sri Lanka).

Comment #22

wander73 — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:37:57 GMT

Lotto America is a popular lottery game that has been around since the 1980s. The game is played in several states across the United States, and it offers players the chance to win big prizes by matching the numbers on their tickets with the winning numbers drawn. However, there has been a recent push to switch the computer drawings used in the game to a more transparent and secure method. Currently, the Lotto America drawings are done using a computer program that generates the winning numbers

Comment #21

jarasan — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:39:38 GMT

Soon we can bet using for payment.

Comment #20

LottoChangeMyL — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 02:41:32 GMT

Another one bites the dust!

I'm done with Lotto America.

Comment #19

PrisonerSix — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:31:36 GMT

I don't have much faith in digital drawings either. It's been showed they can be rigged and it's harder to find out if they were.

Comment #18

Justing618 — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:17:56 GMT

I did stop buying. But it seems the masses of stupid people that walk amongst us have not. There's an old guy in my neighborhood that plays everyday. I figured he does not have internet access so he did not know of the switch. So I told him about the switch and about how it can be compromised and explained edward Tipton. He just kinda blew me off. So everyday I still see him hopping in his truck at 11.30 on the dot. To go up to the convenience store to get his numbers.

Comment #17

Stat$talker — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:28:54 GMT

Not quite az much, but apparently so..I won't play it..just watch squeal on'em..when they riggit..

Comment #16

Stat$talker — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:24:58 GMT

Comment #15

Stack47 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:54:13 GMT

Do people really play Lotto America?

There is MM, PB, Lucky for Life, and Cash for Life all with higher jackpots..

Comment #14

Hermanus104 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:56:42 GMT

This is why I don't play the lottery in my home state. The only state-run ball-drawing game is Super Lotto Plus, which I won't play because the lower-tier prize payouts are too low for my taste.

Comment #13

Wavepack — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:33:10 GMT

A few of the many ways to rig computer lotto drawings:

1. Rig the compiler. No amount of source code inspection detects this rig because no evidence of the rig ever shows up in the source code. The RNG is rigged to appear random, and passes statistical tests, but is actually fully determined on certain dates. Coder remains clueless.

2. Rig the hardware. As revealed in 2013 by Edward Snowden, the NSA loves this technique to hack encryption keys since no amount of source code or binary cod... [ More ]

Comment #12

Stat$talker — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:47:58 GMT

If you want MUSL to not switch to RNG's, then STOPP playin their Game..they'll git the message ReAl quick...

Comment #11

lottobrain — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:20:25 GMT

I was expecting this. By now MUSL probably figures the Tipton scandel has died down and everyone has forgotten all about it. Lotto America was Hot Lotto which was the 5 out of 48 game that Tipton rigged. After they shut that game down, they later revived it as Lotto America and added 4 more numbers to make it look like a new game. They also said that it was a ball drawn game in which they never showed one actual ball drawing. MUSL took over the Lucky for Life game which was a ball drawn game and... [ More ]

Comment #10

Think — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 20:34:32 GMT

Ok, this is just too easy MUSL announces new head of Security ... Mr Ed Tipton

They will never learn

Comment #9

Justing618 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:43:15 GMT

We do not have this lottery in maryland. But maryland did switch all there games to rng. And I stopped playing. When ever I'm in a convenient and see someone buying tons of rng tickets I just shake my head. But long story short people keep buying these tickets. Powerball and Mega Millions are going to do the same. It honestly just fascinates me people still play. Especially after Edward Tippton and all that trash. I was hoping people would stop playing and md lottery would switch back. Guess not... [ More ]

Comment #8

wander73 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:21:53 GMT

These companies will do as they please. end of story.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:47:16 GMT

* As Admiral Ackbar famously said It's a TRAP

Comment #6

Clarkejoseph49 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:13:37 GMT

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Comment #5

JBella888 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:38:33 GMT

Not feeling it.

Comment #4

db101 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:00:13 GMT

These idiots never learn.

Comment #3

Tony Numbers — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:31:42 GMT

If it ain't broke don't fix it! Just like Vegas, you are winning, they change the cards, they change the dealer, any thing to disrupt your luck

Comment #2

CDanaT — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:33:13 GMT

Another RNG game not to be participated in, being offered in TN..... Excellent

The Origin DDS will undergo a test at least once a year to check the software s randomness and ensure that the machine cannot be accessed remotely.

Un hunh, surrrrre.....Maybe even quarterly, perhaps ???

Sorry MUSL, to this participant, RNG stands for Riggable Not Genuine.

I will keep my few hundred $$ and participate in something else. I am sure you won't care, then again, neither will I.

Comment #1

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:52:14 GMT

A COIN FLIP will determine which machine they use???

Really???

Will they have an auditor verify the coin has 2 different sides also

Lotto America to switch to computerized drawings

Lottery Post — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:17:11 GMT

Digital draw system to replace numbered balls, new draw schedule

By Kate Northrop

The Powerball Group announced yesterday that the multi-state Lotto America game will move to digital drawings, starting next week.

Starting next week, Lotto America will no longer employ mechanical ball drawing machines, rather it will operate on a digital draw system to determine lottery results.

Lotto America, operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and sold by 13 U.S. lotteries, wi... [ More ]