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Anti Computerized Lottery Petition
Anyone know if the petition to eliminate computerized drawings is gaining steam?Any other orgs supporting the measure?Thanks
Apr 23, 2026, 6:57 am - meta19 - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
does dc lottery use computerized drawings? as of right now, all 39 april pick 5 drawings have been singles, and the probability of that happening randomly is 5.5295 x 10^-21. that's 1 in 181 quintillion. lol. just milk it, man.
Apr 20, 2026, 4:30 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

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part of the problem with computerized drawings is that state lotteries use third party vendors to make overly elaborate computer programs that the lottery employees themselves cannot easily audit because they're run on some proprietary systems. an eighth grader could write a simple python or javascript program to generate lottery numbers. this is not difficult stuff. and it would be cheaper to do this in-house. but probably some lottery officials get kickbacks for outsourcing every single l
Apr 23, 2026, 12:53 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
just to add more context to this conversation, here are some past news articles about programming errors in computerized drawings other states similar to what we're seeing with dc pick 5 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/112810 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/315664 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/265143 https://www.lotterypost.com/news/161740 i bet someone at dc lottery is already sweating bullets knowing they are drawing with bad code. but they won't fix it until they
Apr 20, 2026, 11:58 pm - Brock Lee - Lottery Discussion Forum

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https://www.lotterypost.com/lottery-report-card Virginia (62% true lottery drawings) True Drawings: Bank a Million, Cash 5, Mega Millions, Pick 3 Day, Pick 3 Night, Pick 4 Day, Pick 4 Night, Pick 5 Day, Pick 5 Night, Powerball Computerized: Cash Pop After Hours, Cash Pop Coffee Break, Cash Pop Lunch Break, Cash Pop Prime Time, Cash Pop Rush Hour, Millionaire for Life
Apr 27, 2026, 9:24 am - LottoBux - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC 5 Lottery needs to be audited immediately. The same thing that happened to Tennessee in 2007Reply
Washington, D.C. (23% true lottery drawings) True Drawings: Mega Millions, Powerball, Powerball Double Play Computerized: DC-3 1:50pm, DC-3 11:30pm, DC-3 7:50pm, DC-4 1:50pm, DC-4 11:30pm, DC-4 7:50pm, DC-5 1:50pm, DC-5 7:50pm, Lotto America, Millionaire for Life
Apr 20, 2026, 6:24 pm - grwurston - Lottery Discussion Forum