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POLL - On The Whole Do The Lotteries Provide Truly Random Numbers?Reply
Missouri Lottery gives inside view of computerized drawings. 10:54 am - The Missouri Lottery takes viewers on a tour of their computerized drawing facilities and procedures. Hello: I don't believe it's random, check this out. Feb. 14th, 2010 485 Feb. 19th, 2010 584 Feb.20th, 2010 548 All within 7 days, 14 draws. Feb. 22, 2010 555 Is that random or programmed? You can watch that video again. lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Good Luck.
Aug 7, 2010, 11:26 pm - MzDuffleBaglady - Lottery Discussion Forum

Chi-square
The other day I had the good fortune to hit 5 out of 6 numbers in a local Lotto game. I had to go to the local Lottery office to pick up my winnings (had to sign paper work for taxes) While I was there they were minutes from conducting the midday drawing, I ask if it would be ok for me to watch. They said it would be fine. They proceeded to tell me all the in's and out's of the drawing and the procedures they use to conduct the drawing. The one thing that popped up several times was
Sep 13, 2009, 5:04 pm - Dead_Aim - Mathematics Forum

CBS publishes second hatchet job on lotteryReply
Excuse me, but that is a statement that you need to clarify, because I can't for the life of me make sense of it. You said, Black individuals are manipulated and short changed into believing the lottery is fair and and honest . Please explain how state lotteries are able to pick out the black folks and make them believe the lottery is fair and honest , but somehow all the white folks and other races are informed that it is a crooked enterprise. I thought this was a poor
Oct 8, 2007, 11:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn Lottery spokeswoman said no chance of drawing errorReply
Frank Harrell, chairman of the biostatistics department at Vanderbilt University, added that computers could even be more effective in generating random numbers than lottery balls. The chance of a glitch is so nil, Harrell said. ___________________________________________________________________________ Well Mr Harrel, looks as though you need to be going to night classes too...? Right, I mean if someone with your stature can make a blunder as the Lottery did, I would think y
Aug 23, 2007, 5:06 pm - MADDOG10 - Lottery News

Penn. Lottery Millionaire Raffle results drawnNews Story
The Pennsylvania Lottery selected the winning numbers Saturday for its special Millionaire Raffle drawing. Contestants have a 1-in-125,000 chance of winning one of five $1 million prizes. The winning numbers for the $1 million prizes were 075378, 348743, 370503, 473527, 528773. Numbers were also selected for other prizes ranging from $1,000 to $100,000. The full set of winning numbers for Pennsylvania's MillionaireRaffle are posted at https://www.lotterypost.com/pa-lottery-raffle-2
Jan 1, 2007, 12:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fixed LotteriesReply
Wintariofan: Take a stadium with 100,000 people and give them all a ticket from a range of 00000 to 99999 Here's why there is so much resistance to computerized drawings: Take that stadium but let's say of the potential 100,000 people that can be seated, 99,999 are. Then the data is looked up and the empty seat is found. Then the comoputerized drawing spits out the number of the vacant seat. Not possible? A progressive slot route in Vegas (taverns, not casinos) was se
Dec 26, 2006, 12:54 am - Coin Toss - Lottery Discussion Forum

Time to complain to the Delaware Lottery
I have made a polite inquiry to the Delaware Lottery about their web pages not getting properly updated. Like the recent problems in South Carolina, this kind of thing affects us all, because I can only show what Delaware decides to release to us all. My inquiry has fallen on deaf ears. They completely ignored a polite reminder that their web page has not been updated, and has repeatedly not been updated until I remind them each time. So they just ignore it now. Really great customer serv
Sep 20, 2006, 1:01 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penaltyNews Story
William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.But the former lottery security official's trial has been delayed so he can challenge the constitutionality of the nation's harshest penalty for breaching lottery security.The state's top lottery official, Esther Q. Schneider, favors the stiff penalty to deter inside jobs that threaten public confidence in the Hoosier Lottery
Jan 30, 2006, 8:57 am - Todd - Lottery News

New N.C. Lottery chief says integrity of games is importantNews Story
N.C. lottery enthusiasts await Shaheen's position on dreaded computerized drawings issueChosen amid an ethical scandal involving lottery commissioners, the man picked yesterday as executive director of North Carolina's new lottery wasted no time promising games that will be run honorably, with low-key advertising. The key to a successful lottery is the integrity issue, Tom Shaheen told the N.C. Lottery Commission. But that's a word that is used rather loosely in the lottery industry. You can
Nov 18, 2005, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

same Ga. Cash 3 number hitting straight 3 days in a row all midday?
so on 9/17/25 239 dropped midday and on 9/18/25 239 dropped midday and on 9/19/25 239 dropped midday What are the odds on that? welp they are 1 in 1,000,000 Why? once a number hits on Day 1, the chance it repeats exactly on Day 2 is 1/1000, and repeats again on Day 3 is another 1/1000. Multiply 1/1000 x 1/1000 = 1 /1,000,000 Rule-of-thumb: you d expect a three-day identical run about once every 2,700 2,800 years of daily midday draws Research it for yours
Sep 19, 2025, 4:50 pm - lottoman626 - Lottery Discussion Forum