Search

Honest: Idaho Lottery retailers pass 4-month security auditNews Story
Using undercover operatives and decoy high-tier winning tickets, the Idaho Lottery has concluded a four month investigation to protect the security and integrity of all its games. During the investigation, the Lottery evaluated cashing procedures of the decoy winning tickets at 128 of its 1150 retailers in 61 cities and towns across Idaho. The net result of the investigation showed that 100% of all Idaho Lottery retailers checked had met all of the security and integrity criteria. We believe
Sep 17, 2012, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

Fixed text editor problem for IE6 and IE7Reply
Security Essentials already protects against malware in your registry. You should not enable ANY automatic registray protection while also having Security Essentials enabled. The only way to do registry cleaning while also havi9ng Security Essentials installed is to do a manual run of your registry cleaner. But, to tell you the truth, I have found out the hard way that using a registry cleaner can create more problems than it solves. They often delete important stuff. Maybe that's why you're
Mar 17, 2011, 12:40 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

£84.4M Euro Millions lottery jackpot claimed anonymouslyReply
The problem with having security is that you have to trust them with too much information. Part of the validation process is in verifying that the winning ticket was bought at the store that had the winning ticket, so the lottery has to have that information available. The trick is in tracking the winning tickets and being able to access that information, but not having that information acessed improperly. The actual details will vary, but it would go something like this. Rolls with high valu
May 19, 2010, 3:39 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

$93 million lottery winner has yet to claim her prizeReply
I've always wondered if these security camera clocks were synched to the lottery machine clocks? Probably not but a lottery terminal printout would show at what time that ticket was bought and they checked the security tapes to see who bought tickets around that time. I doubt the security tape will be shown even if the winner decides to go the Bunky Bartlett route.
Sep 11, 2007, 3:50 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Lottery Cheats Ruin Players' ChancesNews Story
When it comes to the lottery, there are lots of games, and we all know they're games of chance. When we play, we expect a fair chance. But that's not always the case. Eyewitness News learned your odds of winning were hurt at times - sometimes by thieves stealing entire cases of lottery tickets and other times by the very people selling you the tickets.Drew Lowe was a clerk at a Brownsburg Shell Station until he was caught doing something the lottery calls fishing - when an employee literally
May 23, 2005, 9:24 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Informant reported lottery scamNews Story
Agency criticized for silence in scratch-off case; director says he lacked evidence to notify policeMarion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Tuesday that Hoosier Lottery officials knew for months there were potential problems with a scratch-off game, but failed to notify police about their suspicions of a possible scam.A day after charging ex-security agent William C. Foreman and two other men with stealing from the lottery, Brizzi said an informant, rather than lottery officials, alerted his o
Nov 10, 2004, 1:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery Ignites Controversy with Computerized DrawingsNews Story
Lottery Post ExclusiveFalling in lockstep with a controversial industry trend, the Missouri Lottery decided to change its lottery drawings from mechanical lottery ball machines to a random number generator computer system.Opponents of the computerized drawings say that computers cannot achieve the true randomness of a physical drawing mechanism, mainly due to computers' inherent non-random properties.In addition, with computer hacking, viruses, and tampering on the rise, concerned citizens worry
Jul 21, 2004, 10:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

here they are!!Reply
yes, i won four numbers.the ticket was an exchange ticket cause, as you can see, i bought it for several draws. so whenever i won, i got paid, and they still ahd to re-issue me a new ticket to finish off my plays. i won using the security code on the same numbers played.but on a previous game...............security codes . in other words. on wednesday, my security code on my ticket was 018472so i didnt win. but.the code tells me its almost next in line. for 4 or more numbers. because it didnt
Dec 15, 2003, 7:18 pm - interceptor - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery rigging trial to be moved out of Des MoinesNews Story
New venue to be determined later A new felony trial for a former Iowa lottery security official already convicted of scheming to win a $16.5 million jackpot will be moved out of Des Moines, a judge has ruled. Eddie Tipton, formerly an information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association, was convicted last year of two fraud counts stemming from an attempt to rig a 2010 Hot Lotto drawing and claim the winning ticket purchased at a Des Moines QuikTrip. After his convictio
Jun 27, 2016, 2:19 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Convicted computerized drawing fraudster argues Iowa court appealNews Story
The attorney for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states argued Thursday that his client's conviction last year on fraud charges should be thrown out. Eddie Tipton, the former Multi-State Lottery Association computer security director, appealed his July 2015 convictions related to fixing an Iowa Hot Lotto game in 2010, which resulted in a 10-year prison sentence. He is free on bond during the appeal. Tipton's attorney, Dean Stowers, told a three-judge Iowa Co
Jun 16, 2016, 8:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News