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Powerball multi-state lottery to raise prices, jackpotsReply
According to the Iowa Lottery.nothing is changing when it comes to the drawings.So no,they won't switch to computerized drawings.
Jan 5, 2012, 12:38 pm - Cletu$2 - Lottery News

Four years after drawing fiasco, Tenn. Lottery settles with tech firmsReply
I remember posting about hidden errors that can occur without anybody noticing WAY Before these drawing errors were ever confirmed. For example, here's a post I made on Aug. 8, 2007 that talks about hidden errors in computerized drawings that can go on for a long time before anyone notices. There is absolutely no legitimate reason for a lottery to go to computerized drawings, other than their perception that it will be easier for them to manage. Computerized drawings are a huge mistake, espec
Dec 17, 2011, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Thought about True Drawings vs. Computerized Drawings
I had a thought the other day about true drawings and computerized drawings. I am not sure how the lottery computers come up with their numbers, but from what I learned in statistics class calculators generate random numbers off a number line, which is merely a long string of numbers. For example, if the night's picks are 703 / 8694 / 1-4-23-37-40, a possible number line is ...70386940104233740...). If this is true, the numbers in computer-generated drawings might be predetermined. I do not
Dec 31, 2009, 5:29 pm - Hermanus104 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Some States Consider Leasing Their LotteriesReply
I'll take the annuity on a large jackpot. Nothing in life is without risk. But privatization begs the question: What would a private company think of computerized drawings? They might save money but people are becoming wise to them and most prefer ball drawings. Do you think privatization would trend away from computerized drawings and maybe that is how to ultimately eliminate them? If you could own a Lottery how would YOU run it? I'd keep ball drawings and I'd significantly raise the payback to
Oct 21, 2007, 8:33 am - LckyLary - Lottery News

Info On RNG'SReply
Not at all. I want ball drawings because any layman can see or measure or detect problems or fraud. That's why computerized drawings in California, Kansas, and Tennessee had problems that festered for weeks and in some cases months -- before PLAYERS in each case detected problems by looking at the poor probability of the bad drawings. That could never have happened with ball drawings -- and HAS never happened. The vast majority of lottery players who discuss this issue here and on othe
Sep 14, 2007, 9:30 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Televised drawingsReply
I generally agree with that, but there are some cases where the online personality has drawn people to watch. For example, in NY, Yolanda Vega became a hit with the public, and people watch the drawings because they love Yolanda. That's the kind of excitement that Rebecca mistakenly attributed to computerized drawings. It could never exist with computerized drawings, because there is nothing exciting to watch.
Aug 29, 2007, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

POLL 3 of 3: Switching to mechanical ball drawings
Assuming your state uses computerized drawings currently, would your spending habits change if your state changed to mechanical ball drawings? Please indicate what effect the change from computerized drawings to ball drawings would have by choosing one of the three poll choices above. Also, please participate in the other two polls posted. POLL 1 of 3: Computerized drawings vs. ball drawings https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/161745 POLL 2 of 3: Switching to computerized drawings h
Aug 28, 2007, 10:22 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

computerized drawings set to take over the lottery in a few years?
i never thought i'd say this a couple years ago or even a year ago.but it looks to me that maybe in a few years time that we will see the end of ball drawings as we know it.tennessee lasted three whole years before bowing out to computerized draws.then before that you had missouri biting the dust about the time tennessee came along.you have hot lotto going from balls to computers and MUSL defended this decision.these are the same people who run powerball.once powerball or mega millions goes RNG
Aug 22, 2007, 7:11 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inceptionNews Story
Lottery throws all blame on a contractor; players bear the brunt By Todd Northrop A month ago, Tennessee Lottery officials claimed the state's new computerized drawings would be exciting . What Tennessee lottery players got instead were buggy, unfair drawings, in which almost half the numbers people picked had no chance whatsoever of winning. The severely flawed drawings have been happening every day since computerized drawings replaced the lottery's real mechanical ball drawings mo
Aug 21, 2007, 7:04 pm - Todd - Lottery News

TENNESSEE LOTTERY-e mail response to computerized drawings
We appreciate your comments but the decision has been made to go to an exciting way to hold our drawings using the latest in automated technology, joining numerous lotteries throughout the world that use similar computerization. These begin this Saturday, July 28. Cash 3, Cash 4, Lotto 5 and Hot Trax drawings will be conducted at the Tennessee Lottery's headquarters in Nashville using one of two automated drawing machines. These are stand-alone computers that operate as random number generat
Jul 26, 2007, 10:29 am - LOTTOMIKE - Lottery Discussion Forum