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Winner sues Colorado Lottery 12 years after rigged drawingNews Story
A decade after Colorado engineer Amir Massihzadeh hit the lottery, two state agents visited him with stunning news: He was likely the only legitimate winner of a $4.8 million jackpot he'd had to split three ways. They told the Boulder resident that the other two people who had won the 2005 drawing were linked to a conspiracy in which a lottery insider and several cohorts had rigged drawings in several states. Now Massihzadeh, 62, is suing for the rest of the winnings that he feels should have
Oct 5, 2017, 6:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Computer draw vs ball set draw. Which do u preferReply
I think each method has its advantages and disadvantages...I'm able to at least predict a couple of numbers with computerized drawings; however, I have to wonder how easy the possiblilty for corruption is for computerized...(expecially pre-recorded computerized drawings).......
Jan 12, 2013, 12:45 pm - CinCin - Lottery Discussion Forum

Vt. Lottery computer glitch creates extra winnersReply
This just goes to show the obvious problem I've always had with computerized drawings and how they can be biased. The irony is, when the system works and nobody wins because of it the lottery folks don't raise an eyebrow--they're perfectly happy to just take everyone's money. Yet when the computerized system malfunctions creating too many winners, all of the lottery officials are scrambling trying to figure out what happened and of course, nobody wants to pay out. Well, maybe that's what's wrong
Aug 24, 2010, 7:45 pm - RollChris76 - Lottery News

NH Lottery offering online gambling gamesReply
It would be nice for people in computerized States to be able to play in other States with non-computerized drawings. I support allowing playing other Lotteries across state lines. I don't like online CASINOS because they are by nature computerized and thus have the same issues as computerized Lottery drawings, but worse because those online casinos can track your win/loss ratio and make sure you're not being unfairly lucky.
Jun 27, 2010, 8:45 am - LckyLary - Lottery News

Study: Hoosier Lottery has worst financial decline in USAReply
I don't feel pity for states that decide to use computerized drawings when their revenues take a plunge. I wouldn't feel that I had a fair shot regardless of the odds if the game has computerized drawings.
Sep 24, 2009, 3:14 pm - maringoman - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director hires core management staffReply
Hey Mike, I've seen some hints in some of the reports from Arkansas that they will be going with real ball drawings, but nothing concrete yet. I sure hope they don't try something like blaming the mess they created with these salaries for going with computerized draws. That would be a disaster. Unfortunately, after seeing how the Tennessee director suddenly switched over to computerized drawings, the days when we could trust them to do the right thing are over. We all need to be vigilant on t
Jul 17, 2009, 9:38 am - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana lottery players still hunting year-old jackpotReply
With about only 22% of all COMBINATIONS at play during the most recent drawings, I'm not yet convinced that any wrong doing is occuring because mathematically, it is possible for this game to roll as many times as it has, whether it be a ball drawing or computerized drawing. The biggest Hoosier Lotto jackpot claimed was $42M, and this was BEFORE they switched to computerized drawings. That would mean the game went 84 draws without a winner.
Oct 31, 2007, 2:15 pm - Guru101 - Lottery News

Hoosier Lotto in a dry spellReply
I hate to predict this but, someday (your state or my state) will convert to computerized drawings. People will wise up and not play as much or at all. Some people will realize that not only the drawings are rigged but that they seem to have more money to spend without actually winning anything because they haven't been playing either or playing as much. If nj ever goes computerized I'd probably be tempted to go to other States or just play Mega/Powerball.
Oct 20, 2007, 8:04 am - LckyLary - Lottery News

Info On RNG'SReply
Mike, That's a harsh way of putting it, but essentially that's the reason. You don't go to computerized drawings because it's more random or any nonsense like that. The randomness of the drawings has nothing to do with any of these decisions. Frankly, the random arguments are the smokescreen for computerized drawings. Manufacturers of the devices try to bring the discussion into a debate over randomness. That's not the most important issue. They bring the discussion there beca
Sep 15, 2007, 8:22 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsNews Story
Thanks to the Tennessee Lottery's unilateral decision to abandon traditional lottery drawings using numbered balls to pick the winning numbers on television, many players have decided to stop playing. The Tennessee Lottery now has computers generate random numbers instead of the player-preferred televised drawings. Lottery officials say the new system is as secure as the old one. Many players don't like the change, though. I don't trust the computerized drawings, said Nashville reside
Aug 8, 2007, 3:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News