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One Big Ticket
The New Kidcon Lottery has introduced a really big game. Literally. It's measures 4 feet by 4 feet. It's the ScratchMatTM. On one side is a 4' x 4' scratch-off ticket. This is not the kind of ticket you play in one sitting, and even if you did, it would take you about an hour, says lottery director Sam Rawlings. On the other side is a special dry-erase board with clear pockets for numbers games. Players can write the winning numbers down with a dry-erase marker (included), put their ticket in
Aug 20, 2005, 11:25 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$93.4 million Powerball lottery winner is New Mexico's thirdNews Story
New Mexico has its third multi-million dollar Powerball jackpot winner.One winning ticket was sold in New Mexico for Wednesday night's drawing, according to the New Mexico Lottery Authority. It was the only winning ticket nationwide, and would be the Lottery's second-largest prize.The winning numbers drawn were 31, 13, 49, 38, 36, and the red Powerball was 02.The prize carries a pre-tax estimated annuitized jackpot of $93.4 million, and a pre-tax cash value of approximately $52.2 million. The Ne
Aug 11, 2005, 11:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

BlackjackReply
Interesting twist on things...... I was playing blackjack over at the Casino Hollywood (San Felipe Pueblo) the other day, 3rd base, full table, when the security and customer service people surrounded me in the middle of the hand. Wanted to see my ID and player card.I usually don't get a player card, but I recently had done so because these folks offer a free buffet and $10 in gasoline money every Monday for our senior citizens if they have a player card. I figured I might as well, and if I wa
Aug 1, 2005, 9:22 am - Rip Snorter - Gaming Forum

Pennsylvania lottery machines knocked out by lightningNews Story
A lightning strike at a control center put more than two-thirds of the terminals selling Pennsylvania lottery tickets out of commission for almost four hours Wednesday evening, which officials said would certainly mean reduced sales.The lightning struck an online vendor facility in the Harrisburg area at about 4:25 p.m., Pennsylvania Lottery security director Jim Morgan said. The bolt damaged control equipment for a high-speed data line that allows the lottery machines to operate in convenience
Jul 28, 2005, 2:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Federal Workers Share $10M Powerball Lottery JackpotNews Story
A group of federal disaster workers, used to helping others facing misfortune, are instead basking in their own good fortune as they get ready to claim a $10 million Powerball jackpot, officials said Wednesday.Fourteen of the 15 Federal Emergency Management Agency workers were scheduled to present the winning ticket on Wednesday afternoon at the Lottery's headquarters in Charleston, Lottery spokeswoman Nancy Bulla said.The other worker cannot attend because he is working on relief efforts for vi
Jul 13, 2005, 7:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Pretest ?QuestionReply
HeHeHe Molly, you nailed it on the head, they are at the end of the balls and I still don't trust them. The reason they introduced so many pretests prior to the final draw is to mess up the people who use systems to track the numbers. You only have 30 min to an hour to run the pretest along with the actual drawings and get to the store in time if you think you have the winning combinations. And another thing, I don't think they need that many ball sets to rotate. Each ball in each set has it
Jul 5, 2005, 8:52 am - Pick 3 Fairy - Pick 3 Forum

Sign the petition - eliminate computerized drawings!Reply
Some additional comments against computer drawings:Lotteries exist to make money for politicians.Lottery directors are under constant pressure to increase profits. One way to increase profitsis to find ways to minimize prize pay outs.While not perfect, mechanical ball machines do provide random winning numbers that are acceptable to players.These machines can't be manipulated to provide predetermined winning combinations.The advent of computers has given lottery directors a behind the scene mea
Jun 18, 2005, 1:24 pm - bobby623 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Oklahoma Lottery Director given approval to hire, set up officesNews Story
Oklahoma's lottery director was given authority Tuesday to hire employees and to move ahead with plans to design and renovate the lottery's offices.Executive Director Jim Scroggins said he expects to hire about 130 employees, with about 90 to 100 of them assigned to work at the commission's headquarters, 3815 N Santa Fe.Members of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission voted to give Scroggins authority to hire the employees. Scroggins will report new hires at commission meetings.Among the first to be h
Jun 15, 2005, 3:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

To the JERK harassing tntea and defacing my web site...
If one more negative thing is posted about tntea, or if you post one more thing at all EVER at Lottery Post, I will immediately report you to both your employer and the police.At 1:45:15 PM Eastern Time (10:45:15 AM Pacific Time) you posted your harassing message to tntea from IP Address 130.76.96.19, which is registered to the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, CA.Then at 6:35:59 PM Eastern Time (3:35:59 PM Pacific Time) you posted your harassing message to tntea from IP Address 130.
Jun 9, 2005, 10:56 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Sign the petition - eliminate computerized drawings!Reply
You sound very inexperienced in the concept of reality.Saying that computers are undeniably more random than a real lottery ball drawing destroys any credibility you might have had. Even a Lottery Director in charge of a slew of computerized lottery games would not make such a preposterous claim.I supposed after 10 years that hard rubber lottery balls do get scuffed a little, but that's why they replace them. And any scuffing would appear on all the lottery balls, so the randomly quality of
Jun 2, 2005, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum