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Sign the petition - eliminate computerized drawings!Reply
in either dvent the amount of people playing the lottery dosen't have anything to do with the amount of people who play a certain number. Every number isn't necessarly bet every day twice a day. By the masses of people in any given state. I will agree as it is evident that there aren't very many winners in your states pick 3 and 4 games. Without knowing the ratio of people playing, and what numbers they are betting on. How can anyone say it was a poor turnout of numbers If 888 had came out or so
Feb 10, 2005, 4:20 pm - four4me - Lottery Discussion Forum

Wisconsin Lottery switches to computers to select winning numbersReply
Quote: Originally posted by JADELottery on November 12, 2004I've heard it said by someone before that the balls have no memory and you can't predicted what will occur. Now that computers are picking the numbers, they do now.If there are any lottery program developers out there reading in on this, you need to revise your probability theory, statistical analysis, and calculated predictions. Computers can only simulate real world conditions; for this, there is a possibility that trends that once ex
Nov 12, 2004, 7:20 am - Badger - Lottery News

computerized powerball,distant future?Reply
I wrote to the MUSL about this, and this is what I got back:QUOTEWe are indeed looking at it. It is hardly well know that computerized lotterydrawings compromise integrity. There are different security issues involved,but they certainly can be made secure. Although, we are looking at systems built by others, we built one ourselves, toget some experience in what is involved (it is now being used by a statelottery). We built a system (we call Quantum Vision) that is a TRUE randomnumber gen
Oct 26, 2004, 11:46 pm - ryanm - Lottery Discussion Forum

Kentucky Lottery sales set record last fiscal yearNews Story
Kentucky Lottery ticket sales for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaled a record $725.2 million, a 7.7 percent increase over the previous year, state lottery officials announced yesterday.The figure is slightly higher than the $723.8 million predicted by lottery officials after a board meeting six weeks ago.At the same time, however, the board provided specifics about how much revenue has been lost since Tennessee began its lottery in mid-January and then added the popular Powerball game in mid
Jul 22, 2004, 7:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery posts record $100 million profitNews Story
Seven months after a critical audit report and the suicide of its director plunged it into turmoil, the Minnesota State Lottery posted a record contribution to the state for the fiscal year 2004 -- $100 million. This is really good news, said Gov. Tim Pawlenty at a news conference at the Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul on Monday. The Minnesota Lottery has been through some difficult months. The appointment of acting director Mike Vekich after George Andersen's death resulted in bold, dra
Jul 20, 2004, 7:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery to close officesNews Story
The Minnesota State Lottery will cut 15 jobs and close its offices in Brainerd and Eagan in a move intended to save $1 million beginning in July.Interim lottery director Mike Vekich said Wednesday's moves will make the lottery more efficient and effective. The restructuring was a response to a legislative auditor's report released in February, he said.The job cuts affect three Brainerd employees and two in Eagan. Nine workers in Roseville also received layoff notices. Accountants, secretaries,
May 13, 2004, 6:54 am - Todd - Lottery News

Bill outlines changes for Minnesota Lottery operationsNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery would have far less independence from the normal checks and balances of state government under a bill proposed by two legislators. It regularizes this agency, Sen. Ann Rest, DFL-New Hope, said Wednesday.Rest and Rep. Tim Wilkin, R-Eagan, the co-chairs of the state Audit Commission, proposed the legislation on the eve of the release of an investigative report on the lottery by Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles.George Andersen, the former lottery director, committed suicide las
Feb 19, 2004, 7:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

Computers seized in Lottery investigationNews Story
Agents from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation seized computers from the state Lottery office this week, as part of a larger investigation into the Lottery.Investigators with CBI and the Arapahoe County District Attorney's Office took computers out of the building on Colorado Boulevard, as well as the Lottery headquarters in Pueblo earlier this week.They say they are reviewing numerous issues having to do with the lottery. This criminal investigation comes after the Department of Revenue had a
Dec 19, 2003, 3:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

Russia's First Lottery Bill Moves to SenateNews Story
The State Duma on Friday passed in the third reading a bill on lotteries that will be Russia's first attempt at federally regulating the industry if approved by the Federation Council and signed by the president.The proposed law regulates the lottery industry in Russia by specifying types and standards of lotteries, rules for organizing lotteries, the system for exercising control over the organization of lotteries, the liability of lottery operators and other measures.Lotteries are divided into
Oct 20, 2003, 4:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

China lottery corruption probe sparks online outrageNews Story
China's government is attempting to downplay social media rumors that lottery administrators have embezzled nearly $20 billion from lottery proceeds. On Tuesday, the South China Morning Post reported on the frantic efforts by Beijing authorities to refute social media chatter that around RMB136b (US$19.5b) had been embezzled by corrupt lottery administrators. A popular meme blames this corruption for the inability of the average citizen to win a sizable lottery prize. The meme has its orig
Nov 14, 2018, 9:41 am - Todd - Lottery News