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Outside Auditor Indicted in Scandal
This has no direct link to lotteries, but it makes you think.Outside Auditor Indicted in LI School ScandalSep 8, 2005 2:06 pm US/EasternAn outside accountant hired to guard the bookkeeping at a Long Island school district where $11.2 million was allegedly pilfered by employees was charged Thursday in a 26-count indictment, accused of falsifying records to help cover up the stealing, a prosecutor said.Andrew Miller, 56, a partner in the now-defunct firm of Miller Lilly Pearce, is the fifth pers
Sep 8, 2005, 3:03 pm - Maverick - Lottery Discussion Forum

Hoosier Lottery insists computers are better than ball drawingsNews Story
Still smarting from the sting of a massive security scandal, Indiana Lottery officials are making a claim that computerized drawings actually improve security over traditional lottery drawings conducted with a mechanical ball machine.Hoosier Lottery winning numbers are no longer determined by white balls plucked from a whirling mass inside a wire cage.Now, winning numbers for Hoosier Lotto and daily games are picked in an office room, from a computer inside a black box secured with red, tamper-e
Jul 29, 2005, 2:15 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery looking at all possibilities for Director PositionNews Story
In a gesture of openness, Texas Lottery commissioners announced Monday that, for the first time, a committee of state officials and private citizens outside the lottery will help find the agency's next leader. The commission accepted the resignation of former executive director Reagan Greer, who announced his departure Friday, two weeks after he admitted approving several inflated Lotto Texas jackpot estimates recommended by his staff.Commissioners named Greer's former deputy and longtime lotter
Jul 12, 2005, 10:39 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana gets new gaming and lottery chiefsNews Story
A Clay County judge who presided over the high-profile murder trial of nurse Orville Lynn Majors will become Indiana's next gambling regulator and the point person in a state review of Donald Trump's plans for the French Lick casino.Gov. Mitch Daniels on Thursday appointed Ernest E. Yelton, who spent 25 years on the Clay Circuit Court bench, as executive director of the Indiana Gaming Commission. One of Yelton's first tasks will be to review the commission's split decision in July to award the s
Jan 14, 2005, 11:36 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wisconsin Lottery switches to computers to select winning numbersReply
I do agree that any computer system can be compromised (as can a mechanical system). It is a constant battle to study what has gone wrong and what might go wrong so that we can stay ahead of the bad guys. You are quite right that humans are a big problem. Even with our RNG, if the independent auditor, the lottery person (or persons for many states) and someone at the control ageny (in WI's case, the Department of Revenue) conspire together, they can put out a press release with any numbers as
Nov 11, 2004, 10:03 pm - chuck32 - Lottery News

Ex-lottery official charged in $1 million payout scamReply
Liar Liar Pants on Fire . Look at what the liars told me that they did not Know where the tickets went. Thank you for visiting the Hoosier Lottery Web site. We appreciate that you took the time to share your concerns. Our scratch-off tickets are manufactured by an internationally respected company, Scientific Games. Scientific Games is subject to independent audit of its products and we have full confidence in the tickets they produce for us. No one at the Hoosier Lottery knows the distributio
Nov 11, 2004, 3:42 am - Sconiers - Lottery News

Texas signs contract with Mega Millions; game to begin soonNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission on Thursday entered into a contract with the Mega Millions multistate lottery, which over the past year had average jackpots of more than $40 million.The commission next will begin purchasing equipment such as a random number generator to prepare for the launch later this year. The date hasn't been set, but executive director Reagan Greer said it probably will be after Thanksgiving.The long-term agreement has a six-month out clause, Greer said.The commission also
Oct 17, 2003, 5:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Legislative committee to discuss killing the Texas LotteryReply
The Sunset Advisory Commission recommended two additional commissioners bringing the total to 5. I said 6, which was a typo. Sorry about that. Two new members were appointed, but one has since resigned. I may be wrong but commissioners are not paid. Here is the SAC report. Notice, there is a lot of anguish in the Bingo area. Seems a majority of the bingo halls want to operate without supervision, and keep just about all the money raised. Sunset Advisory Commission Tex
Jul 26, 2014, 3:53 pm - bobby623 - Lottery News

Harve$t Moon Billionaires Club - Members OnlyReply
The 50 Richest Members of Congress, cont'd. 1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) $188.37 million It has become old hat: Kerry is the richest Member of Congress for the 13th time in the 15 years since his 1995 marriage to Teresa Heinz Kerry, widow of the late Sen. John Heinz (R-Pa.), the scion of the ketchup fortune. The value of Kerry s disclosed assets bounces between $200 million and $300 million each year, and his liabilities hang a little below $50 million. However, in various years
Jul 8, 2012, 5:44 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

Michigan Weekly Breakdown — Fantasy 5 & Lotto 47 Trend Report (April 4-9)Reply
Great questions, and I appreciate you digging into the actual game rules. Most people never bother reading those. I've looked into both of those sections before, so here's my take. The certain information is not available to the general public language in the Ineligibility section is standard legal boilerplate. Every state lottery has something similar. It mostly covers internal security and audit procedures, employee eligibility restrictions, and vendor information. It's not about the win
Apr 20, 2026, 1:40 am - RichW - Lottery Discussion Forum