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Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firingReply
oh yeah - poor Mr. Litwin was a real altruist who got in the way of all that corruption... Litwin was a long time employee of GTECH's then competitor who had the (at the very least) incredibly poor judgement to direct his security people to start investigating members of the Legislature. He had absolutely no authority to do that. If he had real reason to believe there was funny business going on, he should have shared that info with the local District Attorney, the TX AG or even the FBI.
Feb 1, 2006, 3:14 pm - Drivedabizness - Lottery News

Lottery Post member turns up the heat on the Hoosier LotteryReply
Winning scratch off according to whose record for sales? Gtech records that the State is given. Enron gave impressive information, Arthur Anderson gave accounting information, and the law Firm Vinson and Elkins gave information. Was the information truthful. Aruthur Anderson is out of business. You nor I can prove what the acutal sales of one vendor over another really is. Giving some retailers the big tier scratch offs because we are told they sell more tickets is another make believe st
Feb 1, 2006, 1:07 pm - richwood - Lottery News

Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothlyNews Story
The wait is over for Oklahomans eager to try their luck playing Powerball or tired of driving to neighboring states to play.Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.Tickets went on sale at 4:01 a.m. today for the next drawing on Saturday. A drawing worth an estimated $65 million
Jan 12, 2006, 11:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottey-Here We Go Again!!Reply
Hi Mike,I think the point here is what many people perceive as the Hoosier Lottery's total lack of professionialism and their complete lack of responsiveness to player concerns. I complained to the Executive Director about the delay in posting the resilts of the Christmas Eve drawings. She of course offered me no explanation and here we are on New's Year's Eve and the same thing happens again. I know some people might not see this as such a big deal. I read Todd's remarks about the delayed C
Jan 1, 2006, 12:37 pm - Uncle Jim - Lottery Discussion Forum

"Taping" in advance & Conspiracy TheoriesReply
TheGameGrl says: There is a reason that skepticism exist, it keeps some folks grounded. Its plausible to conceive and venture on the realm of possibilities. I agree.Public skepticism is probably the most powerful deterrent to corruption in the Big Games but, unless they move these drawings to Indiana, we shouldn't worry about it too much. While the initial scenario outlined by NoCompLotto is certainly possible, given the right circumstances, I don't think he's (my apologies if my assumption is
Nov 7, 2005, 9:25 am - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

N.C. Religious Leaders Stage Anti-Lottery RallyReply
Well, first let's consider why North Carolina politicians support a lottery for their state. Aside from the keep up with the Joneses mentality which seems to permeate state legislatures recently, we must also consider the additional revenue stream provided to any state by its lottery. We must consider it because, prior to 1964, when New Hampshire began the state lottery parade, all states were apparently flat broke. Thank God for the lottery, which temporarily fills the gaps and gives lawmaker
Apr 18, 2005, 11:46 am - jim695 - Lottery News

Sign the petition - eliminate computerized drawings!Reply
LOTTOMIKE:Even I can't find the words to tell you how much LosingJeff and I appreciate your support, but you don't have to live here to take an active role. Just go to IndyStar.com and punch in Hoosier Lottery (quotes aren't necessary). Then print out the two articles you find there and send them to your local newspaper editor. Ask him to find space to run them. If he publishes the articles, it will give your own state legislators something to think about before one of them gets any ideas abou
Dec 13, 2004, 10:34 am - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum

indiana lotteryReply
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 distribution of prizes by Scientific Games. Scientific Games certifies that the distribution of prizes is random. Lot
Nov 11, 2004, 3:29 am - Sconiers - Lottery Discussion Forum

History of Lotteries
Although the Louisiana Lottery Corporation has been around since 1991, one look at its history shows that it's really a new kid on the lottery block. The roots of today's lotteries can be traced as far back as the Roman Empire, where emperors gave gifts to party guests through a type of lottery system.As time moved on, the lottery games we know today began to take shape. The first-recorded lotto game started in the Italian Republic of Genoa during the 16th century. Drawings were held yearly to c
Aug 21, 2004, 4:32 am - teaparty - Lottery Discussion Forum

Are Lotteries RiggedReply
Wow. It's hard to believe this topic is still open. It's even more difficult to believe that there are die-hard players out there who refuse to accept the obvious: Corruption and fraud are on the rise in state lotteries.In just the past ninety days, the Colorado Lottery was shut down due to accounting irregularities. Coincidently, their lottery commissioner resigned, and a new one was installed before operations began again. Then, only yesterday, I read that the Minnesota Lottery commissioner
Feb 3, 2004, 2:05 pm - jim695 - Lottery Discussion Forum