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Keno: The Next Big Bet For The N.H. Lottery?News Story
On a recent afternoon at the Common Grounds Cafe, 200 yards from the New Hampshire border in Methuen, Mass, a handful of men sit along a short counter or at several tables in the back of the cafe. Eyes moving back and forth from their pink and white betting slips to two wall-mounted video monitors, they wait for the next drawing of a popular electronic lottery game called Keno. We've got some regulars who come in almost every day, said Shane Bernard, who runs the cafe with his parents. An
Jan 8, 2014, 9:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery director resignsNews Story
Includes video report The Arkansas Lottery Commission Monday accepted the resignation of embattled state Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue, who ends his controversial tenure on his own after surviving two past attempts by commission members to fire him. Passailaigue submitted a letter of resignation to the commission's chairman, Dianne Lamberth of Batesville, on Friday. His resignation will be effective Oct. 7. Passailaigue was not hired on a contract and will receive no buyout. Th
Sep 19, 2011, 10:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Statistician cracks secret code behind lottery ticketsNews Story
Is the apparent randomness of the scratch ticket just a facade, a mathematical lie? The call came around 3 a.m. Toronto time, which was midnight in Nevada where Doug Hartzell was sleeping. It was his old friend, Mohan Srivastava, phoning from Canada. He called me and said, 'Man, I think I'm losing it. But I see a pattern in scratch lottery tickets,' said Hartzell, recalling that 2003 conversation. My reaction almost instantly was like: I'm sure he's right. Over their three decades
Feb 2, 2011, 1:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Tenn. players picked up on new odds before lottery revealed glitchNews Story
Updated! Includes illustrative charts below. Somebody knew. Or somebody caught on. An analysis of 55 million tickets played in the Cash 3 and Cash 4 lottery games shows that in August, more people started playing the numbers most likely to come up. That is the time period when a glitch in a new computerized system of picking numbers prevented duplicating combinations such as 1-1-2 or 3-3-3-3 from being drawn. A Tennessean computer analysis indicates that players either knew or figu
Oct 28, 2007, 7:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery 'glitch' leaves players suspiciousNews Story
Brentwood lottery player Wil Prude thinks the computers that draw random numbers for the Tennessee Lottery's Cash 3 and Cash 4 games still have not been repaired. Lottery officials announced Aug. 21 that a glitch in the system had been corrected one that prevented duplicate numbers, such as 1-1-3, from being drawn as winning combinations for the previous three weeks. But Prude, who plays Cash 3 every day, is among the players whose confidence in the game is now shaken. He says the mach
Sep 2, 2007, 8:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

From the Arizona Lottery Site...
The following is from the FAQ section of the Arizona Lottery Site. Tell me what you think. Drawing Information Q: What types of future capabilities does this system offer? A:The digital drawing system technology will eventually enable us to distribute the winning numbers in an animated package to a statewide audience. Beginning May 2, the animation package can be seen at approximately 10:25 p.m. during the KPNX-TV Channel 12 newscast. Q: Why didn t you just replace the
Aug 18, 2007, 11:19 pm - ArtVandalay - Lottery Discussion Forum

Michigan: 11/1 - 11/30/2025Reply
Quick system audit (extra layer you asked for) Using the recent run: 780 M 030 E 519 M 893 E 403 M 623 E 439 M 815 E 1. Performance (last 8 draws) 623 was an exact hit in our board. 403, 439, 815 all had solid 2-digit overlaps with our sets. System is GREEN / stable : not cold, not broken. 2. Sum behavior Sums: 15, 3, 15, 20, 7, 11, 16, 14 Most are in the mid band (about 11 18). We already added wings for low/high sums
Nov 15, 2025, 10:24 am - Duckhunter - Pick 3 Forum

Michigan: 8/1 - 8/31/2025Reply
Aug 9, 2025 Combined Michigan Pick 3 (Midday + Evening) Baked rules active: Core 12, sum/parity/mod-3 quotas, double/triple hazard, mirror cap/bridges, Hamming-1 insurance, box-pair diversity, Tier C split, budget mode tagging, daily audit. Core 12 4-5-9 5-9-4 0-5-8 2-9-5 5-8-3 4-9-5 5-7-6 1-5-9 7-8-5 4-5-6 9-9-5 (double) 0-5-0 (double) Insurance 6 (Hamming-1 to 3-3-3 and 8-0-5) 3-3-2 3-3-4 3-4-3 9-0-5 8-1-
Aug 8, 2025, 9:10 pm - Duckhunter - Pick 3 Forum

Eddie Tipton released from prison on paroleNews Story
Convicted lottery rigger continues to plead innocence By Kate Northrop Lottery rigging mastermind Eddie Tipton has been released on parole after serving a prison sentence for 4 years. In 2017, Eddie Tipton, 58, was sentenced to a maximum 25 years in prison for rigging multiple computerized lottery drawings in several states so he and other accomplices could collect multi-million-dollar jackpots. In a plea deal, the former lottery security chief also agreed to pay about $2.2 mil
Jan 31, 2022, 7:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery industry facing new threat in 'skill' gamesNews Story
State lotteries are grappling with the rapid spread of unregulated skill gaming machines, which are found in convenience stores, bars, restaurants and taverns across the country. While these machines have existed for some time, their manufacturers and operators have become increasingly aggressive in their roll out strategy, placing these machines in the front of stores and even replacing lottery self-service terminals with them. Individual lotteries predict these machines could reduce their r
Feb 19, 2020, 9:34 am - Todd - Lottery News