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Tennessee Lottery computerized drawings flawed since inceptionNews Story
Lottery throws all blame on a contractor; players bear the brunt By Todd Northrop A month ago, Tennessee Lottery officials claimed the state's new computerized drawings would be exciting . What Tennessee lottery players got instead were buggy, unfair drawings, in which almost half the numbers people picked had no chance whatsoever of winning. The severely flawed drawings have been happening every day since computerized drawings replaced the lottery's real mechanical ball drawings mo
Aug 21, 2007, 7:04 pm - Lottery News

Tenn. Lottery players complaining over switch from numbered ballsNews Story
Thanks to the Tennessee Lottery's unilateral decision to abandon traditional lottery drawings using numbered balls to pick the winning numbers on television, many players have decided to stop playing. The Tennessee Lottery now has computers generate random numbers instead of the player-preferred televised drawings. Lottery officials say the new system is as secure as the old one. Many players don't like the change, though. I don't trust the computerized drawings, said Nashville reside
Aug 8, 2007, 3:44 pm - Lottery News

Winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in New MexicoNews Story
New Mexico Lottery officials say one of two winning tickets for Saturday's Hot Lotto drawing was sold in New Mexico. The other ticket was sold in Minnesota. The winners will split a $1.9 million jackpot. The New Mexico winning ticket is the first Hot Lotto jackpot winner for the state since the game first went on sale there in November, 2006. The New Mexico Lottery also offers Hot Lotto's better-known sibling, Powerball. Hot Lotto is played in nine other states. It's been dubbed th
Aug 6, 2007, 9:07 am - Lottery News

Tennessee Lottery threatens to go computerizedNews Story
Web site press release reveals plan is it a trial balloon or just bad news? By Todd Northrop Tennessee Lottery issued a statement on their web site that threatens to bring unpopular computerized drawings to the state. The upstart lottery, which in relative terms is still attempting to gain solid footing in the industry, made the announcement despite numerous player polls showing mistrust and discontent with the faux drawings. The lottery claims computerized drawings are exciting , al
Jul 16, 2007, 5:25 pm - Lottery News

Pa. Lottery players dig Treasure Hunt gameNews Story
Treasure Hunt, Pennsylvania Lottery's terminal-based Pick 5 game, has exceeded sales expectations. The game, which went on sale May 8, was projected to bring in between $2.5 million and $3 million in its first quarter. Sales have surpassed $3 million. Treasure Hunt is unique because it is animated online. Players get a grid numbered 1-30 and mark where they think the treasures are hidden. After the drawing at 1:35 p.m., the sand covered grid is shown online being cleared off, reveling five
Jun 20, 2007, 10:35 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery hires interim director to full-time postNews Story
FLASH: New lottery director may change computerized Megaplier to real lottery ball drawing, expert says computerized drawings flawed Anthony Sadberry, a longtime Houston attorney who led a reorganization of the Texas Lottery in the past five months as acting director, was named the agency's permanent head Wednesday. Sadberry's hiring was widely expected among agency observers and staff, many of whom have praised his straightforward and hands-on approach. Commission Chairman C. Tom Clow
Jun 29, 2006, 11:12 am - Lottery News

Same lottery numbers win game twiceNews Story
Got a lucky lotto number? You might want to stick with it. Wisconsin lottery officials report the same combination has won the SuperCash game twice within ten days. SuperCash is drawn using a computerized drawing machine, rather than a traditional lottery ball machine. The winning numbers 4, 5, 10, 16, 25 and 29 came up January 30th and again February 9th. State lottery mathematician JonMichael Rasmus says the odds of that happening are about one in 326,000. He says it's like flipp
Feb 14, 2006, 2:09 pm - Lottery News

Computerized lottery drawing glitch picks same numbers for 3 daysNews Story
Problem clearly demonstrates how computerized drawing faulty program code can go undetected even for something as obvious as three consecutive days of repeating numbers. A computerized drawing system glitch caused the Kansas Lottery's Pick 3 game to draw identical numbers in the same order three days straight, from Dec. 16 through Sunday. Apparently some players caught on. By day three of picking 5-0-9, ticket sales were $12,223, and the payout was $23,480, which is 192 percent of sales
Dec 23, 2005, 7:22 am - Lottery News

N.C. resident speaks out against computerized lottery drawingsNews Story
Editor: The following letter appeared in the News Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) this morning, November 23, 2005. The Lottery Post staff urges other North Carolina residents to do as this bright woman did, and speak out on this important issue. Don't sit back and risk the possibility that your state will use a computer instead of real lottery drawings!I'm very happy that North Carolina has joined the rest of the East Coast in adopting a state lottery, and I'm excited to start playing. However, as
Nov 23, 2005, 11:33 am - Lottery News

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 - Lottery News