Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries

[71buickfreak]

Which lotteries do that an why would they have a system that did? I mean you could literally have a person pull numbers out of hat, or pull balls out of a spinning drum. I thought the allure of the lottery system was the randomness of the winners. This is not like some machine at a casino is it?

I believe the only ones in Oklahoma that are ball-generated are powerball and mega millions.

Edit- I finally found it: Pick 3 and Cash 5 are RNG-selected, the rest use real balls.

 

[twoguns?]

The allegation is he installed malware on the computer that hijacked the random number generator and generated whatever number he decided.

Yea I thought they meant the ticket numbers....

 

[Shadowrider]

Maybe other games but I'm just not buying that they'll know these numbers.

 

[Hobbes]

The model of machine used is the Halogen, manufactured by Smartplay International of Edgewater Park, New Jersey. There are eight ball sets (four of each color); one set of each color is randomly selected before a drawing. The balls are mixed by a turntable at the bottom of the machine that propels the balls around the chamber. When the machine selects a ball, the turntable slows to catch it, sends it up the shaft, and then down the rail to the display.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerball#Previous_format

 

[okietool]

It's just the Hot Lotto correct? That's the only one I've seen named.

 

[4play]

Idiots, they are all fools for allowing this to happen, whether it actually did or not, still idiots to have that kind of system in place for the possibility.

 

[Hobbes]

I'm proud to say that I never put a dollar in.
I am lucky enough to know how unlucky I am.

 

[dennishoddy]

I'm proud to say that I never put a dollar in.
I am lucky enough to know how unlucky I am.

Can't win if you don't enter

 

[71buickfreak]

It was Pick 3 and Cash 5 in OK

 

[Dave70968]

Can't win if you don't enter

Having actually passed statistics, I can assure you that "the only winning move is not to play."