RE: The Lottery
January 8, 2015 at 3:18 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2015 at 3:19 pm by Cato.)
(January 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm)BlackMason Wrote: They can tell the computer to generate a no win combination so they can snow ball the jackpot.
This is only conceivably possible if the winning numbers are known beforehand. The air and gravity mix machine outputs are extremely difficult to manipulate, making your earlier comparison to casino slot machines out of place.
Before you waste your time, consider the following:
- No conspiracy is needed to progress jackpots, simply change the rules of the lottery. The 6/49 game has a chance of winning the jackpot of about 1:14,000,000. The larger U.S. lottery's have gone to a two barrel system, 5/75 and 1/15 as an example, yielding a jackpot winning chance of 1:258,000,000. This is the reason why there are frequently no jackpot winners and few multiple jackpot winners, not some conspiracy.
- If you can't manipulate the outcome, limiting random generated tickets doesn't accomplish anything. In fact, if combinations are limited it increases the likelihood that matching tickets are issued which raises the chance of having multiple winners in any given draw.
(January 8, 2015 at 3:14 pm)robvalue Wrote: Oh I misundertood I was thinking of our crummy lottery with balls in a machine. If computers are involved then who knows what's going on!
I think BlackMason was referring to the quickpick option for generating a ticket.
