Charles Strutt, 63, the executive director of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) ever since it was founded in 1987, was stripped of his title and relieved from his duties in October 2015 by the group's board, which includes directors of lotteries in 37 states and territories in the US.
This "quiet" decision of change in leadership was made days after the prosecutors declared that their in[...] Read more » Powerball Director Removed From Post Due To Multi-State Lottery Scandal
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I am surprised that they were able to see the numbers in advance,surely that would be the one thing they could guarantee would not happen.In the UK the sales are stopped an hour or so before the draw happens.
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posted by not so random number generator Investigators believe that Tipton used (and abused) his access to the association's RNG (random number generator) machine to find out what are the winning number combinations in advance, from which he and his associates played those numbers and shared the jackpot prizes.
To be honest, they are rigging lotteries left and right since the dawn of time. The only new thing about this that it came to somebody's attention. What a surprise. LOL.
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Another interesting news after Serbian lottery scandal last year. Very annoying that random numbers couuld be declared in advance. Customers cannot trust these lottery companies with these conditions.
------------ On the other hand how we trust these companies as most of them over the world use quite similar systems and RNGs with quite similar security standards I think so who can guarantee that your country is fully clear and not affected by things like this.
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