Is the lottery rigged?

Is the lottery rigged?

I think it is not rigged but there no use in playing it because so many people buy tickets that you probaly will not win.

I think there is something rigid most of the time.

No, but the odds of winning are horrendous. But of course I play it anyway.

Of course there are lots of lotteries out there so some lottery somewhere might be rigged.

When I went to a trade show once I made it a goal to collect as much schwag as I possibly could. One booth had a drawing for stuff and the woman manning (womanning? personing?) it knew of my goal and made sure that I won so that lottery was rigged (she asked me to fold my entry different than the way she asked everyone else).

If you are asking about things like state lotteries; they would be very hard to rig. Big lotteries hire outside auditors to keep everything on the up and up. I would be very suprised to learn of any malfeasance at this level.

no I don't think so it's all luck

Yes-all lotteries are rigged including State lotteries. The auditors are paid to look the other way. The Government won't take action because they're taking in so much money. For instance, if the powerball is 200 million the government gets 100 million dollars. It's rigged this way-according to a friend that used to work at powerball- the mainframe computer gives them a print out of all the number combinations that haven't been chosen-then they inject gas into balls so that those balls come up. There's also instances when the lottery hires actors to say they've won-taking the photo with the big check and all-and they (the lottery) just keep that money for the government.The most egregious act is the Cash 5 lotteries where supposedly someone wins over $200,000 2 to 3 times per week and no names are printed- my friend says Cash 5 money is never actually given away. The lottery is rigged and is a major waste of money. The most they might let you win is a measley dollar.

yes the lottery is rigged and I have proof

One thing I found out about California's Lottery Scratchers is that they are purchased by retailers wholesale (1/2 price) and once they're in the retailer's possession, they are not tracked until a winning ticket is redeemed. The retailers/clerks can scratch-off as many tickets as they wish, and leave the non-winning tickets (There's usually a bunch of them between BIG winners..) in their display cases for the schleps to buy. My niece admitted that she worked as a cashier in a small convenience store that sold scratcher tickets in New Hampshire. She said she didn't have to pay for the losing tickets if a winner would cover the cost of buying non-winning tickets. She said the clerks could make as much as $300.00 per night just scratching off tickets that they didn't pay for.