sulu wrote:from what i know, or atleast have seen in the past, this is a televised event, usually aired at the end of major channels' news segment that's at time of the drawing.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

sulu wrote:from what i know, or atleast have seen in the past, this is a televised event, usually aired at the end of major channels' news segment that's at time of the drawing.

The TV coverage of lottery numbers drawn live is definitely a good thing in making the lottery draws and numbers seem authentic. I am not sure of it in the case of winning lottery numbers suddenly appearing in the media and on websites, without actually shown on TV during their drawing.

silvermani wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

sulu wrote:from what i know, or atleast have seen in the past, this is a televised event, usually aired at the end of major channels' news segment that's at time of the drawing.

The TV coverage of lottery numbers drawn live is definitely a good thing in making the lottery draws and numbers seem authentic. I am not sure of it in the case of winning lottery numbers suddenly appearing in the media and on websites, without actually shown on TV during their drawing.

Your concern is valid but there's another way to look at it. Say they fudged the numbers and pick out some numbers. But if you have a ticket with those numbers, you still win! The closest I ever got was 3 numbers and the mega or powerball number whatever it is called. I got a $10 or $11 payout. I was  confident at that time that I could get those missing two numbers also and win the whole thing one day. These days not even a single number on my ticket matches the winning numbers!

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

silvermani wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

sulu wrote:from what i know, or atleast have seen in the past, this is a televised event, usually aired at the end of major channels' news segment that's at time of the drawing.

The TV coverage of lottery numbers drawn live is definitely a good thing in making the lottery draws and numbers seem authentic. I am not sure of it in the case of winning lottery numbers suddenly appearing in the media and on websites, without actually shown on TV during their drawing.

Your concern is valid but there's another way to look at it. Say they fudged the numbers and pick out some numbers. But if you have a ticket with those numbers, you still win! The closest I ever got was 3 numbers and the mega or powerball number whatever it is called. I got a $10 or $11 payout. I was  confident at that time that I could get those missing two numbers also and win the whole thing one day. These days not even a single number on my ticket matches the winning numbers!

One of the major issues I see, as pointed out earlier, unless and until the lottery draws for winning numbers are held and shown live on public / commercial TV, there is always the danger that the lottery results / numbers declared as winners might not be authentic and they could even be used spuriously to play the lottery, by having someone play a set of numbers before lottery closes and then (after lottery closes) that set of numbers are announced as winners.

silvermani wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

silvermani wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

sulu wrote:from what i know, or atleast have seen in the past, this is a televised event, usually aired at the end of major channels' news segment that's at time of the drawing.

The TV coverage of lottery numbers drawn live is definitely a good thing in making the lottery draws and numbers seem authentic. I am not sure of it in the case of winning lottery numbers suddenly appearing in the media and on websites, without actually shown on TV during their drawing.

Your concern is valid but there's another way to look at it. Say they fudged the numbers and pick out some numbers. But if you have a ticket with those numbers, you still win! The closest I ever got was 3 numbers and the mega or powerball number whatever it is called. I got a $10 or $11 payout. I was  confident at that time that I could get those missing two numbers also and win the whole thing one day. These days not even a single number on my ticket matches the winning numbers!

One of the major issues I see, as pointed out earlier, unless and until the lottery draws for winning numbers are held and shown live on public / commercial TV, there is always the danger that the lottery results / numbers declared as winners might not be authentic and they could even be used spuriously to play the lottery, by having someone play a set of numbers before lottery closes and then (after lottery closes) that set of numbers are announced as winners.

Actually, a case like this was in the news 1-2 years ago. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/30/mastermind-of-lottery-fraud-admits-he-rigged-jackpots.html