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The computer that generates the winning numbers knows which numbers have been bought on tickets??! 
In any case, yes, the lotto is definitely an idiot tax. I think they pay out what -- a third? a quarter? -- of the receipts in prizes. Whereas private (non-governmental) gambling places are required to pay out something like 98% of the receipts and keep only 1-2% for their own overhead and profit.
(P.S. I've never gambled so I'm not totally sure about those figures, but that's what I've heard over the years ...)
Yes, there was a State Lottery whistleblower who quit and stated that the reason for the draw "cutoff" times was so that their central computer could churn through and find all the combinations of numbers that haven't been picked ... and so if they wanted the jackpot to grow (for publicity), they would "draw" one of those sets of numbers. He didn't say that they deliberately chose the winner, but that they COULD if they wanted to, because they selected the numbers (these numbers are not drawn randomly).
Topic: Proof that the Lotteries are Rigged (Read 1346 times)