Using data of winning drawings in 37 states collected by the website LotteryPost, the Register identified more than 100 drawings over the past 25 years where the same game generated identical winning numbers within 365 days of each other. Professors review drawings, and find outliers Austin has researched and written about the difficulties associated with creating number generators.Īlready, several states, including Iowa, Arizona, Connecticut and South Carolina, have identified problems with random number-generated lotteries, and some have ended games because of the problems. “It suggests that there are outliers, and it suggests it's worthy of investigation,” said math professor David Austin, of Grand Valley State University in Michigan. Math experts who have researched lottery drawings told the Register it's difficult to truly know whether the identical draws indicate a serious problem without an in-depth inspection of the lottery software, but they say the draws deserve a closer look. "They’re shielding their eyes from the dishonesty of these games." "Lottery directors and state legislators are running these rigged games with blinders on," said Les Bernal, director of Stop Predatory Gambling, based in Washington, D.C. The problems are aggravated by the lack of national oversight, those critics contend. But critics of random-number drawings contend that the identical draws, coupled with records identifying problems in several states with "random number" computer generators, demonstrate that the fairness and integrity of the nation’s $80.5 billion annual lottery system are compromised.
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