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Old 01-14-2016, 09:33 PM   #288
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14 View Post
Lotteries have been hacked...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07...rector_guilty/

But, as noted, the Powerball lottery uses a drum and ball system rather than computerized random numbers. IIRC, 6/49 and Lotto Max still use ball and drum as well.
Since computers are incapable of being truly random, lotteries will always use physical balls, or something similar.
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