How to manipulate the lottery – Volkskrant

How to manipulate the lottery – Volkskrant

By: Sybren Kooistra and Willem Feenstra – 09/20/14, 09:00

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The Times today, say several former employees of the Greek company Intralot – that since 2010 the systems of the State Lottery manages – that it is possible to cheat on the staff of the company results of the largest lottery in the Netherlands. Whether there really is cheating, is not known. In what way the employees of Intralot Greece would be able to manipulate the draw?

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• The Greek employees are able to replace with new ones. deleted tickets Thus, the staff keep the number of tickets in the file level without the lottery notice anything.

Employees of Intralot Greece have full access to the file with the lottery numbers. They can adapt digits, delete and add. For the owner of a deleted number, it will appear as if no price has fallen. That number excluded from participation is not noticed.

The employees of Intralot in the Netherlands, personnel of the State Lottery and the notary makes nothing. No log is kept for the Greek people. If they make changes to the file shares is there no record kept.

The amount the

Lottery pays out in prizes will be determined based on the invested money. The removal of items from the file does not change the prize. The prize remains just as high, but the number of contenders decreases. The Greeks can thus increase the likelihood that prices fall on their own cards.

Insiders tell us that the Greek people can not just remove it. Most of the lots from the file The State Lottery has access to historical data such as monthly sales of lottery tickets and the regional distribution of prizes. A large decrease in selling lottery tickets or a major shift in the regions where prices will fall the lottery stand.

Verijderde tickets replaced by new ones
The Greek people are able to replace with new ones. Deleted tickets Thus, the staff keep the number of tickets in the file level without the lottery notice anything. By not too much to manipulate the tickets, the Lottery will be no major shift notice.

Another advantage is that the replacement, new, tickets need to be. Not actually purchased The State Lottery has its income after all inside. The headquarters of Intralot in Greece offers insiders a Dutch printer of items. That’s the same kind of printer where the local cigar shop have one

A percent of the lots to replace the Greeks would be 1% of the prize can receive annually:. 6 million. No one would fall. On

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