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The Gambling Authority is an official investigation into mismanagement in the lottery. The supervisor of the betting as has evidence that several drafts have not expired by the rules. Former employees of the company that manages the lottery systems fear that is being tampered with the results of the largest lottery in the Netherlands.
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Formally, the study focused on ‘the security of files and systems around the trekking process. This summer began Gaming Authority for a preliminary study. That investigation came earlier this month momentum after asking the Volkskrant of a vulnerability in the lottery (annual turnover: 773 million euro). The regulator planned a raid, but were the bosses of the lottery last Thursday premature air. As a result, the research appears in advance damaged.
Whether there has been any foul play, actually is not known. However, it is striking that the draw of January of this year and the draw of King’s have not expired. According to protocol The lottery paid out in January, less than intended. When Koningsdagverloting more tickets were part of the draw than were sold. The lottery said in response that it has corrected this error. Before the draw
The State Lottery, with the Minister of Finance as sole shareholder, the errors in the drawings are not brought out. To this end, the lottery also not legally mandatory. However, the Gaming Authority (KSA) was informed.
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That the systems of the lottery are susceptible to fraud, also according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), which is owned by the Volkskrant . Auditors PWC held in 2011 an audit at Intralot, a Greek company based in Amsterdam that the systems of the State Lottery manages. In the report, the auditors write that the company does not have the information in order to crucial points.
Four former employees of Intralot declare to the Volkskrant that it is possible by a vulnerability to manipulate the outcome of the State Lottery . Employees from Greece, according to them, anonymous access to the Dutch database where the sold lots are stored. They were so much a part of the existing lots can replace their own tickets without anyone having to be. Thereof
The Lottery says Intralot meets “all current security standards.” “The controls that the State Lottery and our independent auditors perform regular giving to doubt the reliability of the database no reason,” writes the lottery in a comment. According to the lottery, there are not a single trekking manipulations observed. “But we will fully cooperate with the investigation and Gaming Authority warm welcome when they come,” said spokesman David Selier.
Intralot late in a reaction that not to be the draw itself, and therefore not responsible to affect the price allocation. influence “The security of the systems of Intralot meets applicable requirements. All reasonably Obviously takes continuous monitoring. “
The Gambling Authority shall nevertheless sufficient reason to set an official investigation. “It is our legal duty to protect and inform consumers.”
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