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on Wednesday August 05 2015, @03:37PM
from the corrupt-random-number-algorithm dept.
from the corrupt-random-number-algorithm dept.
Aleksandar Vulovic, czar of the Serbian state lottery, has resigned from his position after winning numbers were mysteriously broadcast on television before they had been drawn.
Allegations of fraud abound on every hand following the incident, reports the Associated Press.
In what was presented to the public as a live broadcast on Tuesday evening, one of the numbers in the winning combination was revealed before the number appeared to be drawn.
"That sparked accusations that the numbers had been chosen in advance," according to AP.
Vulovic has denied there was any dodginess and explained that the incident was due to a "technical mistake".
He added that he was stepping down from his position, not out of guilt, but out of "moral obligation".
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Lottery Chief Resigns as Winning Combo Numbers Appear on Screen BEFORE Being Drawn
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 05 2015, @06:29PM
Technically, it was only a single number. Assuming there are only a few numbers to select from (say 50) and given that they probably pick multiple (say 5), there seems to be a 5 / 50 chance that if a number was accidentally displayed it would be a winning number. Without knowing if it showed up in the right order or before the drawing began would change my view. For example, say the numbers were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Say the person going to grab the number reaches in and it displayed [4] and they pulled out 1. Now that isn't particularly predictive... 4 wasn't even the next number. If on the other hand it displayed [1] and the number grabbed was 1, that might be something more likely to be corruption. Sadly, the articles are unclear on this. Then again, it is way more fun to just assume corruption or make a joke. Sorry for injecting logic and assuming innocent before proven guilty. Carry on, as you were.
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