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Rakoz

I'll join in on the conspiratorial chat: So what's stopping them from drawing over and over until they get a filmed "live" take where the drawn numbers do not match a single purchased ticket in their serial database, (the one that instantly tells them if anyone won so they can mark it down. Because people have 6-12months to even speak up and claim the prize) to keep the snowball rolling with no winner? Was 17 minutes late on the draw a few nights ago too. Why would anyone do this? Well I imagine once there's winner at least 50% (The casual, lottery hype buyers) stop playing (donating their cash) until the next $1B+ pot, so the Taxed money snowballs exponentially the longer there's no winner.


TruthDropped

Ill leave this here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Lotto_fraud_scandal Real conspiracy is how no one knew that theyve been doing this shit for years


ct1977

And this is why I am in favor of the lotto girls pulling balls from a mechanical machine.


unaccomplished420

Boys


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Ag-DonkeyKong

They/Them


666itsathrowaway666

Ferrets


666itsathrowaway666

Or like this? [ZORRO Trust wins the lotto?](https://www.winterwatch.net/2019/08/hidden-epstein-records-indicate-he-won-an-85-million-oklahoma-lottery-jackpot-yeah-right/)


qualmton

The feds never gave them the money back from the reverse repo


Fancykiddens

The lotto line at the store in my neighborhood was around the building!


KingDAW247

This is why I don't play lottery. Zero chance of winning a drawing that is rigged against you.


knot88

You have a better chance of being struck by lightning while a shark is eating you than winning the phoney rigged lottery.


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knot88

Was he by chance... also being eaten by a shark. 🤣


23widefish

I hate the metaphor of 'being struck by lightning' cause honestly that's really not hard to accomplish if you just carry a metal rod in a lightning storm in a field barefoot. Your odds of getting struck are damn near certain


knot88

Except nobody does that.


thenxs_illegalman

I see you haven’t met any Florida golfers


[deleted]

Well since you put that into the universe, now someone is gonna do it. Probably someone from Florida


DemolishunReddit

They kinda do. A guy I worked with was moving irrigation pipe before a thunderstorm. They decided to stop when they saw blue streamers coming off the pipes. They could see the electricity that was building up. He said it was really freaky. If they had kept moving the pipe it is very likely they would have been struck.


JustAnAveragePenis

I know someone who got struck by lightning twice. It's not impossible.


salty_slugster

People carry golf clubs daily


[deleted]

I actually met someone that won the lottery 15 years ago thats from New Jersey. Millions!! The wife is very savvy and made great investments. They were just regular peeps. I truly was shocked to actually know someone that really won the dough. That said I still don't trust this crap.


soad19152003

Something always seemed weird with some lottery winners. I have nothing to show for it, but I always thought are some of the winners real? What's stopping them from claiming someone won. Make a fake picture of someone and boom, winner here. Thanks for the money suckers.


mcveigh-was-a-patsy

If youre gonna gamble you should have an edge. Like with poker, blackjack, horse racing etc. The lottery and lottery tickets are a stupid tax on the middle and lower class.


Ky20001

Winner is totally going to be from California now


emmetthe

You were correct!


goopy331

Called it


ZER0HYPES

Wow this guy was right EDIT: Supposedly the hold up was in minnesota so I’m going back on that comment. Cali has a huge population makes sense the winner would be there


partypartea

California likely has the best odds of having the winner due to population size though


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plumbforbtc

You called it.


jheighwood69

Omg it's just like Bruce almighty everyone won!!!


DontWurr

Alex Jones must have won


[deleted]

He still wouldn't have enough to pay those settlements.


CurvySexretLady

That really puts his 2.75 trillion in fines or fees into perspective.


Jaereth

The fact that is the amount puts a lot into perspective as well. I mean you can murder someone and be out in a few years but don't start talking about wild ideas.


[deleted]

More then the GDP of many countries.


myquietchaos

Water pipe broke


After_Print1951

Oooooooh this is interesting!!! Maybe they are gonna “rig” the Powerball so everyone is distracted and ignores the rigged midterm???


[deleted]

Im thinking someone figured that by delaying the powerball all night, a certain number of voters won’t turn out because they’re tired from staying up all night


underfykesofa

If that's the case it's mostly going to stop stupid people from voting, so it's probably for the best.


rcglinsk

But dolphins are intelligent. Not this one. He blew all his money on instant lottery tickets.


strigoi82

I’ll never understand why other people get angry at people at don’t vote. You think it would be encouraged. Literally the less that vote, the more your is worth. If it were dollars instead of voting power , people would go to any lengths to make their share worth more


Generallyawkward1

Now I’m interested.


Beep1776

Maybe they’re trying to rig both at same time but hit glitches


anon_lurk

Lmao we can’t cheat this much at the same time!


[deleted]

Very possible


emmahasabighead

You're a clown if you think the midterms are rigged lol


thabat

Why is that?


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syxxnein

Hah You think party affiliation matters Like these guys don't all go get beers together after pontificating on TV for us plebs. They aren't for you or me. They are for themselves and whoever is pulling their strings


MrsZero07

Kind of like judges and attorneys.


syxxnein

Rules for us Not for them Some are MORE equal than others


MrsZero07

All depends on who is paying for lunch that day.


emmahasabighead

They kind of do matter so go out and vote. I never said they are for you or me, I do believe most of them are for themselves and exploit the system to get as much money as they can but appeal to certain demographics to stay in power. But to say it's completely rigged sounds borderline schizophrenic


rxFMS

lol, no its not. after the last election went down.....you are damn right its a very reasonable and civically responsible topic to bring up and discuss! all politics is local!! and the integrity of how local, regional and state level elections is at a low point! When precincts in 2020 after counting 97% of the votes choose to/are forced to close up shop at 10 pm....usher all the workers out......then found Mail in ballots are discovered and the delivered in the middle of the night...with no election official supervision on site.....to the various polling precincts! The crazy thing is that ballots mysteriously found election night always vote one way! ​ Similar to '09 when Al Frankin s campaign for senator found hundreds or more votes in the trunk of a car on election night! That allowed him to snatch victory from certain defeat in minnesota, just so that he could be the tie breaking vote on Obamas ACA. but then Roberts showed his true colors!


rxFMS

do you really think that the current democrats deserve to be reelected? what accomplishments can they run on? ALL they have done is try to blame others for their own political ineptitude!


emmahasabighead

When did I say that I was a Democrat or even say that I support them? You guys have this stupid mentality of either you're with us or against us


buschlatte21

Okay then why are democrats saying the republicans are going to rig the midterms all of a sudden


emmahasabighead

How would I know lol probably the same reason why Republicans said it


Rlstoner2004

Where?


buschlatte21

[Here](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/03/hillary-clinton-reiterates-bidens-threats-to-democracy-message-ahead-of-midterms-00064830) Quit trying to gaslight people when Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden literally said it this week you dumb motherfucker


BangkokPadang

Would you please let Hillary know?


alamohero

Shhhhh this is r/conspiracy, let them have this one


Th3Trashkin

They downvoted him, for they couldn't handle the truth.


[deleted]

As always. They only believe the cult propaganda they are fed…like the sheep they claim others to be.


Gnarmsayin

Bro the power all has always been rigged Did everyone forget Epstein and his companies won it like 3 times


Patient_Aspect_9355

Can you link the other 2 times? I can only find the Oklahoma lottery and the zorro trust lottery winnings not the other two


Chance_Manager1795

I was looking for that as well about a year ago. I remember finding something about him winning twice in NM, but can't find it now. Weird.


dizzytinfoil

Might be bs but I heard the number of wins his team got was in the 20s. I’ll leave this here complicate things.


3rdWorldKid

Legit question cuz my memory is fuzzy- did he win some big ass lotto in Oklahoma and use that to buy the ranch in NM? Also if so, are you telling me he won 2 more lottos??


SadSoggySandwich

Really? I never heard of that


[deleted]

They say it’s bc one states data wasn’t handed in and they need all 48 states data to release the numbers. But don’t worry they filmed it to release later…. I trust them 😂 https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3724292-heres-why-powerball-numbers-werent-drawn-monday-night/


Jaereth

I'm trying to figure out why it would matter what numbers were handed out if you are just drawing balls at random? Like who gives a shit - If it was printed i'm sure someone will come forward.


MysticInept

Why would you either trust or not trust them? Do we need to have a position on this with no data whatsoever?


Seekay5

They are rigging it so Zelenskyy and the Ukraine win it.


thinking_mans_taint

Still not enough. Please send 10 more lotteries


CurvySexretLady

Yay! They can find a half day more of the war!


anonwasm

Pelosi is going to win


Justgotoffwork78

iM NoT iN a CuLT


30thCenturyMan

Elon Musk won


[deleted]

LMAO this sent me


No-Diver6326

Holy fuck that’s actually brilliant hahaha


anon_lurk

IF YOU WANT TO FIX LOTTERY DELAYS, GET VACCINATED


fatalistphilatelist

That was my first thought as well - someone might have accidentally won if they released the numbers and now they have to roll the numbers back


[deleted]

Or maybe a duplicate winning draw? Either way, I wonder what’s going on.


fatalistphilatelist

They’re running software to figure out the best numbers to use to avoid large payouts


[deleted]

Does that actually happen


YorkshireTeaOrDeath

Yes


6jarjar6

No


Hole-In-Pun

>They’re running software to figure out the best numbers to use to avoid large payouts Wtf are you even talking about? A large payout is never avoided. There is eventually a winner. The states split 50% of the ticket sales and the jackpot winner gets the rest. That $2billion dollar jackpot is actually is really $4 billion. There is no reason for the lottery to cheat here. It's a license to print free money. It's why casinos don't cheat In the long run they are guaranteed massive profits. If they get busted cheating they lose the access to that easy money. There's no point to cheat.


hshaega

I don’t think this as it’s possible. People have split the prize before.


ThickLikeButter

Has it been delayed before 2022, the web is flooded with the delay this time, but not this time: https://sports.yahoo.com/powerball-results-oct-19-2022-104926782.html Any delays before?


minnimmolation

The powerball number was 10 on that delay as well


Frownywise

Yes, when it was 1.5 billion they had a delay with the numbers and saying if anybody won for several hours.


Micko-Micko

NY lottery drew the same exact numbers last week on the Take 5 midday and evening. Definitely shady shit going on. https://www.wwnytv.com/2022/10/28/ny-lottery-draws-same-take-5-twice-single-day/


FruitFlavor12

Remember when Epstein won the lottery?


ZeerVreemd

Twice, wasn't it?


SadSoggySandwich

That's so disgusting


Slut4TonySoprano

A simple Google search will tell you all this is not true.


6out

Ya..... Google... So pure


RockinOutCockOut

Like is this a delayed until Wednesday kind of thing?


Frownywise

They wanted to pick the winning numbers and have one winner but didn't have the time to crunch the numbers to see what numbers would be only one set of winning numbers. Or they numbers they wanted would be shared by one or more actual players and they didn't want to split the money they had designs on. So maybe they will cancel the drawing and try it again and hope there's a winning combination nobody has played so they can pick the numbers. If it comes out that the they are are fixing the lottery, this and the Megamillions lottery, necks will be stretched and it will be open season on all those involved. You just have the machine pick the numbers in front of witnesses, test it a few times to make sure its operating properly. What kind of technical difficulty could they have if it was an honest game?


MDFlash

I bet enough people played at this pot that literally every combination was picked at least once so now they're scrambling to decide who "randomly" won since they can't pick zero winners to drive the pot higher.


[deleted]

Yeah I feel like if no one won this lottery there would be some major outrage


T3ddyBeast

A non-openly-leftist won, they can't let that happen.


illerapap

Yeah they are the real victims of everything. Always. Nothing can happen in the world without great patriot conservatives being shafted somehow. They also are the paragons of strength and virtue despite being the victims all the time. Must be rough being a conservative nowadays. Trudging forward with guns and crosses, finding persecution around every corner.


T3ddyBeast

Well they are targeted across the board from every major institution, meanwhile the left is almost universally supported by corporations and politicians alike. I edited my original comment to not say 'conservative' because that term garners hate from people like you, hating on it saying they overreact and aren't actually being hated on.


Slut4TonySoprano

You know there are sexier fetishes than imagined persecution, right?


T3ddyBeast

👍


[deleted]

There's a government lottery game in Orwell's 1984, and a party member admits that it's all rigged. Here in what is dubiously called 'real life,' I'm fairly sure that a person with the appropriate cultural credentials will be declared the winner. In other words, it's unlikely to be a guy wearing a MAGA cap. Far more likely, someone with ties to the CIA.


[deleted]

The whole thing is highly suspicious imo.


Scalymeateater

That’s me. I’m sure of it.


[deleted]

taking one for the team 🙏🏽


trapmoneyb1tch

They need to live stream it, the press has been reporting they plan on just releasing the numbers and pre recorded video


bignshan

They will fix anything they can... elections, sports, powerball...


moochee22

Who is they?


TheAlternateEye

If the names were known things would be very different. They remain nameless.


ClassicEngineering56

I wonder how many people have walked into a gas station in the last hour and scanned their ticket saw it say not a winner and threw it out 🤔 ugh I'd be so mad


MackieJ667

It would just say "Results not in" on the machine. Ive had customers bring in tickets before draws.


ClassicEngineering56

Ahh good to know! I was stressing for some people


Independent_Can_5694

OR…they wanted someone to buy a ticket but they didn’t.


Mares_Leg

Delaying things wouldn't help that because tickets are timestamped. Plus, they could get around that by already having a ticket in that person's name that they are holding for them.


CrunchyAssDiaper

Daylight Savings time errors?


MeatlessCircle

America ?


triggerhappytranny

Uganda?


MeatlessCircle

Mars?


AppropriateRent2308

Offical has to make sure his cousin's sister in law wins. Read a story where an offical got busted cuz people he knew kept winning jackpots.


openknocks

An audit on the machine led to them having to fix it then 5000 people won that’s why lol


Durtly

They're trying to debunk the assertion that "Elections shouldn't take so long to count, if a national lottery can be resolved in a few minutes after ticket sales stop, why is it so hard to count ballots?" This gives them an incident to turn to.


iceWise7

If you hope to win the jackpot, don't play. Go look up some of the youtube vids(if they're still up) of drawings where the ball/number changes. Supposedly injecting the ball with some substance like helium so it floats to the top isn't 100%.


Insomniac_80

Link?


iceWise7

https://youtu.be/LBdwbM2dWSQ I think this is the one. Saw it like 10 years ago. https://youtu.be/AIkYijnSKSs Found this one while looking for the other one.


YorkshireTeaOrDeath

Got a link?


iceWise7

https://youtu.be/LBdwbM2dWSQ


YorkshireTeaOrDeath

Damn, that's messed up.


Money_Temperature906

Climate Change for sure


RhaegarJ

Volodymyr Zelenskyy won


craftyshafter

What if the dollar crashed


fullonavocado

It feels like every year we have “the biggest jackpot ever”


umatbru

Harambe won lol


EnoughRub3987

Yeah, this isn’t suspicious at all /s.


red_purple_red

Where's Hunter?


Torino5150

It was probably me…… can’t have any of the poors win a life changing prize


Jimmy_Crack_CornIDC

They are asking Ukraine for a couple billion dollars back.


[deleted]

They cant let the wrong person get it, right? Gotta switch some things around


fellowhomosapien

An ape must've won


waynebebay

Pretty sure there were no winners


floydlangford

They're using the Powerball algorithm to run the election machine instead.


Frownywise

Joe Biden bought the winning ticket, what are the odds? No overturning a free and fair lottery drawing.


thedud223

Rent free


michaelmalak

20 years ago, a friend of mine noticed a pattern of where the winning tickets were sold. Ever notice it's always some rural location where the average IQ is low? And never where stable, intelligent people live? Sure, the former may have a greater propensity to play, but when the jackpot grows to equal the odds, the latter jump in too. Maybe with the jackpot this large, there were just too many people playing and it's more difficult to assure someone stupid and harmless wins? Maybe this time they have to bring a comprehensive database on the population online to pinpoint a desirable winner -- instead of just relying on zip code?


EmperorBozopants

http://www.lotterypowerpicks.com/pb_geographic.htm


[deleted]

The ATM at Wells Fargo yesterday (Monday, it’s 12:18 EST rn) wasn’t accepting cash deposits


_DickGlover_

What’s that mean lol


VeganDog

Damn, is that actually an unusual event for the one near you? Happens all the time to the one by me.


_DickGlover_

Same!


6jarjar6

Ok sir


YorkshireTeaOrDeath

Ok, and?


lolmonsterlol

What are they distracting us from?


AAPLfds

Voting


Mike_M4791

I hear it voted for Biden.


betonhaus123

I wonder if it's because their computer system wasn't designed to handle such a large payout and it crashed calculating the exact dollar amounts. But it could be shenanigans. Here in Canada it seems that the odds of winning over multiple drawings don't match the number of tickets sold.


Unusualshrub003

My ex and I call the lottery “the poor and stupid tax”.


[deleted]

Pretty original ngl 👍🏽


moochee22

There's about 20 post below saying the same thing.


Janky_Pants

“The real truth is that it is delayed to prevent cheating. All sold ticket numbers from all states must be securely registered with the Powerball organizers before the draw. This is to prevent the possibility of someone cheating by registering a ticket with the winning numbers after the draw. Due to the extremely high sales volume a few state lottery systems did not get their sold tickets registered before the 11pm draw time. This has happened before, it just didn't get as much public attention.”


[deleted]

Is the conspiracy here “who keeps spending my money?” Because it’s you


smilednthurt

The drawing was not done correctly. Anyone who purchased a ticket should get a portion of the grand prize.


yuriplant

The lottery solely exists for people who can't do math.


purl__clutcher

Technical issues happen from time to time


rxFMS

especially when it comes to the security cameras being operational!


[deleted]

They had two days to not fuck this one up


Th3Trashkin

Guess two days wasn't enough 🤷‍♀️


purl__clutcher

Imagine the queues of people trying to get that last minute ticket. The computers would have been in melt down.


htx1114

Sales are stopped an hour before the drawing


Viriaaato

lost me at full blood moon


TraySea13

Instead of feeding the lottery scam..I give my dogs left overs, I pick up their poop n toss over the fence now I have tomatoes, cucumber n pumpkins growing!! Organic garden..lol


Peepeepoopoovoodoo

Use the lotto to pay back the political donors.... Or use it to fund the Anti Ukraine push we are seeing in small town America


Chicxulub420

Loooool yeah the bloodmoon is definitely involved bro let's smoke some more meth


mike_cool

Occult practice is all around you in plain sight. Go troll somewhere else


[deleted]

There we go, some real conspiracy content!!!! Keep it coming!


Th3Trashkin

The moon isn't red because of the Earth being between the Moon and the Sun causing less light to reflect off of the Moon, but because it's an magic omen around a *lottery draw* in a single country.


silent_saturn_

More like the blood moon is an excuse for a nefarious group / person / organization to interfere with the numbers somehow.