A few selected affiliates et al just claim software is fair and for we,the players to prove it is not. Then you call their bluff and more rhetoric. Basically I am to accept their word and/or shut up and not play! (do not worry about newbies or others who may not read this forum).....shame on the selected culprits and I will continue at my expense and time to seek a non paradoxical answer (there are other auditors available and others now in higher ranks who may want some answers). Here is an excerpt from Tennessean.Com in October 2007 that was the icing on the cake that software (similiar to gaming software) can be flawed (possibly with intent or without intent.) I hold no hard feelings against any affiliates or players who question my motives or tactics to obtain the truth. Enzo, I wish you could share some thoughts but I understand your situation and I appreciate the respect you have shown me as you and I both know this is about BJ software in the industry as a whole. In fact we (really Enzo) are now going to experiment with some BJ software ideas together (Kudos). I just happened to have access to the log files at Enzo's casino at the time I commissioned an audit.
"Board members said they wanted to wait until auditors had completed their reports on a computer coding error that kept certain numbers from being drawn before deciding whether to return to the system in which balls pop up with the winning numbers.
Several members noted they were hesitant to change because lottery sales are up in both games and because switching back to the old system would cost perhaps $5 million more because of higher television broadcasting costs.
The dramatically escalating cost convinced the board to switch to computers to pick the winning numbers. The change was made July 28, but an error in the systems computer code kept the computers from drawing any numbers that had repeating digits, such as 1-1-4 or 5-5-5-5. The error was discovered Aug. 20, and the public was informed the next day.
The boards audit committee met this morning to hear reports from the auditors who have been looking into the August glitch.
An auditor from KPMG Canada reported that the firms preliminary work found no problems with the system. The firm was hired to determine whether the computers now were operating properly. KPMG also will be comparing the error-plagued code with the corrected code.
The boards internal auditor, Khristie Stoecklein, gave the audit committee a report on how the error occurred based on interviews with lottery staff and employees of SmartPlay International, the company that sold the lottery the computers, and another firm that was hired to verify the computer code didnt have any errors. Stoecklein said she found nothing to indicate fraud.
The state Comptrollers Office also is looking into the glitch and will be looking at whether fraud could be a factor, as well as other issues".
"Board members said they wanted to wait until auditors had completed their reports on a computer coding error that kept certain numbers from being drawn before deciding whether to return to the system in which balls pop up with the winning numbers.
Several members noted they were hesitant to change because lottery sales are up in both games and because switching back to the old system would cost perhaps $5 million more because of higher television broadcasting costs.
The dramatically escalating cost convinced the board to switch to computers to pick the winning numbers. The change was made July 28, but an error in the systems computer code kept the computers from drawing any numbers that had repeating digits, such as 1-1-4 or 5-5-5-5. The error was discovered Aug. 20, and the public was informed the next day.
The boards audit committee met this morning to hear reports from the auditors who have been looking into the August glitch.
An auditor from KPMG Canada reported that the firms preliminary work found no problems with the system. The firm was hired to determine whether the computers now were operating properly. KPMG also will be comparing the error-plagued code with the corrected code.
The boards internal auditor, Khristie Stoecklein, gave the audit committee a report on how the error occurred based on interviews with lottery staff and employees of SmartPlay International, the company that sold the lottery the computers, and another firm that was hired to verify the computer code didnt have any errors. Stoecklein said she found nothing to indicate fraud.
The state Comptrollers Office also is looking into the glitch and will be looking at whether fraud could be a factor, as well as other issues".
