Anyone buy a ticket for the Lotto Millionaire Raffle? [m-m-merged]

Random

Very suspicious. All very suspicious. I can't believe I didn't win. It's rigged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jim_bob

anyone have the winning numbers

seems the 1 million make over to the lotto webpage has done wonders :rolleyes:, can't even access it

mrfreddred

T:mad:here are obviously 300,000 people trying to check their tickets on the lotto website so it seems to be timing out. Anyone else having the same problem?

Collie D

jim_bob wrote: »

anyone have the winning numbers

seems the 1 million make over to the lotto webpage has done wonders :rolleyes:, can't even access it

Somebody has listed them on the other thread

clicli

Can't get on to the site either :mad:

javaboy

jim_bob wrote: »

anyone have the winning numbers

Yes but I left my ticket on the seat of a 39 bus. I'll probably head down to the depot tomorrow and see if they have it in the lost and found.

mru

No winner here either - [EMAIL="b@lls"]b@lls[/EMAIL]. Daddy needed a new pair of shoes...

clicli

Cheers, but didn't even win a shiny penny!:mad:

igora

bazwin wrote: »

have just seen the draw and thought it was done unfairly and to make matters worse....there was a millionaire winner in Tralee.I'm not a begrudger but does anyone else find this a little bit suspiciuos the fact that the Rose of Tralee was on down there at the same time as well

Totally agree... Knew from the first ticket number drawn that I had not won as all day today the retailer who sold me the ticket was hoping for a significant win... Obviously she had not been contacted for the " photo". There was no sense of excitement at all.

Tralee is some coincidence alright:rolleyes::rolleyes:

trowelled

igora wrote: »

Totally agree... Knew from the first ticket number drawn that I had not won as all day today the retailer who sold me the ticket was hoping for a significant win... Obviously she had not been contacted for the " photo". There was no sense of excitement at all.

Tralee is some coincidence alright:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Something a little odd about it alright. Where was the excitiement?? Derek Mooney couldn't even fake it. The photo of the retailers was somewhat strange, did they ship off seven photographers to the various parts of the country after the draw or was it just one poor f*cker. I didn't have a ticket but my sister did and nada!!

Random

I would assume they keep a stockpile of photos of the various shopkeepers from when the lotto machines were installed or updated or what not.

I seriously doubt they went around to vairous shops taking photos today, but who knows ?

Mr. Fancypants

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnngh, 1 number out from €10000

Dun laoire

What a big **** off pile of horse ****e. Derek Mooney wrecks me tits man

Collie D

mbroaders wrote: »

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnngh, 1 number out from €10000

Hate that.

Dun laoire

Random wrote: »

I would assume they keep a stockpile of photos of the various shopkeepers from when the lotto machines were installed or updated or what not.

I seriously doubt they went around to vairous shops taking photos today, but who knows ?

Nah, i reckon the draw was done ages ago and they called round to the stores that had won decent prizes and got some photo's. I have to say i think it was terrible. Really bad form. It should have been done live.

okee

Random wrote: »

I would assume they keep a stockpile of photos of the various shopkeepers from when the lotto machines were installed or updated or what not.

I seriously doubt they went around to vairous shops taking photos today, but who knows ?

I would have thought they were drawn already, because they had the photos and names of the shops and they were just reading them out there and then, so they decided to leave the tralee winner till last to build up the excitement.
can't remember what mooney was up to did he seem to be selecting them ?

Random

okee wrote: »

I would have thought they were drawn already, because they had the photos and names of the shops and they were just reading them out there and then, so they decided to leave the tralee winner till last to build up the excitement.
can't remember what mooney was up to did he seem to be selecting them ?

He mentioned they did the draw earlier in the day in the presence of xyz independant people. He was being fed the results in his earpiece (and possibly on a big screen that wasn't visible to us at home). Personally I was waiting for a big drum with 300k footballs in it (honestly!), then I could have lost but lost with some entertainment !

I just don't think they ran around Ireland then getting photos as this would essentially involve leaking the results (even partially .. narrowing it down to certain shops is what they'd be doing) before the draw.

Yes, that presenter does my tits in too.

Steve

Arse biscuits....:mad:

didn't win a cent...:mad:

zuroph

guys, the lotto have a stockpile of photos of shops, they used to use them on telly bingo before.

Dun laoire

Random wrote: »

He mentioned they did the draw earlier in the day in the presence of xyz independant people. He was being fed the results in his earpiece (and possibly on a big screen that wasn't visible to us at home). Personally I was waiting for a big drum with 300k footballs in it (honestly!), then I could have lost but lost with some entertainment !

I just don't think they ran around Ireland then getting photos as this would essentially involve leaking the results (even partially .. narrowing it down to certain shops is what they'd be doing) before the draw.

Yes, that presenter does my tits in too.

Spot on. O.k maybe 300k balls would be a bit mad but feck it, it should be all about the excitement. A load of rubbish the way it was done. It's like getting handed an already scratched scratch card ffs

logic

Didn't win a thing either. Winner in tralee and all that, suspect really.
wonder if anyone here won anything at all on this.

midajoh

Out of the people here not one of us won.
And the way they showed the results was so boring.
I'm just a little pissed that i didn't win a cent:mad:

RonMexico

Is it just me or does it look like there was **** all winners with numbers that began with 1*****

Total joke.

dsmythy

No boardsie winners then no? It's a bad luck site i tells ya.

miju

OK probably a stupid question but if the draw was only limited to 300,000 people how come some of the winning numbers are 4***** and so on?

Surely the number would be 1 - 300,000 no or would that be too obvious ?

RonMexico

No the numbers started at 100,000

I asked the guy in the local 24hr and he said the Lotto doesn't have photos of all the shopkeepers...utter bollocks.

miju

RonMexico wrote: »

No the numbers started at 100,000

I asked the guy in the local 24hr and he said the Lotto doesn't have photos of all the shopkeepers...utter bollocks.

well then in that case they still oversold tickets if one of the winning ticket numbers was 423241

Gazza22

Nothing!

jimmycrackcorm

RonMexico wrote: »

Is it just me or does it look like there was **** all winners with numbers that began with 1*****

Total joke.

I thought the same - it was as if every number starting below 3xxxxxx was missing.

midajoh

The numbers went from 123456 to 423455.
My number was 367478 the closest number to mine was 367408:(
Maybe the next time they will do a better setup.

manyworlds

millionaire tickets start at 123456

You will find this on lotto website and on Wikypedia. Unfortunately the €1 million that they spent on their new website was not too well spent as the lotto website only works when there is no traffic. So wait a day or two and you should be able to access the site.

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I thought the same - it was as if every number starting below 3xxxxxx was missing.

Fighting Irish

bazwin wrote: »

have just seen the draw and thought it was done unfairly and to make matters worse....there was a millionaire winner in Tralee.I'm not a begrudger but does anyone else find this a little bit suspiciuos the fact that the Rose of Tralee was on down there at the same time as well

:rolleyes:

Fighting Irish

miju wrote: »

well then in that case they still oversold tickets if one of the winning ticket numbers was 423241

started at number 123456

zuroph

sure the regular lotto is rigged too, ive NEVER won it. :rolleyes:

jaayd

the numbers started from 123456 thus the last number sold was 423455, still does not explain the crap way the "live" draw was done 5 hours before the result, nor the fluke of the 1,000,000 going to tralee, nor the fact that the website crashed and is still not up at 5.20am the following day. the lottery people have a lot of questions to answer after this sham of a draw, im still trying to check my numbers to no avail. prob wasting my time as im not in kerry!

phasers

I won the Million. Both the millions, actually

jaayd

jaayd wrote: »

the numbers started from 123456 thus the last number sold was 423455, still does not explain the crap way the "live" draw was done 5 hours before the result, nor the fluke of the 1,000,000 going to tralee, nor the fact that the website crashed and is still not up at 5.20am the following day. the lottery people have a lot of questions to answer after this sham of a draw, im still trying to check my numbers to no avail. prob wasting my time as im not in kerry!

See #109.

lucylu

Very badly organised draw in my eyes.....
They should have shown how the numbers were picked instead of Derek Mooney in Tralee announcing the number & the shops who sold the tickets.

There was no transparency at all.

fletch

Nothing for me either

Saint_Mel

lucylu wrote: »

Very badly organised draw in my eyes.....
They should have shown how the numbers were picked instead of Derek Mooney in Tralee announcing the number & the shops who sold the tickets.

There was no transparency at all.

I call Shenanigans!

muckwarrior

Not sure who it was that originally said the Lottery was a tax on idiots, but this thread certainly proves it!

DAEDULUS

if anyone wants il give them odds of 75k-1 with minimum bets of 100eu ...


bettors will pick a number between 1 and 75,000 and we can use a random number generator to see who the lucky one is

FutureGuy

Friend of my here at work was at a friends house last night when the friend checked her ticket. 10,000 richer Needed the money so nice break!

Couldn't check myself so waiting until later today.

dymondz

An absolute embarassment the way the draw was done. Derek Mooney is such as ass! All very rushed in my opinion for such a build up the past few months.

I didnt win either

fletch

Lol yeh, he started calling out each individual digit of the number slowly so as to create some suspense....I was like..."We can see the fcuking number on screen!"

FlutterinBantam

muckwarrior wrote: »

Not sure who it was that originally said the Lottery was a tax on idiots, but this thread certainly proves it!

There's a load of them on Liveline now going apeshít that they didn't win and blow the lot on a big pissup, then down to Vincent with help for the kids back to school.

cabrwab

While it sucks i didn't win anything, glad at least i had a ticket to have a chance. Im still an idiot! But what the frick is everybody giving out about because they didn't win. I accept i fell for it.

The lotto is a tax for idiots but the lotto losers who complain about losing are the real idiots.

I gambled i lost i thought the odds were worth the risk! (with the €20 note i found a jacket pocket lost for months)

Shelflife

Their computer system will tell them which shop the winning tickets were sold in so its just a matter of getting the local reps to nip in with a digital camera , take a few snaps and send them to tralee where they print them off, that said it should have been done live.

jordainius

bazwin wrote: »

have just seen the draw and thought it was done unfairly and to make matters worse....there was a millionaire winner in Tralee.I'm not a begrudger but does anyone else find this a little bit suspiciuos the fact that the Rose of Tralee was on down there at the same time as well

Its worse than that;

On the night that the Tipperary Rose wins the Rose of Tralee in Tralee, it just so happens that tickets from Tipperary and Tralee win the millionaire "raffle" which also happens to be held in Tralee.

I'm no fan of conspiracy theories- but there are far too many coincidences here for my liking.

I've always said that gambling is a mugs game- but in this instance I feel genuinely sorry for the hundreds of thousands of people who were seemingly conned out of 20 euro under the false pretence that each ticket had an even chance of winning...

Snake Plisken

Actually know the guy and his wife who won the million in Clonmel, he well deserves it, least I can say my mates a millionaire