The recent announcement that the Bulgarian lottery produced the same six numbers in two consecutive draws left many observers making accusations of 'scam.'  However the maths may not support such a conclusion.

In this modern day online security is of paramount concern. It comes as a surprise, then, that Tattersall's Sweeps, a prominent Australian gaming company that administers weekly lotto, pools and other gambling products, makes no distinction between upper- and lower-case in passwords.

Lotteries and gaming operator, Tatts Group, has put some of its money into improving the performance of its IT systems, deploying IT infrastructure performance services group, Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances at three locations in Australia.