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>2. get access to a router firmware in the lottery datacenter en route to the database

Seems non-trivial given that the database server is likely to be in the same datacenter/rack/physical machine. If you have this much access you might as well plant a backdoor in the server and tamper with the database however you want.

>3. wait for the query to get the winning numbers from the database

Are lottery winners determined immediately after they close? I thought they did a number picking ceremony by picking out literal number balls from a tumbler?



They usually stop sale an hour before the ball-picking, at least around here.

I assume that hour is for all the "picks" to be transmitted up to them for record keeping.


In Australia at least the balls are drawn an hour later.

No idea about the computer RNG games though.




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