if the zebra had no stripes, would she be a horse?

the powerball switched from the popup pingpong ball number-drawing system to a computerized system last month, and so far, we have one programming error, one trigger-happy lottery number sender, and one so-called misprint. the programming error resulted in certain numbers not even being available at all for the drawings. the trigger-happy sender emailed test numbers to be broadcast and before the real numbers were drawn. and, the misprint declared the powerball payoff to be $29 mill when it was really $15 mill. all errors have resulted in refunds.

how many errors happened with the popup pingpong ball system? oh... approximately zero. [if it ain't broke, don't fix it.]

why did they switch? to eliminate errors & save money. [well, now... that's worked out well, hasn't it?]

if the possibility for errors is this high, what's the potential for hacking? i mean, if they can't even draw or email the numbers correctly, how can they possibly keep the system secure? [criminy.]