[eth0up]

Thanks for asking...

1) I'm a rebel

2) I am irritated by deliberate obfuscations of public data, especially by a source that I suspect is corrupt. Although my extensive analysis has not yet revealed any significant pattern anomalies in their numbers.

3) It's kind of my re-intro into python, which I never made significant progress in but always wanted to.

4) It's literally the real history of all winning numbers since inception. Individuals may have various reasons for accessing this data, but I've been using it to test for manipulation. I presume for most folks it would be curiosity, or gambler's fallacy type stuff. Regardless, it shouldn't be obfuscated.

[alchemist1e9]

I had suspected you’re are suspicious of manipulation. I have heard many rumors of lottery corruption and manipulation.

It’s certainly a big red flag if they are deliberately obstructing access to the data.

Make sense your project and I’d probably take 30 mins to look at the data if I came across it. I’m somewhat decent at data and number analysis so if there is something and enough people can easily take a look at it, then it might get exposed.

Interesting and good luck.