"I'm sure that will help to ease the public's mind about the lottery, as well as keep the hackers on their toes," Elsie commented. She was particularly proud of herself for keeping any dryness or sarcasm out of her statement. She found it was best to keep relatively diplomatic when conducting interviews, as any sort of attitude seen as alienating would prevent any follow-ups.
"Any comment as to how many members might be in the group? If there is any sort of organization to the House of Spades, such as a leader, funding, methods of communication?" She realized it was a longshot. Not only was it unlikely the government had that much information on the group, but they might not be willing to share the information they did have. So far several of the answers given had involved glittering generalities, something that irked Elsie to no end.