Includes video report
By Todd Northrop
Hoosier Lottery televised drawings take less than a minute to complete but as a local media report shows, it takes hours of preparation every day to make it all happen.
Indiana's Hoosier Lottery utilizes both computerized and traditional ball drawings for its games. The media report focuses mainly on the traditional ball drawings, which are used for the lottery's Daily 3 and Daily 4 drawings.
The other in-state games — Cash Five, Hoosier Lotto, and Quick Draw — are conducted with a computerized random number generator.
The daily ball drawings are overseen by Steve Banks, the Hoosier Lottery's Senior Draw Manager. Banks is a retired First Sergeant with the state police.
Banks demonstrates how the balls are the most carefully guarded aspect of the drawings, likening the handling of the balls to police evidence.
"We figured that we ought to handle these balls and the machines — but particularly the balls — like you would handle evidence in a criminal trial," Banks explained.
The balls are carefully weighed and measured to ensure they are within strict tolerances, and they are never handled directly with human hands.
"We are very meticulous about handling them... storing them... weighing them, and making sure they're within the guidelines."
The drawing room itself is constantly monitored with surveillance cameras to track anytime someone is present.
When it comes to lottery drawing security, the Hoosier Lottery says their staff doesn't rely on chance.
VIDEO: Watch the report
Most Lotteries follow similar procedures.
Hoosier Lottery and Power Ball. A match made in Fate. A wonderful record.
I recall past winners claiming anonymously in Indiana.
All this security and they still have to do pre-tests. Why? In cased somebody tampered with the equipment. smh.
If you call a blind trust anonymous---which I do, then yes, big winners in Indiana have done this through an Attorney. I think one of them did what I'm going to do when I win---claim it through a LLC.
Mean while I have not seen a single video from the New Lotto America.
I try to contact my state lottery and they want my name and address all kinds of info to explain to why there are no videos (0.50 sec) about any of the Lotto America draws. So my take on it is they still using Computers to pick the number like Hot Lotto. If they don’t have 1 minute to post a draw on YouTube for as to see am not buying.
My plans are to hire the correct legal help to place a barrier around my winnings. It that is an LLC then OK.
Each State is different.
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In the video, the security director said that they check to make sure the balls all weigh the same.
If the balls all have different numbers on them and need more ink to make those numbers, wouldn't those balls weigh more than the others? ie: ball #1 compared to ball #8, or in the games with higher than 9 numbers ball #38.
Friday @ 1 p.m. on FB the Kentucky Lottery will have a live question and answer period of how drawings are conducted. Years ago they said if I were to win a game and wanted to witness the mid-day I could.
You have a point there TMM.
chr$ never seen a drawing but we used to watch the TV show they had where folks could win some serious money. Name slips me, long gone show.
Admire your candor on " talking to the balls" cbr$- however like spoilt kids, they don't seem to be listening to any of us. Folks using birthdays, anniversaries, wedding days, graduations dates or numbers,all for nought. These balls, much Like Kids prefer doing their own thing. Now if only that lottery almanac from " back to the future 2 " was real..
noise-gate that made me laugh. Going to send you a private message in a bit.
Just as bad as me talking to the slot machines; won't say what I say because you guys would have me locked up in the loony bin. Also like to rub the big blue IGT lottery machine, to no avail of course.