Oops! Operator error renders June 5 draw invalid
By Kate Northrop
A Massachusetts Lottery Mass Cash drawing was delayed after a ball drawing machine door was mistakenly left open, causing the balls to fall out of the drum before the first number could be drawn.
The June 5, 2025 Mass Cash drawing needed a redo after a user error caused the balls to escape the drawing machine.
The Massachusetts Lottery published a statement on Friday explaining the extent of the problem.
"The door on the Mass Cash drawing machine's mixing chamber was inadvertently left open, resulting in numerous balls escaping the chamber prior to the first number being drawn, thus rendering the draw invalid," the Lottery said in a press release.
Thankfully, Lottery officials were able to close the door and conduct the drawing later that night.
"In accordance with the official Mass Cash drawing procedures, a new drawing was conducted starting at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, June 5," the Lottery continued.
"The Lottery is committed to ensuring the integrity of our games," Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken said. "Drawings are conducted twice a day, 365 days a year and while we strive for perfection, we're all human and mistakes can happen. We apologize to our players for the inconvenience and appreciated their patience as we worked diligently to resolve the situation."
The results for the June 5, 2025 Mass Cash drawing were 6, 15, 22, 28, and 30.
Hopefully, no more mysterious door opening incidents will occur.
Everybody is a winner!!
Now would love to see a video of this debacle.
I went to the Massachusetts lottery site, watched the draw - didn't see the malfunction.
Keep, telling everyone. Until the day, they put them, ball in a paper bag 10 ball in each bag. Pull them by hand one bag at a time. If not not they're cheating us !!!
All games in paper bags !!!
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We all would. Won't happen though, they delete the videos of any "mistakes/errors".
My question is: Did they send that ball set out for re-calibration.
Houston, we have a problem.
https://youtu.be/G-xk4aD2HOM?si=dPaKF2QhCK6NOQ8M
https://youtu.be/tx_e5cU29EA?si=hxJ4OgwNtHwyTrey
https://youtu.be/OhC5NmFouHU?si=QQtY55wPaCNS1fk1
https://youtu.be/79V4jWxHtZ4?si=du2vKQ4AN5NrWiuO
https://youtu.be/_kOsAg8jvF8?si=vAKZ7OxhA57Hfz2C
https://youtu.be/tOUMbV_k2KY?si=UWysaP-Xooo-E2ea
https://youtu.be/BCLVpaX6aSM?si=uk_vZWVjPGMkwDaM
https://youtu.be/Shb0aXoe_qA?si=cFgh2jTW28zC-a_4
You can see it. If you go to the Massachusetts State Lottery YouTube page and go to their "Live" videos page. Then then watch the Evening Numbers Game for June 5, you can see the door left open and the balls popping out when they start it up.
Here's the link.
https://www.youtube.com/live/9Py-xzEViQ4?si=XVBb7jeWTLbvSchQ
"Did they send that ball set out for re-calibration. "
I'm not sure you could recalibrate them, but they could certainly be checked for weight and sphericity. If they meet the specs I imagine they'd be as good as any other balls. If they don't meet the specs I'd think they'd have to be replaced.
"The BALLS HAVE MINITURE MAGNETS IN THEM "
Have you considered sending a DM to JJ to see if you could get some of the meds he hasn't been taking?
"You can see it. "
If only somebody would invent one of these:
Something like this happened in the early days of the Louisiana Lottery. The machine was spinning the balls yet there were already balls in the tube they drop down to. They stopped the machine and a technician came out on to the set and removed them. Apparently, they did a test draw so the camera could be set up to focus on them when they were drawn. A new draw was done a little later in the evening.