do they replace the balls in powerball?

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delS — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:27:20 GMT

O.K. Thanks for the feedback.

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TheGameGrl — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:04:50 GMT

One night on CNN they had a report on the legitimacy of the Jackpot games. It was mentioned on that show.

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delS — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:38:57 GMT

TheGameGrl-

How is it you know this info? Just curious, you sound convincing and knowledgable.

Reply #4

TheGameGrl — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:24:15 GMT

The sets are rotated every six draws. The balls are individually weighed prior to any drawing so as deter any tampering or malfunctions. They actually run *test* draws prior to the drawing to check for machine capability.

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weshar75 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:24:16 GMT

Powerball has four sets of balls that they use and they are rotated until they decide that they are no longer going to be used if you check the Powerball website in the history section you will see when powerball has changed there ball sets throughout the game of Powerball.-weshar75

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ryanm — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:09:48 GMT

Remember they have more than one ball set for both the white and red balls.

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pacattack05 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:04:24 GMT

I'm pretty sure all lottery machines for all types of games have a scheduled change of the balls, usually about a year or so. Give or take a few months.

do they replace the balls in powerball?

jcshay56 — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:56:47 GMT

specifically, are the balls retired after they are used once? or are they the same exact balls each drawing?

furthermore, does anybody know whether the old balls are retained when the powerball has added numbers? my guess is 'no'.