How A Ryo-Catteau Machine Works

Reply #6

Wintariofan — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:01:29 GMT

Actually Jimmy, you can instruct the lottery machine via a controller on how many balls you want/need for a game. You can choose from 1 ball to drop up to 10 balls. In the case of Quebec 49, Ontario 49 or any game that requires seven balls, the controller himself/an official tells the machine to allow seven balls to fall. Here in Ontario, OLG's draws gurus Dave Giles and Jock Fairclough use one machine for all games. Pick 3, Pick 4, Encore use one set of balls 0 to 9, one machine. After the... [ More ]

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JimmySand9 — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:06:04 GMT

You got a sweet deal.

By the way, how do they do the Quebec 49 with a Lantana? I thought those could only draw one number at a time.

Reply #4

Wintariofan — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:43:16 GMT

You are right Jimmy, I was typing this up early this monring and had forgot that Quebec switched from Ryo-Catteau a few years back. All I remembered from the lottery broadcasts on TVA was the guy with the stop-watch and the Lantana machines in motion. Now they edit a shoter version of it together. I miss the old routine. Those new machines you mentioned are quite neat. Often wondered how the mxing process worked when the balls are whizzing around instead of bouncing all over the place duri... [ More ]

Reply #3

JimmySand9 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 23:00:01 GMT

Some corrections:

The UK National Lottery uses the Criterion by Smartplay (originally manufatured by Beitel, but Beitel has since been absorbed into Smartplay), not Ryo-Catteau's Tulipe as you had mentioned. In fact, all of the UK's machines are manufatured by Smartplay.

Also, Quebec does not use the Lantana as you had mentioned, but is actually a loyal Smartplay client. The Revolution draws their unique Astro game, while the Messenger draws la Quotidienne, la Mini, and Extra. An... [ More ]

Reply #2

stavros — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:41:33 GMT

Very Interesting read. Much better than computerized draws

Reply #1

johnph77 — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:07:01 GMT

Interesting reading. Quoted from?

That's a lot of expense, but evidently it assures the highest quality control and thus game integrity.

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How A Ryo-Catteau Machine Works

Wintariofan — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:17:20 GMT

To ensure fairness and integrity in its winning numbers...and that nothing but random chance alone makes a lottery ticket a winner, Ontario and many provinces use the finest lottery machines made by Ryo-Catteau. Most countries have or use Ryo-Catteau equipment. Our national lottery here in Canada, Lotto 6-49 and Super 7 use the Tulipe machine which is the brand name for that sytle. Great Britain's NATIOANL' lottery does as well.

Made by a company in Wattrelos, France; Ryo-Catteau is the w... [ More ]