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Which drawing doing you prefer?

Original

[ 4 ]

[ 33.3% ]

New

[ 8 ]

[ 66.7% ]

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[ 12 ]

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[ 1 ]

grwurston

100

Same digits. Different games.

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Sep 28, 2020, 9:31 pm

Maryland just changed the way they draw the lottery numbers.

The first video is the original way they did the drawings.

The second video is the new way they do the drawings.

Which would you prefer in your state?

https://youtu.be/MPSOQJ0hlt0?list=PLFFEDBDAC9D9D8516

https://youtu.be/X4KJ9_0zE7Y?list=PLB4FDAE35F191A6A5

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grwurston

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Sep 29, 2020, 6:38 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Sep 28, 2020
Maryland just changed the way they draw the lottery numbers.

The first video is the original way they did the drawings.

The second video is the new way they do the drawings.

Which would you prefer in your state?

https://youtu.be/MPSOQJ0hlt0?list=PLFFEDBDAC9D9D8516

https://youtu.be/X4KJ9_0zE7Y?list=PLB4FDAE35F191A6A5

Just to clarify a bit.

The original version has a person press the button on the machine to bring up the balls in each position.

The new version the balls pop up automatically, so it's "touch-less."

When playing the lottery the thing that should matter the most is: Are you winning more than you spend?
TheMeatman2005

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Sep 29, 2020, 7:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Sep 29, 2020
Just to clarify a bit.

The original version has a person press the button on the machine to bring up the balls in each position.

The new version the balls pop up automatically, so it's "touch-less."

Either way is fine, but the new way seems a bit quicker.

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Charloot

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Sep 29, 2020, 8:04 pm

New way with a mask! NC needs to adapt and quit breathing (spitting) on the balls/ machine. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for bringing this up. Good luck all.
grwurston

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Sep 29, 2020, 8:48 pm

Quote: Originally posted by TheMeatman2005 on Sep 29, 2020
Either way is fine, but the new way seems a bit quicker.

The balls do seem to move a bit quicker up the tube with the new way, and it is a different distance on the Pick4 positions. They are no longer equal.

I'm just hoping it's not a cost cutting move, leading to eventual computer draws. That is a

When playing the lottery the thing that should matter the most is: Are you winning more than you spend?
Stack47

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Sep 29, 2020, 11:27 pm

Quote: Originally posted by grwurston on Sep 29, 2020
The balls do seem to move a bit quicker up the tube with the new way, and it is a different distance on the Pick4 positions. They are no longer equal.

I'm just hoping it's not a cost cutting move, leading to eventual computer draws. That is a

I'll take the second method because the balls are untouched and it opens the door to live streaming the drawing if the cost of live TV drawings becomes a selling point for using an RNG.

Besides I play the number (820) that was drawn in the second one..

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grwurston

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Sep 30, 2020, 12:19 am

Quote: Originally posted by Charloot on Sep 29, 2020
New way with a mask! NC needs to adapt and quit breathing (spitting) on the balls/ machine. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for bringing this up. Good luck all.

I wasn't even taking the virus into consideration when I started this poll.

It was a question between having someone manually do the balls or the balls coming up automatically by themselves.

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grwurston

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Sep 30, 2020, 8:08 pm

Well this wasn't good. They just had a machine malfunction on the Eve Pick 4 drawing.

The Pick 3 number was 664. We'll see if that stands.

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Oct 2, 2020, 1:29 am

I prefer the automatic method because I've always wondered if the draw person walks out with a caution not to allow a certain number if possible. In the Florida draw the balls tend to hover at the drawing door capture point for a moment or two long enough for a sharp practiced person to see the number and pause a second longer to let an unwanted ball to fall away from the drawing door to be replaced by another.

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Oct 2, 2020, 3:10 pm

Quote: Originally posted by BobP on Oct 2, 2020
I prefer the automatic method because I've always wondered if the draw person walks out with a caution not to allow a certain number if possible. In the Florida draw the balls tend to hover at the drawing door capture point for a moment or two long enough for a sharp practiced person to see the number and pause a second longer to let an unwanted ball to fall away from the drawing door to be replaced by another.

BobP

because I noticed the same thing and talked ot others that did too. Some of us even watched their eyes and where the person was looking just before they pushed or pulled the lever. Not a huge conspiracy because the longest lags were about a second, but why were the drawers eyes on the mixing balls when they should be looking at the lever?

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grwurston

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Oct 4, 2020, 1:22 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Stack47 on Oct 2, 2020
because I noticed the same thing and talked ot others that did too. Some of us even watched their eyes and where the person was looking just before they pushed or pulled the lever. Not a huge conspiracy because the longest lags were about a second, but why were the drawers eyes on the mixing balls when they should be looking at the lever?

I was wondering why they changed, so I asked.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Just curious. How come you changed the drawings from having someone push a button on the machine to have the balls pop up, to a "touchless" system where the balls pop up automatically?

Thanks.

Thank you for contacting us with your question about the new drawings studio and equipment. The new machines are still operated by a drawings official who triggers the machine to release a ball from each chamber. The machines allow the drawings official to do this via a remote controller. The official is still there in the studio, but can now be positioned out of view of the camera.

We appreciate your interest in the Maryland Lottery and hope this information is helpful.

Seth Elkin
Maryland Lottery and Gaming Communications

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Hermanus104

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Oct 4, 2020, 11:33 pm

Either is better than what California currently has.

Today's winning 3-ball is going to be a number between 000 and 999.

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