Kentucky Lottery CEO Said Mega Millions and Powerball use Random Number Draws

Almost Americans will be watching Powerball drawing on Monday night to see which balls pop out of the machines.

The winning amount could be up to a billion dollars. However, a lottery official said that this path may change.

During a Kentucky legislative committee hearing on last Thursday Kentucky Lottery CEO Mary Harville discussed with the lawmakers about the use of Random Number Generators.

In this discussion, Kentucky Lottery CEO Mary Harville told lawmakers that many draw games use this technique to choose winning numbers.

Kentucky Lottery previously used ball machines for cash ball drawings and Pick 3, Pick 4. 

But in April 2020, due to Covid-19 pandemic, following the social distancing guidelines, They used Random Number Generators (RNG) for this.

But in April 2020, due to Covid-19 pandemic, following the social distancing guidelines, They used Random Number Generators (RNG) for this.

Mary Harville said that we started running lottery games through RNG after health department officials threatened us to shut down our drawings.

The Health Department is still electing officers to oversee the live process.

Their Pick 3 and Pick 4 games are the biggest Kentucky Lottery games. The daily contests for both these games generated sales of approximately $244.1 million in 2021-22.

This sale is more than double of $106.6 million sales in 2021 of Powerball and Mega Millions tickets.