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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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