– “Another manipulation theory? Phew~”
When asked about the lottery operation theory, the person in charge sighed. Companion Lottery is a consignment service provider of the government. “We are reluctant to even use the word’manipulation’,” the person in charge said. Their position is that they are operating fairly and that manipulation is completely impossible during the lottery process.
However, it is true that there are various manipulation theories on the Internet. This has been the case since the early 2000s when the lotto was introduced. In particular, when the number of lottery winning numbers is concentrated in a certain number or 2~30 people who have more than expected, the lottery operation rumor flows and disturbs the psychology of people. ‘Hey, wasn’t this fabricated?’
One of the representative things raised is the so-called ’45-minute manipulation theory’. In other words, about 45 minutes are emptied from 8 p.m. on Saturday, when the lotto sale is closed, until 8:45 p.m., when the lottery is held, and it is a theory that the lottery winning number is manipulated this time. Such a theory is that the lotto lottery broadcast is combined with false information that it is a recorded broadcast, and it grows like a snowball.
The companion lottery first emphasized that the lottery lottery broadcast is 100% live. The employees who went out to help the lottery site and a number of MBC broadcast officials were witnesses. Although it has now been stopped due to the corona crisis, there are many reviews related to live broadcasts left by part-time viewers.
If so, why don’t you do the lottery immediately after the lottery sales close? Why did the 45-minute parallax arise, and thus mass-produce the theory of manipulation?
For two reasons. First, the reason why the companion Lottery is saying that it takes a certain amount of time for the’closing process’ of the data sold for a week.
According to the companion lottery, the current lotto 6/45 is selling about 90 billion won a week. The purchase price per lottery game is 1,000 won, so the number of participating games reaches 90 million. It’s a huge number of games for the amount of money sold.
At this time, the numbers written on 90 million sheets immediately become sales data. The data is transmitted and stored in real time through three systems: the’main system’ and the’backup system’ of the companion lottery, and the’audit system’ of the Lottery Committee of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance from the time I bought the lotto at the store.
“Of course, the three systems boast of strict security,” said Donghaeng Lottery, saying, “The final data that no hacker can penetrate is cross-checked by our side and the audit agency of the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. “It takes about a while.”
There may be doubts about whether the computer system can complete the verification process faster. However, it takes up to 15 minutes to send and receive the final report by fax, which confirms the data match with the supervision of the audit committee, explained the lottery. Of the 45 minutes of manipulation, the doubts about 15 minutes have been resolved.
The difference between the remaining 30 minutes must be explained, which is unavoidable due to the broadcasting company’s programming plan, the companion lottery said. In other words, it is a time difference that is unavoidable because the weekend news is organized until 8:40, and you cannot suddenly stop broadcasting and do a lotto lottery.
“As soon as the news ends at the broadcaster, the fastest time to organize is around 8:45,” said the companion lottery side. “So inevitably, there is a difference of about 45 minutes before the lottery broadcast after the lottery sales close, so manipulation is impossible. He emphasized.
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