"Lotto manipulation?" "Absolutely impossible"... "Shooting" Kim Ye-ji, open drawing in front of 100 people.

MBC

Recently, as suspicions of manipulation of the lottery win have been steadily raised, Donghaeng Lottery, a lottery trustee, has conducted a large-scale public lottery to clear up suspicions.

At the "2024 Rotary Day" event held at MBC's new office building in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 23rd, 100 observers gathered to watch the moment of the lottery, which is five times more than the usual number of people. The observers consisted of ordinary people aged 19 or older who had no experience attending lotto and pension lottery for the past six months.

Kim Ye-ji, a silver medalist at the Paris Olympics, appeared as a "golden hand" pressing the lottery button. Player Kim pressed the lottery button, saying, "I hope luck goes to those who are interested in their surroundings and offer a helping hand."

In the 1147th Lotto drawn on the day, a total of eight winners came out. They will receive 3,323.42 billion won in prize money per person.

Meanwhile, a lottery machine stored under a 24-hour monitoring system and a storage room blocked from entering the outside were also unveiled at the event. The interior of the storage room is equipped with a device that maintains proper temperature and humidity to minimize external influences, and a lock and card key double lock are used to block outside access. A small number of pre-registered lottery officials and broadcast producers must certify together to enter the interior.

The weekly lottery ball inspection and lottery machine test work was also released. The draw ball consists of a total of five sets and can be used for the draw only after passing the perimeter and weight inspection conducted in the presence of police officers. For the set of balls used in the draw and the set of spare balls, the observer will randomly select them.

An official of the accompanying lottery emphasized, "It is absolutely impossible to manipulate because it is designed to do a 100% random lottery."

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.