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To The Future: Maryland Ditching Lottery Balls, Machines For Random Computer-Generated Numbers
The Maryland Lottery is celebrating its golden anniversary by taking its past into the future.
Beginning on Monday, Dec. 19, just in time for the Maryland Lottery's 50th anniversary in 2023, the agency is launching digital drawings for its “Pick 3,” “Pick 4,” “Pick 5,” “Bonus Match 5,” and “Multi-Match,” games.
Gone are the days numbered Lottery balls and mechanical drawing machines, which will instead be replaced by a computerized “random number generator” (RNG) that will ultimately decide players’ fates.
“Lottery balls and machines have been part of the Maryland Lottery’s history, but i…