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I actually implemented a lottery system in a league I ran years ago that used actual lottery numbers.
I preselected the weights for each team and gave out lottery numbers to each team and a list of valid lottery drawings. It worked quite well, and that way, there was no way to tamper with any results.
For example (using Team a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j in the lottery)
Team - Winning Number
Team A 001-250 (25% chance of #1 pick)
Team B 251-425 (17.5%)
Team C 426-575 (15%)
Team D 576-675 (10%)
Team E 676-750 (7.5%)
Team F 751-820 (7%)
Team G 821-880 (6%)
Team H 881-930 (5%)
Team I 931-970 (4%)
Team J 971-000 (3%)
And I take an list of all states that had Pick4 drawings and set the date for the lottery.
The #1 pick would go to the team matching the lottery number of the first listed drawing.
The #2 pick would go to the next matching lottery number, but if it repeated the same team winning, we would skip down to the next state's lottery on the list.
and so on.
We only used a lottery for the Top 5 picks. And it was always resolved in one night's drawings. And it was actually exciting for us to watch the night's lottery drawings to see who would get the picks.
Just thought I'd share. I'm sure there are other/better ways of doing it, but we found this very fun.
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