Game Security

The Lottery follows very specific guidelines when conducting Numbers Game drawings and producing Scratchers and Pull-Tabs tickets. This section explains the Lottery's various security measures and procedures.

Information Security Mission Statement

"The mission of the Security Division, regarding information security, is to direct and support the Missouri Lottery in the protection of its information assets from intentional or unintentional disclosure, modification or destruction through the implementation of appropriate information security policies, procedures and guidelines. The goals are to educate all users on the importance and use of security measures, to ensure that all employees are granted appropriate access to fulfill their job responsibilities and to ensure that the agency has security measures in place to adequately protect its assets and to carry out its responsibilities as defined by law."

Drawing Procedures

As required by Missouri statutes, all drawings are open to the public. A drawing manager and a member of an independent accounting firm witness all drawings.

The Lottery conducts drawings from Lottery headquarters in Jefferson City for four of its five Numbers Games:

• Midday Pick 3, Pick 4 and SHOW ME 5 Paydown drawings are held at 12:45 p.m.; Evening Pick 3, Pick 4 and SHOW ME 5 Paydown drawings are held at 6:45 p.m.;
• Lotto drawings are held Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6:45 p.m.;
• Powerball drawings are held Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9:59 p.m. in Des Moines, Iowa.

All drawings can be viewed right here at Molottery.com. Evening drawing results are aired during evening newscasts on the following stations: KTVI, Fox 2, in St. Louis; WDAF, Fox 4, in Kansas City; KQFX, Fox 38, in Columbia; and CGEM, Fox 18, in Hannibal.

Drawing Team

The Lottery drawing manager and one representative/auditor from an independent accounting firm are present for every drawing and make up the drawing team. The auditor ensures that all drawing procedures are followed.

Scratchers Production

The Missouri Lottery is dedicated to maintaining the highest level of integrity for all Lottery products. Each Scratchers game is checked and tested, before it is distributed to Lottery retailers. It is tested to make sure it meets or exceeds all security and integrity specifications mandated by the Lottery of our printing company, Scientific Games Inc., located in Alpharetta, Ga. The checks and tests ensure that:

• No one can figure out if a ticket is a winner without playing it;
• The proper amount of winners are in each pack and randomly spread throughout each pack; and
• The tickets scratch easily and the play symbols are easily read and are recognizable.

All games are monitored for problems by retailer and player comments throughout the duration of the game.

Pull-Tabs Production

Each Pull-Tab game printing is strictly monitored by our Pull-Tab Product Manager, who ensures all tickets meet or exceed the required tests and examinations. All of our Pull-Tab tickets are printed by American Games, Inc. in Council Bluffs, Iowa. We have several checks to ensure there is the proper amount of winners in each shipment of tickets. A Missouri Lottery security employee opens four sleeves of tickets at random from each shipment to ensure the tickets open properly, are printed correctly and have the correct number of winners in each pack. If any of the tests fail, the tickets will either be reprinted or returned; however, this has never happened.