Since the 1970s, the Massachusetts State Lottery has been televising its drawings. But it seems that now, after almost 40 years, the lottery will stop using the TV network and will only show the drawing videos on its website. The change is set to take place a few weeks from now, on August 15. Lottery numbers

The lottery has ended its agreement with its broadcast partner, and lottery officials say that they will host their daily drawings during the day and in the evening at their headquarters in Braintree. The full drawing will be available at the lottery’s website “just minutes after the drawing occurs.”

The change will affect the following games: Mass Cash, Cash WinFall, The Numbers Game and Megabucks Doubler.  The lottery will also provide links for the multi state games Powerball and Mega Millions. National lottery

“It’s just not economically feasible to be on air anymore,” Beth Bresnahan, assistant executive director at the Massachusetts State Lottery, stated. Lottery results

At the moment, the lottery has to pay its broadcast partner $20,000 every month. That money grants them 20 seconds of broadcast time per day, split into two 10 seconds sessions. The lottery had to cut back a lot of its advertising budget, and lottery officials said they tried to find another offer, but they only received two packages, one from the current partner which asks them for double what they’re paying now, and one from another organization which would require about $600,000 per year. Needless to say, none of the two options is feasible.

When the lottery first went on the air, it had one minute for its broadcasts. Then, over time, that time gradually shrunk to 45 seconds, then 30 seconds and finally 10 seconds. Nowadays, the lottery doesn’t even have time to show the actual drawings, as they only have enough time to show the results.

Lottery officials said that the move to its official website means that lottery players will be able to see the full drawings, virtually free. The only problem with that plan is that there are still many lottery players who have never owned or even worked a computer. However, the results will still be available in news papers and local TV stations.

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