Lottery Cock up

I take back everything I said about stopping the draw if there was a problem. I didn't realise it was the one where they only draw one ball. It was obvious what it was, so no need to stop.

what I can't understand is why she did not poke it

Has this been edited out of the iPlayer version of the show? I couldn't hear Alan suggesting it on that clip.

has Allan ever had a week off?

Who is Voice of the Balls if Allan's on holiday??

Because they would have taken the ball for testing to make sure it hasn't been tampered with. I remember watching a programme about it, where the balls are weighed and measured every 5 draws I think it was.

Charles Nove has certainly depped before now

I heard it when I watched it on iPlayer

What is the point of the lottery period! If I flushed £2 down the toilet each week it would have the exact same effect.

If I wanted to gamble on the odds of millions to one I'd just go down the bookies and bet on the Lib Dems winning the next election or something even more stupid than that..... Like England winning the world cup.

So that it can make Camelot very rich. That's all. Be thankful Beardy Branson didn't take it over a few years ago, otherwise he would have been even more stinking rich than he is now.

That cock-up last night was rather painful to watch. AIUI, the draw had ended as soon as the ball was knocked out of the selector, so as the camera had caught the ball being a '2' I truly don't see why red tape was needed. It's hardly as if the balls melted in the machine. I can see why there is so much red tape, but that, to me, looked more pointless than a USB noodle strainer.

Well that no2 ball could have got stuck because it was bigger/heavier, so it would sink to the bottom of the pile of balls to be selected. So it's quite proper that there was a steward's enquiry.

I love Alan Dedicoat's grammatically incorrect profile on the BBC:

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/thunderball_problems1.gif

The guy would make a good policemen directing traffic wouldn't he