Mark Six's first special 50th Anniversary Snowball draw takes place Saturday
發佈日期: 2026-04-30 22:29
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This Saturday marks the Mark Six's first special 50th Anniversary Snowball draw. If someone hits the jackpot solo, they are looking at the Mark Six's biggest prize ever of over 200 million dollars.
There will be a 50th anniversary exhibition which starts on Friday in Central's Tai Kwun. That goes on for 10 days.
As for the draw itself, what security measures have been adopted in the past 50 years to keep everything fair and square?
Hear that music? It's time to find out if you can play it chill and win the thrill - can ten dollars buy you a solo jackpot win?
Well, the Mark Six magic begins here at its recording studio in Shatin.
"Two" is the special number here - two officiating guests will be present to witness the entire drawing process every time, and two different departments' passcodes or keys are also required to gain access to the studio, the drawing machines and more.
Colin Lau, executive, customer system and operations, The Hong Kong Jockey Club said, "For our certain operating procedures, we emphasise on "dual control", which means, for every action we are taking, we have two departments to actually co-own it, so that there are actually no chance of being manipulated.
We have plenty of CCTVs to cover every corner of this studio, and also we have motion detection to ensure all movements are detected. So, just in case if anyone comes into this room, actually, the security department, who actually knows that, and we will follow up to ensure this person must be authorised, and if not, we'll follow up on what's going to happen, but so far none of this has happened."
To make sure everyone has a fair shot of about 1 in 14 million chance to win the top prize, every single Mark Six ball is sent to an independent third party for checks on an irregular basis.
It's on the weight and dimension, and also they use the X-ray to ensure inside the body, there is nothing being manipulated, so as to ensure the balls are safe and all intact.
Each Mark Six draw is overseen by a Justice of the Peace and a representative from one of the Lotteries Fund beneficiary organisations. They both have to sign off afterwards.
To ensure every draw goes ahead without a hitch, there's a backup machine in the studio. If the main one breaks down, they will swap it out and keep the drawing process going.
The 16 year-old fourth-generation drawing machine will be retired after the first 50th Anniversary Snowball. Thereafter, draws will be conducted using the brand-new fifth-generation drawing machine.
