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Hey, Pick 3 players. Double Draw is back.

March 1, 2021 Posted by NC Lottery at 9:30 AM
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Our popular Pick 3 Double Draw promotion comes back in March.

Every night, all month long, Pick 3 players could get two chances to win a prize.

But wait. There’s more. It’s guaranteed that at least one Double Draw will occur every seven days.

Beginning Monday night, you’ll see two Pick 3 draw machines and a Double Draw machine that has six white balls and one red.

At the start of the drawing, we’ll pick a ball from the Double Draw machine. If the Red Ball is drawn, a second Pick 3 drawing will take place immediately following the first. That’s why we call it Double Draw.

Prizes are paid on both set of numbers drawn.

Here’s how it will go. If a white ball is drawn, there will only be one Pick 3 drawing. We’ll then remove one white ball from the Double Draw machine for the next night’s drawing. This means the first Double Draw drawing will have six white balls, the second on the next night will have five, the third will have four, etc., until the Red Ball is drawn.

Once the Red Ball is drawn, it all starts over with all six white balls and a Red Ball included for next evening’s drawing.

Remember. The nights when a Red Ball is drawn you have two chances to win. Good luck!


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3/04/2021 06:50 - Kathy L.

I think a deeper dive into the system information would show this is a glitch. That play slip that ran for next Sunday instead of Tuesday has run correctly at that same store and other stores since. It was NOT marked for an advanced play.

3/04/2021 10:37 - Angela A.

I am sorry to hear this but the same thing happened to me on the 832 I played it on Jan 20th for night and thought I had won even went to cash the ticket but the clerk said this is not a winner. It played my ticket for Jan 21st and I ran same card next day and it played correctly. Called the NCEL and was told to check my tickets before leaving the store what a joke. I play to many numbers for that and check every detail.

3/03/2021 10:11 - Kathy L.

Watched live Tuesday night. My disappointment for no red ball quickly faded when one of my trips, 222, hit. Went to my purse to bask in my winnings and sign the ticket. I played for 50 cents. I played it night and day for months. Using a pay slip. I won Tuesday night. But I didn't. Your lottery machine printed the correct day on all my tickets except the play slip with 222 on it. It decided to print Sunday on those tickets. Funnily enough, I returned to the same store Wednesday morning and had them run that same play slip this morning and it correctly used today's date, not Sunday's. My play slip was correct. Your machine failed. Sam in security was very helpful when I called and he understood my complaint, investigated it and saw for himself what I said happened, happened. Of course, superiors say it's my problem, not yours or your glitchy machine. But the store will get a reset machine and a cleaning. That's nice. I really miss my $250 I thought I won last night.

3/03/2021 06:04 - Douglas H.

Congratulations Triple 2 winners

3/03/2021 12:53 - Terry H.

To the NCEL, my question is why we cannot have a double draw pick 3 for daytime as well.NC Lottery
Hi Terry, that is certainly something that is possible to do in the future, but the current Double Draw promotion is only for the evening drawing. We appreciate the feedback about different promotions, it helps us know what promotions our players would like to see in the future. Thank you!

3/01/2021 12:40 - Marwan E.

love it can't wait.

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