Number Eleven Sold out for Sunday Lottery

It may have happened in the past – a Boledo and lottery agent announces that there can be no more sale of a certain number for a particular draw. But for the first time since the Belize Government Lotteries Limited introduced a software system five months ago, a notice is given to all agents to end the sale of a number. That is, once enough pieces of that number have been sold for that draw. It happened on Sunday. It appeared that too many lottery buyers invested in the number eleven and when the threshold was reached, the system automatically generated a notice across the country. Today, the managing director of the Belize Government Lotteries Limited, Janel Espat said that it’s really nothing new, just the software system. But how many pieces of a number can be purchased before that number is struck off the list? A lot.

 

Janel Espat, Managing Director, Belize Government Lotteries Ltd.

“Under the previous management of the Boledo, shop owners would simply inform players that a number was sold out and no longer available for purchase. But what we have done is that we have implemented a feature within our software program, and that feature provides an automatic notice when a number has reached its limit and is no longer available for purchase. So, it would not allow for the sale of that number to be made once it has reached the limit. So, it’s simply just a safeguard that we have put in place to minimize the risk of any very significant loss.”

 

Marion Ali

“How many pieces of any number is allowed to be sold before you can say it’s sold out?”

 

Janel Espat

“For the ordinary lottery, it’s about two hundred and five thousand pieces. So, it’s a very high threshold that would translate to winnings of close to two point two, two point five million dollars, somewhere around there.”

 

Marion Ali

“And you’re saying that the threshold on Sunday for the number eleven was reached for the number eleven?”

 

Janel Espat

“Yes. Yes. That’s exactly what happened. Over two hundred thousand pieces of the number eleven were sold on Sunday.”