BBC admits Lotto button is a fake

Things go from bad to worse for the BBC;

The BBC became embroiled in another row over deception yesterday after it emerged that the button used to set off the Lotto balls is not real.

Viewers watching the draw on BBC1 on Wednesday saw the singer Craig David hesitate as he went to press the red button to release the balls.

Despite his hesitation, the balls dropped into the spinning barrel, raising questions about whether the button was real.

Camelot, which operates the national lottery, said yesterday that the button was just a cue for “a draw master” who set off the balls from behind the scenes. It admitted it had received a “small number” of complaints from viewers.

“Wednesday night’s live Lotto draw took place in the presence of an independent auditor who certified that the draw had been correctly carried out,” he said.

The BBC denied that viewers had been misled, saying it was made clear during every show that the draw master started the draw.

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-Kyle