{"id":42732,"date":"2026-10-07T12:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/how-we-verify-lottery-results\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T12:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:47:40","slug":"how-we-verify-lottery-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/how-we-verify-lottery-results\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Verify Lottery Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lottery results on What&#8217;s On G are published by the <strong>Results Desk<\/strong>, an automated system operated under editorial oversight. Before any result is published, the system applies the following checks:<\/p><div id=\"gaute-2171899730\" class=\"gaute-after-paragraph-1 gaute-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"gaute-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1852772760112594\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1852772760112594\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1819787043\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Two independent sources must agree.<\/strong> Winning numbers are retrieved from two separate published sources and compared. If they do not match exactly, nothing is published and the draw is held for human review.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>The draw date must match.<\/strong> A result is only published for the date it belongs to; data that does not confirm the correct draw date is rejected.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Repeat results are blocked.<\/strong> If retrieved numbers are identical to the previous draw&#8217;s, publication is automatically held and the editorial team is alerted, protecting readers from stale source data.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Payout tables come from the published draw reports<\/strong> and are shown per division as reported.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite these checks, the National Lottery operator&#8217;s official channels remain the authoritative record of any draw. Always confirm against your ticket and the official operator before acting on a result. If you believe a published result is wrong, email <a href=\"mailto:info@gauteng.net\">info@gauteng.net<\/a> &#8211; see our <a href=\"\/whats-on-g\/editorial-policy\/\">corrections process<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lottery results on What&#8217;s On G are published by the Results Desk, an automated system operated under editorial oversight. Before any result is published, the system applies the following checks: Despite these checks, the National Lottery operator&#8217;s official channels remain the authoritative record of any draw. Always confirm against your ticket and the official operator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42732","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gauteng.net\/whats-on-g\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}