What is a Crypto Lottery?
A crypto lottery is a lottery where crypto is used to buy tickets and pay prizes, and blockchain data or smart contracts can pick winners in a clear way.
Want a concrete example? See how crypto lottery results are generated step by step.
Key features
- Blockchain-based result source
- Results anyone can check
- Fixed rules shared before the draw
- No operator-controlled randomness
Crypto lottery vs traditional lottery
| Feature | Traditional Lottery | Crypto Lottery |
|---|---|---|
| Result generation | Centralized | Blockchain-based |
| Transparency | Limited | Public |
| Trust required | High | Minimal |
| Verification | Not possible | Anyone can verify |
No one “picks” the winner
In a crypto lottery, no employee, operator, or company picks the winning numbers. A public blockchain event happens and the result is taken from that public data.
- A new block is created (e.g., on Bitcoin)
- The block has a public hash ID
- The lottery uses a fixed rule (e.g., last 6 digits) to produce the winning combination
If two people check the same blockchain data, they get the same result. That’s why people call these systems trust-minimized.
Visual: how the result is derived
Want the simplest step-by-step? Go to How it works.
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