For North Carolina ABC boards
Fair drawings for allocated bottles. Verified results.
Customers enter online for free. A public random number nobody controls sets the order, an independent verifier checks every result before anyone is told, and anyone can check it afterward.
Winners receive the opportunity to purchase one bottle at the posted price. It's not a prize.
- Locked entries fingerprint
- bda264687624e00a…0745ed79ec
- Public random number
- drand round 33846380
- Published after entries locked
- Result fingerprint
- 0baaa06cc1e26da1…0fe996fe79
- Independently verified
How it works
Simple for customers. Nothing to game.
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Enter and rank
Customers scan the board's QR code or open its link, enter free, and rank the bottles they want, most-wanted first. Nothing to buy, no account to create.
- 2
A verified drawing
When registration closes, entries are locked and the drawing is committed to a future public random number. An independent verifier recomputes the result before anyone is told.
- 3
Buy at pickup with ID
Each winner is offered one bottle, their highest-ranked one still available, with a clear deadline. If someone declines or misses it, the next person in line gets the offer automatically.
Why it's fair
No one picks the winners. Not the board, not us.
Allocated bottles draw a lot of attention. ABCAllocation makes the drawing something customers can trust and staff never have to defend.
Fixed before the randomness exists
When entries close they're locked into a fingerprinted list, and the drawing is committed to a future round of public randomness. Nothing can be changed afterward without it showing.
Randomness nobody controls
The random number comes from drand, run by the League of Entropy, a worldwide group of universities and companies. No board, and not ABCAllocation, can predict or choose it.
Independently verified
Separate verification software, written independently, recomputes every result and every alternate. Offers go out only when both match exactly.
Proof anyone can check
Each lottery page publishes its fingerprints, the random number and the revealed secret. Results show anonymous confirmation numbers only, never names.
For ABC boards
Everything from release to final report.
Your staff run the drawing; ABCAllocation does the heavy lifting and keeps the record.
Set up in minutes
Find bottles on the NC ABC price list with their state price and photo, set the dates, and publish. Rules are written for you from your settings.
Your board's name and look
Public pages carry your board's name, logo and color, with printable QR codes for signs and flyers.
Duplicate screening
Possible duplicate entries are flagged for your staff to review. Nothing is rejected automatically, and every decision is recorded.
A simple pickup counter
Look up a winner by confirmation number, phone or last name, confirm their ID, and record the purchase.
Alternates handled for you
Declined and expired offers pass to the next person in the drawing order automatically, each verified the same way.
Two-person approvals and audit
Cancellations, disqualifications, schedule changes and final reports need a second administrator. Every action is logged.
Practice first
Run a full simulation with fictional entrants, start to finish, before your first real drawing. Nothing reaches real people.
A certified final report
Each lottery closes with a reconciled report of every bottle, offer and purchase, certified by two administrators.
Questions
Common questions
Is this a lottery or a prize giveaway?
No. Entry is free, and a winning entry receives only the opportunity to purchase one bottle at the board's posted price. Each board decides how its drawings fit its own policies.
Who runs each drawing?
The participating ABC board. ABCAllocation provides the software and is not a government agency. Each lottery page names the board running it.
What happens to customers' personal information?
It's used only to run the drawing and confirm identity at pickup. It's never published: public results show anonymous confirmation numbers only.
Can anyone check a drawing?
Yes. Every lottery page shows the locked-entries fingerprint, the public random number used and the result fingerprint. After the drawing, the secret that was locked in beforehand is revealed so the calculation can be checked. Authorized auditors can reproduce every assignment.
What does it cost?
Boards license ABCAllocation for a term, and setup and onboarding are included. Request access and we'll be in touch.
Ready to run fairer drawings?
Tell us about your board. We verify every board before any drawing goes live.