METHOD FOR HOLDING A LOTTERY

The invention relates to large-scale collective games and can be used in holding various types of lotteries. The technical result consists in simplifying the holding of a lottery by means of decreasing the quantity of circulating documents, eliminating the need for participants to remember information, and making it possible to conduct multi-level lotteries. The process of determining winning lottery ticket numbers is carried out in at least one round, and a request for participation in a lottery is submitted together with the registration of data identifying a participant in the lottery. The registration data of each individual are linked to each lottery participation request and to a number assigned to a participant in the order in which the request is received in real time. A draw for a main prize fund is carried out for one of the lottery tickets by using a drawing machine which is set for limiting possible combinations of numbered lottery balls drawn, taking into consideration the following conditions: the total number of lottery balls drawn equals the number of digits in the number corresponding to the total number of participating lottery tickets; a first lottery ball and subsequent lottery balls, which form a winning number, are limited in the drawing thereof to possible combinations of numbers, taking into consideration those numerical values which can provide the winning number with a value which is within the limits of the number corresponding to the total number of participating lottery tickets.