The draw — fair by design

Numbers are the whole game, so the draw is built to be beyond argument:

• You claim first, digits come later. Nobody — not even the organizer — knows which square will get the 7 while claiming is open. Every square is an equal ticket when you pick it.

• The shuffle is truly random, done server-side with cryptographic randomness. No hand-drawn slips, no do-overs.

• Digits are assigned exactly once and can never be re-rolled. The board shows the reveal time.

When the draw happens

• When the board fills — the usual way.

• At a posted draw time, if the organizer set one — the board can fill early and wait; you'll get a "board is full" email saying when the numbers go up.

• At kickoff, as a backstop — a board that never quite filled draws itself when the game starts.

Claiming closes the moment numbers exist — after the draw, nobody can grab a square that just turned out to be a good one. You'll get the board-set email with your squares, their digits, and a link to watch live.