Tele-Lotto
Tele-Lotto was a broadcast on East German television that was used to draw the lottery numbers for the number lottery 5 out of 35 . The program has been broadcast every Sunday since January 9, 1972 on the first program of GDR television from 7:00 p.m. to 7:25 p.m.
With the end of the GDR in 1990, the end of this television program, which enjoyed great popularity, was also indicated. The finance ministers of the five new federal states decided to discontinue Tele-Lotto (weekly sales approx. 6 million D-Marks ) on September 30, 1992 in favor of the West German 6 out of 49 . The broadcast therefore only presented drawing results of 6 out of 49, game 77, Super 6 etc., which had been drawn and announced the day before. The actual purpose of the program was thus omitted, but due to its popularity, the program was continued by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and was not discontinued until 1997.
Chances of winning Tele-Lotto
There were 324,632 possibilities for the result of the lottery drawing. There were winnings from three correctly typed numbers. For three correct numbers the winnings were around 15 to 25 marks, for four correct numbers around 300 to 600 marks, for five correct numbers winnings of around 10,000 to 20,000 marks were common.
Drawing devices
Until 1984, the pulling system consisted of a light blue, 1.3 meter high glass fiber polyester screw with a diameter that increased to 2 meters at the bottom. At the push of a button, the lift was operated to lift a billiard-like ball, which ran down the screw from the center outwards through a channel and at the end of which knocked over one of the 35 number flaps ( modeled after the contour of a cone ) that revolved around the screw . The ball then rolled to the collecting space inside the screw. Then the draw manager announced the number on the flap. In the course of the show five lucky numbers were drawn in this way. A number cone with a human face, the Tele-Lotto-Mannchen (also known as “Kegelmann”), served as mascot for the program. The designer of the legendary pulling device was Werner Dose from Berlin-Altglienicke.
In 1984 a new pulling device was put into operation, which was very similar in its functionality to the previous one. Only now a small ball was allowed to roll through a spiral glass tube, which hit one of the 35 lucky numbers at the outlet of the glass tube. As with the previous device, these ran in a circle around the glass screw. The ball rolling out finally tore over one of the circular lucky number tables, which then landed in a container. At the same time, the presentation of the show was redesigned. The previous mascot disappeared, instead a drawn ladybug was seen in the opening credits of the program, which by flapping its wings five times, quasi threw off its five points, which stood for the five numbers to be drawn.
In the late 1980s, the drawing device was changed again, and again the appearance of the broadcast. The drawing device was now a glass inverted cone-shaped glass container with an outlet at the lower end. The balls in the device were set in motion by the turning movement of the device and, according to the laws of centrifugal force, were initially arranged on the upper edge of the device. The balls slowly sank back to the ground through a braking movement. The first ball to arrive at the outlet was pulled out and presented as the winning number.
The last two drawing devices are still there. The first device, used from 1972 to 1984, however, was lost just a few years after its replacement.
Due to the design of the first two drawing devices described above, the ball sometimes hit a number that had already been drawn. These “passers-through” then made it necessary to draw a number again.
Rubrics assigned to the numbers
The drawing was moderated by a well-known actor, entertainer or athlete from the GDR. Some were also guests several times.
The individual numbers were assigned to the following genres, from which a short film was shown after the respective number had been drawn:
- anecdote
- From old films
- ballet
- Brass music
- Chansons
- Ensemble of the world
- Evergreens
- Television game
- Movie fun
- Naughty crayon
- Great mimes
- Great voices
- Cheerful verses
- humor
- jazz
- Young talent
- comedy
- Curiosities
- Short thriller
- Marching music
- musical
- Opera
- operetta
- Bat
- Sensations
- Shanties
- Singing club
- motion pictures
- Sports
- dance
- Wildlife
- Animation
- Light music
- Folk music
- circus
Contributors
The draw managers from VEB United Wettspielbetriebe Leipzig in the studio were responsible for the drawing. Wolfgang Morgner, Walter Rohr and a Mr. Orlowski, known only by his last name, became known here through frequent assignments.
The drawings were monitored by employees of the GDR State Notary's Office. In addition to Manfred Kutzner, Sabine Herrmann in particular gained popularity here, which led to her participation in other entertainment programs, independent of her professional activity.
Television presentation of other types of games by VEB United betting companies
The drawing of the game types 6 out of 49 (two drawings) and 5 out of 45 was presented in a simpler form on the television of the GDR. These drawings also took place on Sundays in the television studios in Berlin-Adlershof. In contrast to Tele-Lotto , in which the recording of the contributions that were dependent on the numbers drawn made prior recording essential, the drawing of the winning numbers at 6:40 p.m. could also have been a live broadcast. The program was moderated by the program speakers on duty.
The drawing device for this program was an upright, round drum in which the numbers were mixed by turning them clockwise. To draw a number, there was a turn to the left, with a ball falling through a flap into the rim of the drawing drum. With a subsequent modification, this drawing device was also set up for game type 5 out of 45 ; First their winning numbers were determined and then the balls 46 to 49, which were initially held back, were thrown in for the two draws of game type 6 on 49 .
Originally, the winning numbers of 5 out of 45 together with the winning numbers for the number lottery game (5 out of 90) were determined in advance and only read out in the television broadcast. The drawing of 5 out of 45 became part of the program after the number lottery was discontinued in the mid-1980s .
A final summary of all the numbers drawn was followed by the announcement of the winning numbers for the soccer tote, which was initially set up as “13 + 1” and later as “Elferwette” until the 1980s.
Reminiscence of the MDR
A scaled-down replica of the pulling device was used in the MDR broadcast Pi times thumb . This was used to determine the number of points that could be won with a question. Most of the time there was a short film afterwards, like in the Tele-Lotto , but on the related question. The machine was operated by the music presenter Achim Mentzel .
literature
- Klaus Fischer: Tele-Lotto. Behind the scenes of a television legend . 2003. ISBN 978-3-932667-58-9
Individual references / web links
- ↑ 40 years of Tele-Lotto. MDR, January 12, 2012, accessed July 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Video fragment with statements from an unidentified contemporary witness. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Video fragment from 1984 with Lutz Jahoda, Wolfgang Morgner and Manfred Kutzner. Retrieved July 11, 2015 . This also includes the last use of the first, lost drawing device.
- ^ Article by the MDR on Tele-Lotto, including broadcast fragments and the like. a. with Walter Rohr. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Screenshots of the winning numbers in Additional highlights of Adlershof television. Retrieved July 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Torsten Wahl: Walker with Mr. Rohr. In: Berliner Zeitung. March 24, 2003, accessed July 11, 2015 .