The National High Court Prosecutor's Office asks Lotteries to clarify the circumstances surrounding the Christmas raffle ball.

The National Court Prosecutor's Office urged Judge Alejandro Abascal, to ask the State Lotteries and Betting Agency for information on the incident involving a Christmas raffle ball that was introduced by hand into one drum.

Legal sources have indicated that this has been done to Efe. They have stated that the prosecutor, after reviewing the various complaints to the court, has asked the magistrate for the information.

Many people reported the incident after seeing the video posted on social media showing how the worker introduced and drew the ball.

These images sparked all sorts of speculations and caused a social media controversy, as some people saw the incident in a bid to manipulate the draw.

In fact, due to the controversy, the State Lotteries Body issued a statement on the morning of the draw that stated: "One of the circumstances foreseen during the process of introducing balls in drums is that some might bounce towards the Exterior."

He said that in this case, the established protocol required that the operator who is responsible for inserting the balls into the drum manually.

Lotteries said that a circumstance occurred that morning as can be seen in "some of the images of this process."