Draft Lottery Rules

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Lottery Rules

• LOTTO PENALTIES WILL GO AWAY AFTER 2040 DRAFT
• The draft lottery will be conducted externally on ZenGM on the day off between Sim 6 & Playoffs.
• Only the top 4 picks in the lottery will be up for grabs. The remaining picks will fall in line with pre-lottery projections.
• Teams that finish in the bottom 6 of the league will have 100 lottery balls in the lottery
• Teams that finish in the 7-13 range of the lottery will have 60 lottery balls in the lottery.
• If a team misses the playoffs or finishes under .500 for a 4th straight season, they will take part in the lottery but will automatically drop 3 spots from their projected draft position.
• If a team misses the playoffs or finishes under .500 for a 5th straight season, they will take part in the lottery and will automatically drop 5 spots from their projected draft position.
• The latest pick a non-playoff team can have is still the 13th pick in the first round.
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Link to lottery site - https://zengm.com/universal-draft-lottery-simulator/

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Clarifications for teams missing playoffs for 4+ seasons on pre-lotto projections

4 SEASONS
#1 can only go to #4 (100 balls) (Lowest pick #8)
#2 can only go to #5 (100 balls) (Lowest pick #9)
#3 can only go to #6 (100 balls) (Lowest pick #10)
#4 can go to #7 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #11)
#5 can go to #8 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #12)
#6 can go to #9 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#7 can go to #10 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#8 can go to #11 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#9 can go to #12 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#10 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#11 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#12 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#13 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)

5+ SEASONS
#1 can go to #7 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #11)
#2 can go to #8 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #12)
#3 can go to #9 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#4 can go to #10 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#5 can go to #11 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#6 can go to #12 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#7 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#8 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#9 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#10 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#11 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#12 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)
#13 can go to #13 (60 balls) (Lowest pick #13)

If you don’t own your pick or the rights to swap with your pick, tank registration rules will not be in effect.

A swap is a swap. These outcomes have no bearing on swap rights.

EXAMPLE
If the worst 6 teams all miss for their 4th straight season, pre lotto will fall as:

#1 —> #4 —> #1 (100)
#2 —> #5 —> #2 (100)
#3 —> #6 —> #3 (100)
#4 —> #7a —> #4 (60)
#5 —> #8a —> #6 (60)
#6 —> #9a —> #8 (60)
#7 —> #7b —> #5 (100)
#8 —> #8b —> #7 (100)
#9 —> #9b —> #9 (100)
#10 —> #10 (60)
#11 —> #11 (60)
#12 —> #12 (60)
#13 —> #13 (60)


If you miss playoffs or finish below .500 for 4 straight seasons, you will only have 100 lottery balls if you finish bottom 3. Finishing above that guarantees you only 60 lottery balls no matter how the order shakes out. Teams eligible for tanking will be awarded the available lottery balls that ineligible teams forego, however they will defer their pre-lotto positioning to the lesser team.

For example, as listed above, team #4 is dropping 3 spots to 7 (#7a) and only getting 60 lottery balls. Because teams #5 and #6 are also dropping, the #4 team doesn’t lose ground in the projected order but the original #7 becomes #7b and jumps them (#5 and #6) and slots in behind #7a. Since they are one of the top 6 teams to tank legally, they will receive 100 lottery balls.

This will limit how far illegal tanking teams can fall but also limit their chances of jumping.