Entry Draft Lottery Winners

The first overall pick at every entry draft is awarded to the winner of the Entry Draft Lottery. This insures that teams do not lose purposely in order to guarantee themselves the first pick in the following the draft. Every team has a chance of winning the lottery, although teams with the worst record have more lottery balls in the pool. There are currently a total of 41 balls in the lottery. The number of balls each team receive are as follows: 20 for 6th place (Naveed Trophy Losers), 10 for 5th place, 5 for the semi-final loser with the worst regular season record, 3 for the semi-final loser with the better regular season record, 2 for the Hooverbowl runner-up, and 1 for the Hooverbowl winner. These odds have been in place since the 2012 Entry Draft. Teams received an equal number of lottery balls for the 2011 Entry Draft.

After the first pick, draft order is based on the previous regular season standings, in order of least points to most. The Hooverbowl runner-up and winner automatically make the final two picks in each round, respectively, regardless of regular season record. The lottery only applies for the first round. The first pick in the following rounds are based on the final standings, where the worst team picks first.