I don't know I find it more fun with live odd updates as every single ball drops. What would you feel if you see the Canucks chance to get 1st overall jumps all the way to 20% after the first number comes into our favor and then see it drop back down to 1% with the next and then shoot back up again.
The roller coaster of emotion there is way more than seeing a stupid card flip.
Like I said, the ball coming out needs to be dragged out with commentary in between. So instead of having ball popping out every 5 seconds. Drag that out to a minuet or two with commentary in between. Imagine what you will feel if Friedman went simethibg likebtgis fornthebkast number. 'If the next numbers are either 3 or 6, Canucks are going to win the lottery.' You eyes will be glued on the tv.