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Texas Pick 3 lottery game experiences sales glitch

Jun 17, 2005, 12:06 pm

Texas LotteryTexas Lottery: Texas Pick 3 lottery game experiences sales glitch

The Texas Lottery Commission suspended sales of tickets for its Pick 3 game Thursday night after the lottery operator said there was a computer code problem associated with the game.

The Texas Lottery Commission did not reveal any details about the nature of the computer glitch.

Drawings for the game will continue and any tickets already purchased for Pick 3 drawings are valid, said lottery spokesman Robert Elrod. Drawings are held twice a day Monday through Saturday.

Elrod said officials don't know when GTECH Corp. will have the problem corrected. "We're hoping it is soon," he said.

He said he didn't know when sales will resume.

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LOTTOMIKE
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Posted: June 18, 2005, 10:43 pm - IP Logged

have they ever had any other glitches like this recently?  texas inflating jackpots,now this......

    Todd
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    Posted: June 18, 2005, 11:11 pm - IP Logged

    Texas is definitely having their problems, it would seem.

     

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      CASH Only

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      Posted: June 19, 2005, 1:24 pm - IP Logged

      Fewer than NY, however.

        LOTTOMIKE
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        Posted: June 25, 2005, 10:20 pm - IP Logged

        true.

          LANTERN
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          Posted: June 25, 2005, 10:45 pm - IP Logged

          Their main problem is their greed.

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            Todd
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            Posted: June 25, 2005, 11:17 pm - IP Logged

            Fewer than NY, however.

            I think Texas is having more problems than NY.  New York Lottery seems to run a tight ship.

             

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              orangeman
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              Posted: June 25, 2005, 11:51 pm - IP Logged

              Texas is trying to avoid a state income tax.  They expect the lottery to help fund education and it isn't working.  Income from a lottery is not steady enough to fund teacher salaries, etc.  They need to wake up and smell the coffee.  We turned down casinos for religious reasons and won't initiate a state income tax for philosophical reasons.  We need to cut spending, but with the wetbacks crowding the ERs and other social services it is very hard.  Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California are in big trouble.

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