Glitch in lottery system, N.L. woman says

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ThatScaryChick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:35:59 GMT

I agree, it is sad. Some of the stores where I go to have printed out slips already made out and a couple of the grocery stores actually write on big boards the previous drawings, which I think is nice.

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tntea — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:31:03 GMT

That is very sad. Stores should post the numbers on the wall so customers can double check. Where I worked, we would print out many previous winning numbers to hand to customers after checking the ticket with the machine. That way they could double check what was drawn.

Glitch in lottery system, N.L. woman says

Todd — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:33:00 GMT

A lottery player in Newfoundland says there could be a problem with Atlantic Lottery tickets after she says she was denied her prize.

Elaine Wells, of Foxtrap in Conception Bay South, says she bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket in January and won $20 on the TAG feature. But when she went to a ticket retailer to claim her prize, the lottery corporation's scanner at the store didn't register the ticket as a winner.

After checking the numbers, she says was convinced her ticket was a winner. She conta... [ More ]