Virginia winners may have to pay for Lottery's mistake http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281 Lottery Post News Story: Virginia winners may have to pay for Lottery's mistake en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator Comment #6 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1140034 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1140034 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:21:50 GMT jump1900
October 20, 2008

The Virginia Lottery sincerely apologizes for the error with its new game Fast Play Super 7 s.

Unfortunately, there was a technical problem when the software was loaded on the computer gaming system. The problem caused misprinted tickets. Thanks to the Lottery s retail partners, the error was caught by 9:00 a.m. Sunday, October 19 and the Lottery stopped selling the game immediately. The Lottery sold]]> jump1900 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1140034 Comment #5 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139896 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139896 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:13:39 GMT MaddMike51 MaddMike51 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139896 Comment #4 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139872 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139872 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:17:22 GMT savagegoose
then its up to the tax payer to bail out g tech and pay the people with winning tickets]]> savagegoose http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139872 Comment #3 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139764 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139764 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:14:47 GMT ThatScaryChick ThatScaryChick http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139764 Comment #2 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139618 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139618 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:52:56 GMT spy153 spy153 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139618 Comment #1 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139608 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281/1139608 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:38:59 GMT MaddMike51 MaddMike51 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139608 Virginia winners may have to pay for Lottery's mistake http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/183281 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:33:31 GMT Todd
Hundreds of players thought they had struck gold when lottery terminals errantly spit out tickets that appeared to have won them as much as $7,777. Turns out it was a computer programming error, not lady luck.

Now the state's top lawyers will consult with the Virginia Lottery to decide whether the players get... [ More ]]]> * Original News Story http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1139505