National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000
A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales.
The dramatic reduction in takings for the post-Christmas draw caused the jackpot to be trimmed from the 4.2 million (US$6.1 million) estimated on Christmas Eve to 3.4m (US$5m).
Camelot apologized publicly after the problem which may also have prevented a potential jackpot winner from buying a ticket.
A single player w ...
Dec 29, 2008, 9:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Winners share $3 billion in Spain's El Gordo lottery
Economic woes eased for thousands in Spain on Monday as the Christmas lottery billed among the world's richest dished out some 2.32 billion (US$3.23 billion) in prizes.
The top prize of the lottery dubbed El Gordo (The Fat One) went to holders of tickets bearing the number 32365 which appears on 1,950 tickets, each winning 300,000 (US$418,000). Thousands of others cashed in on runner-up prizes.
The top number was sung out at just after noon Monday by pupils of Madrid's Saint Ildefonso Scho ...
Dec 23, 2008, 9:06 am - - Lottery News forum
$207M Mega Millions lottery winners happy, but waiting
A city streets department employee from Piqua, Ohio, confirmed he is one of the winners of a $207 million Mega Millions jackpot and said that all but one of the winning ticket holders are also city employees.
When the time's right, we'll come forward, the Piqua man said on Sunday, Dec. 14.
He spoke on condition that his name and age not be published yet, citing a desire not to upstage his fellow winners. 16 people have a stake in the winnings; 14 are from the streets department.
The ma ...
Dec 17, 2008, 3:13 pm - - Lottery News forum
Ohio lottery player wins $207M Mega Millions jackpot
A single winner has taken the $207 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery.
The only ticket to match all the winnings numbers from Friday night's drawing was sold in Piqua, Ohio.
The next Mega Millions drawing will be on Tuesday night with a jackpot of $12 million.
In addition to the grand prize winner on Friday, 23 players won the second prize of $250,000: 2 from California, 3 from Georgia, 2 from Massachusetts, 2 from Maryland, 2 from Michigan, ...
Dec 13, 2008, 10:28 am - - Lottery News forum
New York Lottery Turkey Raffle results posted
The New York Lottery's latest raffle-style game, the Turkey Raffle, was drawn today, Thanksgiving Day, and made five instant millionaires.
The winning numbers can be found at the following Web address:
http://www.lotterypost.com/specialresults/ny-lottery-raffle-2008-11-27.asp
New York's Turkey Raffle is a raffle game offered by the New York Lottery, with a limited period of availability and a limited number of $10 tickets.
Tickets went on sale Nov. 3, and ticket sales wee to stop Nov ...
Nov 27, 2008, 1:19 pm - - Lottery News forum
One winner of $9M Megabucks lottery jackpot
One lucky person quit worrying about the plunging markets, layoffs and other economic woes Saturday night after winning the Wisconsin Megabucks lottery.
State Lottery spokesman Andrew Bohage said a single ticket matched all six numbers and won the jackpot, worth $9.1 million if the winner chooses to take the payments in 25 installments, or worth $5.1 million if the winner takes the one-time lump-sum cash payout.
Odds of winning the Megabucks jackpot are 1 in 7 million, Bohage said.
The ...
Nov 11, 2008, 9:01 am - - Lottery News forum
Virginia Lottery to award partial prizes for faulty game
Amounts to about 25% of full prize; some players disappointed
Lottery officials announced Thursday that people who had bought misprinted tickets for a recently added game that said they'd won will receive some compensation for the tickets.
According to a news release, they reached an agreement with its gaming services provider regarding the problem with the Fast Play Super 7's game. As a result, the Lottery, while not able to pay the expected prizes, is able to give some compensation to pl ...
Oct 31, 2008, 8:24 pm - - Lottery News forum
$58.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania
Second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month
Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that a York business sold the only winning ticket in the $58.6 million, Oct. 29, Powerball jackpot.
We are pleased to announce that Bookland sold the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing, said Ed Trees, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery. This is the second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month.
Bookland, 2114 S. Queen S ...
Oct 31, 2008, 12:18 pm - - Lottery News forum
Human error caused expensive Va. Lottery mistake
New Game Generated More Than 600 Winning Tickets
Debra and Raul Bennett are faithful lottery players, though in nearly 15 years of playing they never had won much more than pocket money.
So on Sunday, when the retired Hampton, Va., couple realized they had a winning ticket from the Virginia Lottery's brand-new Fast Play Super 7s game, they were ecstatic. Plans for spending the $7,777 the game's top prize came fast and furious.
But when the Bennetts went to the Hampton Virginia Lottery o ...
Oct 22, 2008, 6:44 pm - - Lottery News forum
Ontario lottery winners: remember when you bought the ticket ... or else
A Canadian lottery corporation in Ontario is withholding a Windsor man's $100,000 winnings because he couldn't remember the date and time he bought the ticket.
Christopher Longden, 54, won the prize in the Sept. 6 drawing of the Super 7 game, and took a day off work to travel to Toronto to collect his prize, the Windsor Star reported.
During the interview with Ontario Lottery and Gaming officials that is mandatory for all prizes above $10,000, Longden said he bought the ticket at his neigh ...
Oct 22, 2008, 2:48 pm - - Lottery News forum
