CT Lottery must pay an extra $581,000 for drawing mistake

Comment #4

Jake649 — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:13:44 GMT

That kind of mistake cannot happen with computerized drawings. That mistake contributes to the cost of ball machine drawings. I can see why some lotteries are trying to get rid of ball machines. Too much human intervention.Good luck,Jake

Comment #3

GoArmy — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:07:46 GMT

It was good of them to honor it.

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:18:03 GMT

they make mistakes a lot........

Comment #1

CASH Only — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:35:58 GMT

Extra cash.

CT Lottery must pay an extra $581,000 for drawing mistake

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:36:00 GMT

Honoring all six numbers drawn in Friday's flawed Cash 5 lottery game will cost the Connecticut Lottery Corp. an extra $581,000, lottery officials said Monday.The lottery will honor 3,451 additional tickets, five of which are worth $100,000 each, said lottery spokeswoman Diane Patterson. It's amazing what one little number can do, Patterson said.The problem occurred when an employee got the cue to begin the drawing and plucked a No. 7 pingpong ball from those swirling in the mixing chamber. W... [ More ]