UK Lottery computer glitch eliminated the number '9'

Comment #4

CASH Only — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:57:44 GMT

When the Arizona Lottery went to computerized draws for its Pick 3, the digit '9' was not programmed in the drawing machine.

Comment #3

dvdiva — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:33:32 GMT

It was a glitch for online and text (cellphone) purchases of tickets. In the UK you can get tickets by internet, phone or in the store. Unfortuneately you have to live there to order the tickets on the internet.

The UK lottery uses mechanical ball drawings. One only has to wonder how many glitches go either unnoticed or unreported in RNG drawings.

Comment #2

Just6ntlc — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:09:54 GMT

What was the important glitch? Is this game computerized or ball drawn

Comment #1

bellyache — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:58:30 GMT

At least they are providing free plays.

UK Lottery computer glitch eliminated the number '9'

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:03:00 GMT

Thousands of United Kingdom Lottery players have been given free draw entries to make up for technical problems with computer-generated ticket numbers.

A database glitch hit entries for the new Dream Number game last month, operator Camelot said yesterday.

Some entries bought online or by text in the four days to July 17 did not contain the digit nine.

They were still entered for draws on either July 15 or July 19 both of which contained the digit nine somewhere in the seven winnin... [ More ]