Broken ball prompts 2nd Penn. Lottery drawing, 2 sets of winners

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Lotto Czar — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:43:34 GMT

Thank you As a second chance winer, much obliged. Even if it was only $2

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irondoor827 — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:26:49 GMT

you said it ....pa was the only lottery in America to fix one of their own problems...you can bet for sure that had it happened in NY state you would never had known except through an infromant

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LckyLary — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:32:55 GMT

Usually the Lottery busts MY spheres, not the other way around! 1st time I heard of this. I don't play MATCH 6 much lately because one time I got a ticket that was in such a way to make it impossible to win some of the prizes. Only one # in the QP lines was duplicated; this means you could not get more than 7 matching numbers so the prizes for 8 thru 10 matches were impossible.

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dphillips — Thu, 03 May 2007 01:28:03 GMT

At least the PA Lottery officials are willing to correct the situation by paying off winning tickets for both sets of numbers. It is the right 'thing' to do!

Congratulations to the first and the second chance winners

Broken ball prompts 2nd Penn. Lottery drawing, 2 sets of winners

Lottery Post — Thu, 03 May 2007 00:08:40 GMT

Lottery players in Pennsylvania got a second chance to win after officials discovered a ball used in the MATCH 6 lotto drawing had broken into pieces.

A second off-air drawing was held Tuesday night and the state said it would pay off winning tickets for both sets of numbers.

No one won the $550,000 jackpot. But more than 200,000 winners in the two drawings will get anywhere from $2 to $2,500, according to the lottery's online statistics.

The first total payout was $366,805; the second... [ More ]