New Michigan lottery terminals are giving retailers fits

Comment #5

LckyLary — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:52:33 GMT

Pennsylvania some Stores have new terminals. One of them with, they gave me the wrong date on the Powerball tickets. It says Feb. 25 when I played for January! And I filled out betslips, so all they had to do was feed them into the machine

Comment #4

Piaceri — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:36:27 GMT

I walked in to a QD the other day, no one at the counter. I cashed 2 scratch tickets, bought 3 fantasy 5's qp, 1 scratch ticket (no delay in picking one - I knew which one I needed), and a bacardi peach red. (lol) By the time I was done paying by cash mind you, all three cash registers were going and about 10 people were standing behind me.

Not sure if I can blame it all on the new terminal, though it seemed to respond slower.

Comment #3

Think — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:17:14 GMT

It doesn't appear we've had any significant negative (economic) impact at all because it's not like the retailers have been down for days, she said.

Geez, I thought it was just my part of the state that the MSL does not care about.

We are supposed to get our drawings live on channel 3 here. Channel 3 is a Wisconsin station. We are lucky if Channel 3 actually airs the drawings more than twice per week!

I foolishly watched it at 7:29 today and they did NOT air tonights drawing! (wha... [ More ]

Comment #2

wizeguy — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:59:48 GMT

It doesn't appear we've had any significant negative (economic) impactat all because it's not like the retailers have been down for days, she said.

Sheesh

Comment #1

charmed7 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:26:39 GMT

If its giving retailers a fit, Think what its doing to the PLAYERS

New Michigan lottery terminals are giving retailers fits

Lottery Post — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:54:12 GMT

Numerous glitches have popped up on the touch-screen devices that use satellite technology

The new generation of Michigan Lottery machines is giving some retailers fits as the devices sometimes go on the blink in this winter's harsh weather.

The state began replacing 11,000 older model machines last fall, and the conversion should be completed by month's end.

But unlike the old system, which used phone lines, the new one relies on satellite technology.

In snowy, windy weather, the ne... [ More ]