Lottery error prompts payout on two sets of winning numbers

Comment #6

sully16 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:54:17 GMT

can you imagine the person who didn't know and threw their tickets away....yikes.

Comment #5

tiggs95 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:49:20 GMT

This affected tiggs to the tune of 6 whole dollars..Oh boy oh boy!!..

Comment #4

socalgal — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 06:29:11 GMT

They got it on video.

Congrats to the winners.

Comment #3

sully16 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:48:02 GMT

The lottery fairy works in mysterious ways. Congrats to the winners.

Comment #2

joshuacloak — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:23:46 GMT

rofl, the classic 6 -9 mistaken error, o this is some funny snip Virginia Lottery got itself into

yes a 6 does look like a 9 upside down and likewise for 9 , ROFL

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Comment #1

RJOh — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:01:59 GMT

I would think they would electronically take the numbers directly from the source that put them on the screen at the drawing since every time numbers are manually re-entered in a system there's a chance of an error.

Lottery error prompts payout on two sets of winning numbers

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:30:09 GMT

Includes video report

By Todd Northrop

An incorrect number reported by the Virginia Lottery for Wednesday night's Win For Life drawing has prompted the participating states of Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia to payout on two sets of winning numbers.

Win For Life is a multi-state lottery game played in Georgia, Kentucky, and Virginia. Players choose six numbers from 1 to 42, and can win one of eight different prizes, ranging from $2 to the Grand prize of $1,000 a week for life.

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