Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failure

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myturn — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:49:43 GMT

The incident could not have come at a worse time for the new operator of the franchise Premier Lotteries Ireland. It has been under fire over the performance of its new ticket terminals which retailers claim are plagued by glitches.

Up 3,500 terminals, equating to 95 per cent of the network, went out of commission for several hours yesterday.

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myturn — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:35:25 GMT

October 2013

Ireland has agreed to sell a 20-year national lottery operating licence for 405 million euros ($552 million) to a joint venture that includes the owner of British operator Camelot, Ireland's spending minister said on Friday.

The deal is the first step in a privatisation drive agreed under Ireland's EU-IMF bailout that aims to bring in 3 billion euros, which will be used to pay down debt and to fund a jobs stimulus programme.

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mypiemaster — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 23:15:17 GMT

Better late than sorry.

Tonight's Ireland Lotto draw cancelled because of network failure

Lottery Post — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:07:27 GMT

Tonight's Ireland Lotto jackpot may be 10 million but National Lottery machines around the country aren't keen on it being won they've been out of commission since this morning.

The Ireland National Lottery has now confirmed that tonight's draw has been cancelled.

In a statement, it said:

The National Lottery can confirm that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telef nica. This incident af... [ More ]