S.C. lottery glitch could result in $35 million in prize payouts; NJ firm will investigate

Comment #13

novotny — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:54:37 GMT

Lottery organisation is responsible a players deserve money they win

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 10:19:53 GMT

Wow, did someone get up on the wrong side of the bed? I said nothing about not getting to the bottom of the truth, you insinuated that all I care about is making money. Look up IGT versus Intralot and maybe you can figure out why I don't have Intralot stock.

My hope is that SCEL does the right thing by the players.

Comment #11

cbr$ — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:41:21 GMT

S.C. Education Lottery Commission, is calling it programming error.

Since program are made by programmers this translate to human

error . Glitch also translate to human error to me in this case.

I know Intralot checked this computer system program before it was

to S.C. Lottery. If it showed them any glitches , nicks , or problems. It

would've been replace before shipping. Intralot's programs has a great

reputation. They would've pull the whole program. S.C. Lottery... [ More ]

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 05:46:45 GMT

That's a stellar display of reading comprehension.

Comment #9

ckrakowski — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:47:43 GMT

So all you care about is the money you stand to make as a stockholder and not the truth. Wow that says a lot about you.

Comment #8

ronechuck — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:38:34 GMT

Just shows system is rigged and vulnerable to hacking.

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 18:35:55 GMT

Nothing against Intralot, but since I'm for IGT as a shareholder this will strengthen our stocks which is a good thing.

Comment #6

zephbe — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:07:36 GMT

http://www.wistv.com/story/36158976/a-legal-challenge-and-contract-dispute-could-put-state-lottery-scholarships-at-stake

The South Carolina Education Lottery wants to switch to a faster, more efficient gaming system.

But the lottery s interim director says a legal challenge filed this month by the contractor behind the current system could delay the complicated transition process.

In a letter to the state s Chief Procurement Officer, SCEL Interim Executive Director Hogan Brown calls for... [ More ]

Comment #5

noise-gate — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 03:07:55 GMT

I can t think of a single soul that loves a glitch.

Glitch: a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.

If ever there was a time to fall deeply in love with a glitch for S.C. lottery players... it s now!

Talk about the very heavens opening up, and l am not talking about pennies.

Comment #4

gatorsrok — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 01:50:20 GMT

Why can't any of these glitches occur when I buy tickets.

Comment #3

ckrakowski — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 01:37:05 GMT

Why did they hire a firm that is located out of state?

I wonder who they will find in favor of. The players or the lottery.

Comment #2

music* — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 01:20:33 GMT

Will it be the Grinch before Christmas or the Grinch afterward?

Shall I refer you to, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:30:20 GMT

Who gets the blame for this? Intralot or SCLC??

If they pony up, which I feel they should, it will boost the integrity of their lottery.

S.C. lottery glitch could result in $35 million in prize payouts; NJ firm will investigate

Lottery Post — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:00:46 GMT

South Carolina lottery officials say a computer glitch that made winners out of everyone who played a holiday game for two hours on Christmas Day could result in a more than $35 million prize payout nearly double the initial estimate.

The S.C. Education Lottery Commission announced the new figure Tuesday at a special meeting called to discuss the ongoing fallout from a programming error.

The mistake had players of the Holiday Cash Add-A-Play game seeing three matching Christmas trees print... [ More ]