SC lottery error prompts class-action lawsuit

Comment #19

Bleudog101 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:10:44 GMT

This is why lotteries have rules and regulations which is unfortunate in this case, must be adhered to. Good faith would have the lottery save face and just pay out these many tickets, but under no legal obligation.

Just like the fine print on my favorite--slot machine--malfunction voids all pays. A couple of years ago a lady in NY I believe thought she had hit for a couple of million. The machine was incapable of paying such a jackpot. They gave her a steak dinner and something like $2.... [ More ]

Comment #18

KY Floyd — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 06:51:44 GMT

The plaintiffs' lawyers only get paid if there's a settlement, and that seems unlikely in this case. If there is a settlement it will probably be a tiny fraction of the face value of the winning tickets.

In just two hours, lucky South Carolinians had purchased some 71,000 tickets

The lottery should be on very solid footing just based on the fact that the rules (which every player agrees to) prohibit payment based on errors, but it's going to be extremely easy for the lottery to prove tha... [ More ]

Comment #17

MsBee18 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 02:14:17 GMT

Retailers paid out at least $1.7 million to people who cashed in immediately, before the glitch was caught.

This sounds like a case of You Snooze You Lose. The fact that some got full payout. The unlucky ones who couldn't cash in immediately will get a grand total of one dollar, doesn't sit well with me.

Comment #16

Coin Toss — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:33:11 GMT

Someone should file a lawsuit to get the lottery's name changed to the South Carolina Scrooge Lottery.

Comment #15

Soledad — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:25:16 GMT

In a closed society where everybody s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Hunter S Thompson

LOL How True

Comment #14

Soledad — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:18:23 GMT

There have even been scratch off prizes produced in error and not paid out.

Comment #13

Soledad — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:10:54 GMT

Thank you zephbe, my point exactly. The Lottery is clearly distancing themself from this. Wins due to Malfunction or Error shall not be paid. The not paying out part, the termination of Intralot, and the refund part shows their stance on the matter. I m not sure what the class action is about or how they are going to go about making a point that s relevant. It s shocking to me that the lottery paid out so much before they realized there was a problem.

Comment #12

Soledad — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:08:18 GMT

They didn t do proper security checks. It was an error on the Intralot s part.

Comment #11

music* — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 23:51:34 GMT

Groppo, I think the word you are looking for is, Gavel .

Comment #10

Groppo — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 23:13:28 GMT

.

This is a tough one, isn't it?

NOT REALY, BECAUSE . . . . . .

The Judge, if the corrupt state insists, and it ever gets to court, should rule that the winning players are all owed the same amount (according to how much was wagered, of course). Bang The Gabel. (sp. gabbel? gable?) End of story

Because think about it:

To hell with the what the state now complains .

They should have made it a ping pong ball game to cover their a**es better

What? Not enough state funds... [ More ]

Comment #9

play4shekels — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:06:15 GMT

Let's turn the table around and suppose, for a minute, that the game wasn't printing enough winners. Does anyone honestly think that the lottery would shut the game down at that point? I think we all know the answer to that! Stay away from instant terminal games and any add-ons that don't increase your chances to win your game or multiply your winnings. That's like playing poker even though you know the deck is stacked.

Comment #8

music* — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 20:18:12 GMT

This could be sabotage.

Did anyone contact SCEL when all these winners showed up for payment? I think that the retailers have a duty to report any major event like this to SCEL.

Comment #7

noise-gate — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:23:13 GMT

Coffins must have been listening to the song by the Whites Stripes, before she brought her class action lawsuit...

I'm gonna fight them all

A seven nations army couldn't hold me back..

And I'm talking to myself at night

Because l can't forget

- Seven nation army

Comment #6

zephbe — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:13:32 GMT

Intralot was in dispute with SCEL during this time because the state had decided to switch to another vendor-IGT. So was it an error or deliberate on their part

Comment #5

picktowin — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:00:05 GMT

To me thatst tuff beans !!

The lottery screwed up to bad.

People should get their money.

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:26:58 GMT

If you nook it and it wins, pay it.

Comment #3

Redd55 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 14:14:03 GMT

The only people who win in a class action lawsuit are the attys.

Comment #2

ekem6078 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:38:05 GMT

I would've been one of those who cashed in early lmbo. Congrats to all those who did. Happy spending

Comment #1

Raven62 — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:38:02 GMT

Was it a Glitch or Poorly Written, Poorly Tested Coding

SC lottery error prompts class-action lawsuit

Lottery Post — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 13:10:44 GMT

It was Christmas Day in South Carolina and plenty of people were feeling lucky. For just $1, they could buy a ticket for Holiday Cash Add-A-Play at their local convenience store. The ticket looked a bit like a tic-tac-toe game: get three Christmas trees in a row on a nine-space grid and you won, maybe 2 or 20 bucks. Get all nine Christmas trees to fill the grid entirely and you won the $500 jackpot. The odds of that happening were 1 in 4,800.

But something amazing started happening at exactly... [ More ]