UK Lottery botched raffle draw results

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TheMeatman2005 — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 21:33:03 GMT

To err is human , but to really foul up, it takes a computer.

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music* — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 15:53:52 GMT

The unclaimed prize money has been donated to good causes. This might help a bit with public relations.

To err is human to forgive divine.

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rcbbuckeye — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:56:53 GMT

Software coding error .

Interesting.

Computers, coding, and lotteries just don't seem too compatible.

UK Lottery botched raffle draw results

Lottery Post — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:48:31 GMT

Winning tickets worth millions may have been discarded

Five players in a UK National Lottery raffle missed out on becoming millionaires after a technical fault on its website hid winning tickets, it can be revealed.

A temporary page on the National Lottery website hid raffle prizes worth 5.45 million (US$7 million) from players in a 2016 Lotto Olympic Medal Draw, meaning winners may have been misled into discarding winning tickets they thought were worthless.

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