Oregon Lottery glitch in July made all Keno tickets losers

Comment #8

ressuccess — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:08:42 GMT

I didn't know why there was a curse that caused all Oregon Keno tickets to lose

Comment #7

ckrakowski — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:26:58 GMT

I wonder how much they are going to lose in the upcoming lawsuits.

My guess is atleast 2-3x what they would have paid out in winnings.

Comment #6

Groppo — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:25:28 GMT

.

I play Keno, only when in a restaurant that I like (and is very cheap to eat at, and clean too).

Still, I usually lose when playing Keno. I play only one set of numbers, and one set of spots.

When that keno ticket is done, I call it quits until I eat at that restaurant again.

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 23:35:54 GMT

This is just confirmation in the wisdom of checking tickets against winning numbers on the lottery's website, and not trusting only the scanner.

I know how much my winning tix are worth before I ever step foot in the store.

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Stack47 — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:58:30 GMT

when scanners read all Keno tickets as losers, even when they weren't.

I always thought the scanners were the reason there are so many unclaimed prizes because lots of people rely on the accuracy. The lottery vending machines are probably a better way to check tickets if players don't trust a clerk behind a terminal.

The agency confirmed the defect lasted nearly six hours from about 3 a.m. July 23 to 8:45 a.m.

The KY Keno game is closed between 2 and 5 AM, which make sense because the... [ More ]

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music* — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 18:03:16 GMT

Will Oregon's Lottery bottom line be affected by these mistakes? Integrity is extremely important.

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noise-gate — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:06:07 GMT

l have in the past,asked a few clerks at stores l visited whether their scanners for the MM PB games, could ever malfunction, and the answer l have always gotten is it's impossible. So, if the machine says not a winner does that give you the green light to rip up your ticket

Comment #1

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:05:57 GMT

It's funny that this story ran today.

Yesterday, I played NY's Quick Draw for 20 games and knew I had won, but when I checked my ticket on the scanner, it said Sorry, not a winner

I then re-checked the game results on my phone and knew that I should have had a winner.

I told the store keeper about this and he said Every once in a while the scanner does this and he has to re-start the lotto computer.

End result.... My ticket was a winner and the scanner malfunctioned.

Oregon Lottery glitch in July made all Keno tickets losers

Lottery Post — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:53:21 GMT

The Oregon Lottery has built up a $1.2 billion a year business trafficking in the eternal thrill of gambling. Just one of its games, Keno, was played an extraordinary 73.7 million times last year.

But the Keno odds took a sudden swing in the early morning hours of July 23, when scanners read all Keno tickets as losers, even when they weren't.

The Lottery never widely disclosed the technical glitch that gave players zero chance of winning. The agency confirmed the defect lasted nearly six h... [ More ]