Illinois Lottery fixes problem that prevented some ticket sales

Comment #10

coyne — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:41:55 GMT

Sure, this problem has been fixed, but the Illinois Lottery is still a hot mess.

New scanners are not all working and when they do go live, old tickets CANNOT be scanned at customer scanners.

Also, every LUCKY DAY LOTTO multi draw ticket has BOTH DRAWS printed under the play dates.

This is false information.

If you buy a multi draw after the midday draw, the ticket will still read BOTH DRAWS for that date.

This is going to be a problem. One could simply pick the midday numbers and... [ More ]

Comment #9

cbr$ — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:14:16 GMT

It great Illinois lottery officials resolved both issues quickly. The fact they realized their players deserve to be apologized to for the inconvenience. It sounding like they want to improve their image increase their sales.

Comment #8

Illinoisdreamer — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 22:57:26 GMT

Been unable to redeem any winning tickets at retail since new system started (Monday Morning). Illinois lottery released statement today saying they are working on issue especially for scratchers

Reports are still coming in of machines not working at various retail spots and of many not having new play slips sent to them beyond initial batch so many are out. All games must be put on playslip now so sending so few to retailers makes no sense

They seem to be having a ton of problems wi... [ More ]

Comment #7

Illinoisdreamer — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:11:23 GMT

Just got back from getting my Lucky Day tickets. Man is it a debacle everywhere

System didn't come back online until nearly noon leaving very limited time for people to get midday games. The new machines are having issues reading even properly filled out new slips and the lines everywhere to play are absurd

And most of the state's instant machines are down as many of the new one's aren't stocked/hooked up or haven't been delivered and all the old machines can no longer sell instant t... [ More ]

Comment #6

Illinoisdreamer — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:29:35 GMT

Illinois Lottery will go down tonight at 8PM as they switch to new computer system they say

All advanced plays have been stopped now for last week+ and it has angered/pissed off alot of people as well as more issues with pick 3/4 games

They dont expect to be up and running until 9am-11am which means tomorrows lucky day mid day drawing and Pick 3/4 will if all goes right will only be available for purchase for limited time so many longtime players with #'s could very well miss out on... [ More ]

Comment #5

Illinoisdreamer — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:21:44 GMT

1 draw!

That is what Lucky Day (Pick 5) allows today ,, 1 draw

I work nights which means I sleep most of day but now I have to go in morning and get ticket and then wake up and return to store in afternoon/evening for 2nd draw because there isn't any multi-draw

This is absolute joke at this point and annoying. Its been weeks of this nonsense but has hit low point today

Comment #4

uprrman — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 16:27:32 GMT

they better fix it soon i might just quit playing il all together. i play on line anyway

Comment #3

Illinoisdreamer — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:39:29 GMT

Camelot Illinois has been disaster thus far running lottery

The last month+ has seen nothing but issues ranging from pick 3 and pick 4 fiasco to a frustrating inability to play multi draw on number games thru last 5+ weeks

Whatever they are doing is screwing everything up and today the multi draws were rejected by machines at multiple locations (Has been happening off and on in recent weeks thru area)

Lucky Day is supposed to allow you to play up to 25 draws (I normally play 14 = A week... [ More ]

Comment #2

uprrman — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:43:49 GMT

if that 702 would have been 730 i would be realy peed off

Comment #1

music* — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:36:40 GMT

Aye, these things happen. The Illinois lottery lost some sales and maybe a few players.

Illinois Lottery fixes problem that prevented some ticket sales

Lottery Post — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:11:36 GMT

Pick 3 and Pick 4 games were affected

Several lottery players in Illinois were unable to purchase Pick 3 and Pick 4 tickets from retailers Tuesday, just before the midday drawing.

Around 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, Lottery officials said that the technical issue they experienced with Pick 3 and Pick 4 has been resolved.

Players can resume purchasing tickets for these games at Illinois Lottery retailers, according to a tweet. We apologize for the inconvenience. Tonight's 9:22 p.m. draw will take... [ More ]