Illinois Lottery glitch causes trouble for retailers, including overpayment to winners

Comment #11

LotteryInOK — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 18:49:58 GMT

Honestly, if I were them, I would shut down the lottery everywhere until it gets fixed

Comment #10

Reggie Numbers — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:12:22 GMT

I think the new lottery machines will be wonderful once all the bugs are worked out. And I like the fact that you can go and put your own numbers in as the tellers use to do. It's quicker in my opinion than standing in line waiting. Plus, I don't see what is so complicated. Because if you can work and navigate a so-called smart phone, it should be a piece of cake.

Comment #9

uprrman — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:01:47 GMT

probaly never happen

Comment #8

brees2012 — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:23:48 GMT

Illinois lottery should go Anonymous A.S.A.P.

Comment #7

hurley1333 — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 17:24:47 GMT

I buy my tickets at a gas station run by Mr Patel. He has two and sometimes three people at the counter, and is one of the most devoted Illinois lottery ticket sellers one can ever find. He literally has one clerk devoted to the lottery machine at any time

The other day he threw his hands up in frustration at how slow the new online ticket terminals are. Printing Pick 3 and pick 4 tickets takes 4x longer under Camelot and the new machines than it used to. Many times a customer will dutifully

Comment #6

fast eddie — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:51:22 GMT

I would consider Camelot Illinois roll out of the new IL. Lottery a failure.

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:08:11 GMT

Indeed sully.

So much for high tech........these new machines take Pick 3 and Pick 4 slips, or so the story goes, but if you play a Pick 3 along with a Pick3 front or back pair on the same play slip the machine gives you an insufficient funds message, even with $2 in.

Comment #4

Illinoisdreamer — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 04:20:25 GMT

Yeah the new machines are slow and if your the first person of day it takes minutes for ticket to print

I dont mind the play slip thing since I always used slips for my numbers and was annoyed behind a pick 3/4 player with no slip in past

The instant machines were still down in my area or not available. They just installed new one at store near my house but it didn't work (Wouldn't accept money) so they have to have people come back out for it

And they just got the scanner work... [ More ]

Comment #3

fast eddie — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:28:19 GMT

The new machines the clerks use are slower than the older machines and also most places now require you to fill out a play slips for pick three and four which annoys a lot of players. The instant lottery machines are fine and I have encountered no problems using them.

Comment #2

sully16 — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:17:51 GMT

They sure have a lot of problems in that State.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 22:47:51 GMT

Almost inexcusable in this day and age.

BTW: Just read an anonymous person just claimed the SCEL $1.6 billion lottery ticket. Wished it said their age or something.

Illinois Lottery glitch causes trouble for retailers, including overpayment to winners

Lottery Post — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:20:05 GMT

The Illinois Lottery's transition to a new central gaming system has caused trouble for some retailers, including overpayments to winners.

The ticket validation issue was discovered Feb. 20 and resolved the same day, said Illinois Lottery spokesman Jason Schaumburg, who didn't know how much extra money was awarded.

Stores that paid out incorrect winnings can be reimbursed if they submit a written account of the error to the central lottery office in Springfield, said Bill Fleischli, the ex... [ More ]