Lotto New Zealand payment glitch affects 25,000 players buying tickets

Comment #9

JeetKuneDoLotto — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 04:20:59 GMT

Checks and Balances? Are you kidding? Have you seen what is happening in New Zealand politics?

Have you seen Jacinda Arden?

That woman is a dictator wanting to create a two tiered society. Pretty soon, you will not be able to be to buy lottery tickets over there unless you get the clot shot.

The only checks they need over there is an old Mick Dundee check on her.

Never mind the lottery money, We need a transvestigation asap

Comment #8

kao1632 — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:11:19 GMT

My understanding (NZer, I buy online too) is that he was depositing money into his lotto account, from which he would then purchase $6 or more worth of tickets.. in this and future draws. So, probably wasn't buying $50 worth of tickets on tht one draw.

As for refunding.. It is as easy as the punter making a withdrawal on his account.. Unfortunately, it is then in the hands of the banks.. who like at least one business day between asking for the money and getting the money credited to you... [ More ]

Comment #7

kao1632 — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:59:21 GMT

The charging is done by a third party vendor.

What (I assume) happened is that people used credit cards to make deposits to their lotto accounts and somehow the amount credited to teh account was 4x what they planned.

The buyers would have been able to immediately ask for the money to be credited to their account...

The banks want to hold onto your money for at least one working day.. and as the issue happened on a Saturday, that means nothing gets done on Sunday, Monday they might pro... [ More ]

Comment #6

cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:34:05 GMT

One Auckland resident was left without any money heading into the weekend as a result of the glitch. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was appalled that his payment history showed $200 had been taken out of his account, four times what he thought he spent.

If I'm reading that right, this guy was down to his last $200 and intended to spend $50 of it on lottery tickets? LOL. That man needs Gamblers Anonymous.

Hey NZ Lottery, do the right thing and pay that man back with intere... [ More ]

Comment #5

Mata Garbo — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:11:10 GMT

The largest jackpot EVER won in New Zealand was $44 million. It's really hard to believe we have players here in the US who would look at that prize and say it's not big enough . Some of us are really spoiled. Congrats to the winning family. Looks like they are going to take their time and spend the money wisely.

Comment #4

dannyct — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:55:05 GMT

Congrats to the family that won the NZ$42.2 Powerball jackpot. It is fantastic that New Zealand law, grants winners the option to remain anonymous and all prize money is tax-free.

Comment #3

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:00:29 GMT

I'm old school anyway, but I would never buy my tickets like that. I like handing over cash for my tix.

Comment #2

sully16 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:48:19 GMT

That's a lot of manuka honey, they should be repaid with interest.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:18:00 GMT

Inexcusable...where are the checks and balances? Perhaps a new third party vendor should be considered.

As usual the consumer left holding the bag whereas the folks affected have to wait days for funds to be deposited. As we all know if the shoe was on the other foot 'they' want their money right here and now.

Lotto New Zealand payment glitch affects 25,000 players buying tickets

Lottery Post — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:03:36 GMT

$42.2 million Powerball jackpot scooped up by one lone ticketholder in the same night

By Kate Northrop

In a digital glitch, around 25,000 Kiwis were overcharged on their lottery tickets for Lotto New Zealand's $42.2 million (US$30.2 million) Powerball drawing on Wednesday, the second-largest jackpot won in the country's history.

The high volume of traffic on the Lottery's MyLotto website prior to the drawing led to issues with the card processing systems operated by third party payment... [ More ]