Online Lottery Glitch Leads to Cancelled Prizes

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Todd — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:31:03 GMT

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RJOh — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:19:47 GMT

Tomobola.com would have nullified a game with that many winners no matter how the winners were picked. I'm sure they have a clause somewhere similar to most State lotteries that change the rules if they get more winners than expected. These type of games expect to have a bunch of losers but not a bunch of winners.RJOh

Online Lottery Glitch Leads to Cancelled Prizes

Lottery Post — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:25:41 GMT

Online scratch-card outfit - tombola.com - has apologised after a software glitch at the weekend led to a large number of gamblers winning the jackpot.Those who took part in the online game couldn't believe their luck when they won up to 5,000 (US$8,050) just for taking part in the i:scratch game.But their euphoria was short-lived when they received an email telling them that the game was null and void.Said the email: I am writing to you in relation to your win on tombola.com over the week... [ More ]