Many lottery Web sites offline

Reply #12

Kaptainess — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:14:39 GMT

Pennsylvania Site is not updated, usually I can get the number at 1:35 PM from the site. Mmm.... something is UP! I mean down

Reply #11

djklaugh — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:11:57 GMT

Hummmm I saw something the other day about some federal computers, in law enforcement mostly, being attacked by a virus ... wonder if the lottery sites run by a government-backed organization with a huge technology budget closed down to aid in preventing the spread of this particularly nasty bug.

Headline was Computer virus strikes federal law enforcement computers; US Marshalls, FBI affected

Reply #10

Kaptainess — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:24:08 GMT

Holiday Weekend - Tech is on vacation

Reply #9

MaddMike51 — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:15:03 GMT

The Iowa lottery website is down,too.

But the Powerball website is back up.

http://www.powerball.com

Reply #8

JADELottery — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:12:39 GMT

Interesting bit of information.

Reply #7

iGlenn — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:06:00 GMT

Powerball appears to be down again. I can't access their website.

Reply #6

TnTicketlosers — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:50:04 GMT

Hope everyone takes notice to the bad virus on line called----SWINE FLU 2.0----Bad ,it may have something to do with it all.

Reply #5

Todd — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:19:28 GMT

The lottery site offline madness continues!

Sites offline now include:

North Carolina South Dakota Wisconsin

Powerball is UP, and Kentucky is UP, unlike last time.

Reply #4

Todd — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:30:35 GMT

I hear you, but I don't think that was it. (The sites are up now.)

That was not an error related to volume, and the Powerball site rarely succumbs to volume, even when the jackpot is at record levels. That's because it is a simple static web site, unlike something like Lottery Post, which has an enormous amount of processing that takes place for every single page view. (For this reason, it is a much more challenging task for me to make Lottery Post resistant to volume issues than it is for th... [ More ]

Reply #3

Raven62 — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:29:12 GMT

With the Powerball Website being down or unable to handle Internet Traffic after a High Jackpot Drawing (this happens quite often since Florida was added to Powerball) folks will naturally revert to State Lottery Websites inorder to get Results and Check their Tickets.

Reply #2

Todd — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:12:19 GMT

Wow, make that site #5! You're right, perhaps the Powerball site uses the same technology or service provider. If that turns out to be the case, you'd think that with so many sites sharing a common platform, there would be some redundancy to handle a server going down.

Reply #1

Raven62 — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:47:07 GMT

Maybe it has something to do with Powerball: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/powerball.com

Many lottery Web sites offline

Todd — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:39:43 GMT

Some very strange things are brewing this morning!

I count at least three four separate state lottery Web sites that are offline:

Kentucky - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/kylottery.com North Carolina - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/nc-educationlottery.org South Dakota - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/sdlottery.org Wisconsin - http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/wilottery.com

I'm thinking maybe they all use the same technology provider or hosting company. Can't think of an... [ More ]