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Minnesota Lottery confirms technical communications error delayed $2 billion Powerball drawingNews Story
Lottery staff and vendors overloaded by sales data By Kate Northrop The Minnesota Lottery confirmed yesterday that the cause for the delayed $2 billion Powerball drawing was a technical communications error brought on by an overwhelming amount of sales data. If you recall the Powerball fever that took over the nation this past week, you'll also remember the ten-hour delay before the drawing took place. When the drawing did finally occur Tuesday morning, it turns out that just one
Nov 11, 2022, 4:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery blames "human reporting error" for posting incorrect Powerball resultsNews Story
Players who claimed prizes under wrong numbers can keep their winnings By Kate Northrop The Iowa Lottery attributed posting the wrong Powerball numbers on their website for Monday's draw to a human reporting error and told players who already redeemed prizes that they can keep the winnings. Several hours after the wrong Powerball numbers were posted on the Iowa Lottery's website the night of the drawing on Mon., Nov. 27, the Lottery removed the incorrect sequence and republished the
Nov 30, 2023, 9:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DC man sues the lottery after incorrect numbers posted on website would have won him $340 millionReply
Because we made an error, here is $340 bucks. Thanks for playing.
Feb 21, 2024, 9:37 am - heisenberg991 - Lottery News

Florida LLC revealed to have claimed $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpotReply
Exactly my thoughts. If the doctor had a winning ticket of more than $600 that he must redeem at a Florida Lottery office prior to September, then his name and address was saved in The Florida Lottery's database. When The Jackpot Winners and Retailer Information Report was created in September, it's very plausible that his name was placed on the report either by a software program error or it was manually put on the report in error by someone that works at The Fla Lottery. G5
Dec 31, 2023, 10:49 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

Massachusetts woman accidentally receives $20,000 worth of lottery tickets in the mailReply
If she was doing the right thing: She would have contacted FedEx and reported the error instead of opening the package that wasn't addressed to her place of business!
Nov 15, 2023, 7:12 pm - Raven62 - Lottery News

Massachusetts man wins six $25,000 a Year for Life prizes in one Lucky for Life drawingReply
The story has been updated to reflect the correct top prize structure. Thank you for pointing out the error.
Dec 21, 2022, 2:07 pm - Kate - Lottery News

Florida man wins $10,000 lottery prize, state claims he owes moneyNews Story
Winner leaves Lottery office disappointed due to state's error By Kate Northrop A Florida lottery winner was ecstatic to win a $10,000 prize but left the Lottery claims office disappointed after he was told he owed the state money instead. An error on the state's part left a lottery winner confused about how much of his $10,000 prize he'd actually walk away with after he was told he owed a debt. Like any player who just won the lottery, South Florida resident Joe Cheung was both
Mar 3, 2023, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Canadian man claims record $64 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot right before it expiresReply
I know it's not the *same* thing, but you reminded me of this story. I think it carries the same tone you're describing: UK couple lose out on 182 million EuroMillions lottery jackpot following payment error | Lottery Post
Mar 31, 2024, 9:24 pm - Kate - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
I am honestly surprised how low sales have been once it got to a Billion. A 30 million bump was just a rounding error when the pots first started getting to a billion.
Aug 8, 2023, 7:56 pm - Poo Nanny - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthReply
Todd, you may want to correct a tiny error in the above story. About the 7th or 8th paragraph you state Friday's $1.35 Billion Mega Millions,... shouldn't it read $1.25?
Aug 2, 2023, 9:29 am - delS - Lottery News