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DC Lottery offers compensation for players affected by computerized draw errorNews Story
DC Lottery offers several pathways for remediation after programming error caused untold tickets to lose out By Kate Northrop After Lottery Post alerted the DC Lottery to a possible error that prevented tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for weeks, the DC Lottery has announced several different forms of compensation for players who may have been impacted by the computerized drawing glitch. Last week, Lottery Post reached out to the DC Lottery after Lottery Post mem
Apr 27, 2026, 7:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia: 5/1 - 5/31/2026Reply
Due to an editing error, I missed 428 in the x2 chart.
May 23, 2026, 3:58 pm - parlayman - Pick 3 Forum

DrMiracle Patterns!! Win Big!!Reply
made an error, sorry
May 17, 2026, 7:14 am - meriwetherman - Pick 3 Forum

Ohio: 4/1 - 4/30/2026Reply
34hit yesterday, my error.
Apr 30, 2026, 3:24 am - Il2c - Pick 3 Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
Jade Lottery, ty for discovering the coding error..............hope you get a big win!
Apr 23, 2026, 3:10 am - Keystone - Lottery News

Probability of winning with multiple ticketsReply
Yeah, that was an error that has since been corrected.
Mar 30, 2026, 11:06 am - hypersoniq - Lottery Discussion Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeNews Story
Certain combinations had no chance of winning for three weeks By Kate Northrop Following independent observations by Lottery Post members of an unlikely statistical anomaly in Washington, D.C. draw outcomes, the DC Lottery identified a software problem that meant certain combinations had no shot at winning prizes in three games. The DC Lottery has implemented a fix for a coding error that prevented some tickets from winning in three of its local draw games for three weeks. After
Apr 22, 2026, 1:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Are you playing Mega Millions with the $5.00 per play?Reply
* I meant to type 1/4 instead of 1/2 in the previous post.... Forgive me for the typing error.
May 13, 2026, 2:58 pm - CDanaT - Lottery Discussion Forum

North Carolina: 4/1 - 4/30/2026Reply
POSTED IN ERROR TO NC PICK 3 -IT HAS BEEN POSTED TO NC PICK 4 - I APOLOGIZE
Apr 5, 2026, 8:58 am - GHL1234 - Pick 3 Forum

EXCLUSIVE: Weeks-long computerized draw error prevented many DC Lottery tickets from winning a prizeReply
The coding error blocking repeat digits like 111 or 229 in DC 3, 4, and 5 draws from March 31 to April 21 wiped out roughly 27% of combos in DC 3 alone (since 10^3=1,000 total minus 720 unique-digit ones), which is why sharp LP folks caught the stats anomaly so fast. Kudos to DC Lottery for owning it and switching to backups quickly, but holding tickets means they're likely cooking up a fair remediation, maybe prorated payouts based on odds adjustment. Ball draws aren't foolproof either (machine
Apr 28, 2026, 12:38 pm - RichW - Lottery News