National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000

Comment #2

KY Floyd — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:39 GMT

The article is claiming that the winner lost out because the prize was smaller than it would have been. A subscription can't do anything to prevent that possibility. OTOH, it's also possible that the winner gained 1.3 million pounds by not having to split it with another winner.

Comment #1

myturn — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:12:11 GMT

If you play by subscription you never loose out. If the terminals crash or you are unable to get to an outlet to buy tickets, playing by subscription you are always in the draw.

National Lottery computer fiasco cost winner £800,000

Lottery Post — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:54:42 GMT

A systems failure at the lottery operator Camelot caused terminals in shops to crash as they tried to issue tickets for the main Lotto draw and even halted Internet sales.

The dramatic reduction in takings for the post-Christmas draw caused the jackpot to be trimmed from the 4.2 million (US$6.1 million) estimated on Christmas Eve to 3.4m (US$5m).

Camelot apologized publicly after the problem which may also have prevented a potential jackpot winner from buying a ticket.

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