Ireland TV network red-faced after huge lottery numbers blunder

Comment #14

Litebets27 — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:02:07 GMT

Thanks grwurston, the next time I see him I'll pass that on to him.

Comment #13

grwurston — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:23:51 GMT

Litebets27, The gentleman is right. The Baltimore Sun no longer publishes the Va. lottery results, assuming thats the paper he looks at. However, he can get all the states results in the USA Today.

Perhaps you could look up the phone # for the Va. lottery and pass it on to him so he could call them when he wants to.

Comment #12

rdgrnr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:53:48 GMT

Private industry almost always does things more effectively and efficiently than government.

And the bigger the government, the less effective and less efficient it is.

You can see it in practice with our current federal government.

Total incompetence accompanied by total arrogance.

Arrogant Incompetence - you heard it here first.

Comment #11

Tenaj — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:11:29 GMT

Oh wow. I didn't know that OldSchoolPa. I was wondering how the private company was going to work out.

Comment #10

Tenaj — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:09:06 GMT

Why you have to highjack every thread wit Obama Hate. The thread was reading good about wrong lottery results, winning deposits into bank accounts, the elderly depending on the paper for results not having a computer and you come in with your politics and hate for our president. Your bigotry will not allow you to stay on topic. Why don't you keep your hateful politics in your blog and allow us the read the threads which is suppose to be about the lottery and the topic at hand.

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haymaker — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:53:04 GMT

yea,its free to register, but registration is never free

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rdgrnr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:56:12 GMT

It's never a good idea to register yourself or anything you own or do with the government if you can avoid it. It may seem like a good idea at the time but it can have a very bad ending. And it sets the precedent for more and more registering of anything and everything.

Take gun registration for example, governments have always touted it as being for crime solving and gun safety.

Until they decide it's better to just confiscate them and your name is on the list.

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myturn — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:58:21 GMT

This is where registration can come in handy, if you win, they will call you

Comment #6

Litebets27 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:04:10 GMT

The elderly.

There is an older gentleman, who comes into one of the stores where I play lottery frequently.

He sometimes ask anyone present, if we know what came out in Virginia the previous day because that is one state that he likes to watch.

He sometimes, doesn't get out in the morning in time to purchase a newspaper before they are all sold out where he usually purchase it.

I believe he stated recently that the newspaper has stopped posting the Virginia lottery numbers here.

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Comment #5

OldSchoolPa — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:09:53 GMT

This is one beautiful feature about the Illinois lottery subscription service now being ran by a private company. We too have a card and when you purchase tickets via subscription (either online or telephone), any winnings automatically hit your account. No need to even check the numbers, though I do. However, we don't have that feature of being able to add tickets purchased at retail outlets to our card account. Maybe that might come around in the future. But I am like everyone who have posted... [ More ]

Comment #4

savagegoose — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:10:47 GMT

i always check the numbers myself online, and then go to agent to chack the ticket at the terminal before tossing. i do have a membership card that is supposed to send any unclaimed prized to my bank account now. and have had i think 3 unclaimed prizzes in my life!

kind of makes me worry about those tickets i dont enter on my members card

Comment #3

RJOh — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:22:36 GMT

I never listen to the radio for drawings results and I'm seldom watching TV at the right time to see them when they are shown so I depend on the state website and LP for my information.

Comment #2

zinniagirl — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:02:11 GMT

That's why I never listen to the broadcast. I just go to the terminal and get a printed copy of numbers once a week.

Comment #1

Litebets27 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:52:46 GMT

It happens...some places more than others.

I've heard the annoncer here in Maryland read off a number wrong as it's being pulled and never correct it.

Ireland TV network red-faced after huge lottery numbers blunder

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:34:05 GMT

Ireland's national television broadcaster is hoping the country's newest Lotto millionaire hasn't thrown away their winning ticket after watching the live drawing broadcast on Saturday night.

RTE was forced to rectify a huge mistake on air, after broadcasting the wrong numbers for two draws, including the main Lotto results.

Many people from Northern Ireland also play the Republic's lottery, as well as the British National Lottery, to increase their chances of instant riches.

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