UK woman claims she won £1 million lottery prize, Camelot says its £10

Comment #8

Stack47 — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:10:56 GMT

Camelot argued, their computer system had experienced a technical issue between August 25 and 26, 2015

But after knowing that the game still continued. Had a problem with the KY Lottery not crediting my account and they fixed the problem withing five minutes. And they suggested making screen shot of any large winnings.

Much different than visible scratch-off ticket mistakes because bar codes determine if a ticket is a winner. The thing is even if the judge rules in favor of Joan Parker... [ More ]

Comment #7

BobP — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 21:49:17 GMT

Award her the prize plus legal fees, something more for it taking 8 years of suffering through this.

Doesn't anyone proof read these news articles for minor errors any more? It's a toss whether LP should fix the errors for readability when it isn't LP's errors. IMO

Your Numbers section of the screen matched on in the Winning Numbers section,

There is, a the lowest, a real prospect of Camelot successfully defending

BobP

Comment #6

Mata Garbo — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 19:59:27 GMT

If you are caught going 70 mph in a 35 mph zone, you can not explain it away by saying it was a technical issue with your gas pedal. The cop does not care. Neither should this judge. Rules are rules. Joan Parker-Grennan followed the rules, she did nothing wrong. This should have been an easy case to decide. Not sure why it has dragged on for 8 years. Pay the woman.

Comment #5

zephbe — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 04:00:39 GMT

Pay her the million. Glitch was not the fault of the player.

Comment #4

DMarshal — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:48:24 GMT

Their computer glitch is not her fault. They need to pay out what she was told she would get. Otherwise it's essentially false advertising. Otherwise every time someone wins something there could be a glitch and no recourse.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 00:31:37 GMT

* l just hate when that happens.

Comment #2

Clarkejoseph49 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:57:15 GMT

I find Camelot guilty of this because it was a technical error and denying that player the million when it came up as 1 million.

Sentence: 2,000,000 to the plaintiff and 5,000,000 to the government for this issue and for tricking. (Probably not a breach of the GDPR act of 2018 otherwise it would be a bigger charge

Comment #1

TheMeatman2005 — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:28:16 GMT

It makes me go Hmmmmmm!

Someone's got some splainin' to do.

UK woman claims she won £1 million lottery prize, Camelot says its £10

Lottery Post — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:40:59 GMT

UK woman and Camelot locked in court battle over disagreement about prize amount

By Kate Northrop

A UK woman is going head-to-head with National Lottery operator Camelot in court to determine whether her prize is worth 1 million (US$1.2 million) or 10.

Joan Parker-Grennan is currently locked in a court battle to get Camelot to pay her the 1 million prize she says she is owed.

Camelot is disputing her claim, saying that she only won 10.

On Tuesday, lawyers said that Parker-Gre... [ More ]