Lottery Terminal, Technical Question

Reply #5

jarasan — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:57:26 GMT

justxploring,

The lottery machines are on essentially on a large VPN (virtual private network) that is dependent on good broadband connectivity, if there are any network issues, bottlenecks (slowdowns), outages(offline), weather issues(offline), etc. the machines will slowdown or go offline and be unavailable until the network is back and available and they are able to log on. The newer machines like the hopped up ones we got in MD. (they scan tickets like a fax machine) can be updated ove... [ More ]

Reply #4

RJOh — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:11:26 GMT

With all the digital terminals around constantly being updated, it's hard for any clerk to know everything about them even if they are familiar with them.

Last night I went to Wal-Mart to use their Kodak printing terminal to print out some digital pictures and the clerk told me he had just got newer terminals in and he was having trouble loading the new software. I had alway thought their software was hard wired and when any improvement were made the whole units were replaced.

I recently... [ More ]

Reply #3

lottolaughs — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:10:41 GMT

You're welcome,justxploring! I'm sure the girl knew what she was doing, it's just those darn machines.

Reply #2

justxploring — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:12:47 GMT

Thanks, Lottolaughs. I wasn't sure if it was because she was unfamiliar with the operation of the machine or it just shut down. It didn't make sense to me that information was being processed during the time someone might be buying a ticket, but I've never worked at a place with a lottery terminal so I haven't a clue. Tonight I got my personal numbers, but had this taken place on a Wed or Sat instead of Tue, I would have driven to another location. I haven't missed a Lotto drawing in 12 years... [ More ]

Reply #1

lottolaughs — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:43:45 GMT

When I used to sell tickets on the lottery terminal, occasionally it would shut down for several minutes, sometimes even longer. This happened in the middle of the day, in the afternoon, in the evening, it didn't seem to have any particular time when it would happen, just out of the blue. Also if it was a huge jackpot and I had a line of customers waiting, I think the system used to get overloaded and it would shut down once in awhile in the middle of a rush. Then you always have to wait for it... [ More ]

Lottery Terminal, Technical Question

justxploring — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:00:56 GMT

Last night between 7:30 and 8:00 I went into Sweetbay supermarket and asked for 2 tickets. The cashier pressed some keys and then said the machine is loading and it will take a few minutes. I am not sure what that means, so I asked and she said something like sometimes they send information and it ties up everything, so I can't print out any tickets.

Now this was not just before the store closed, since it's open until 11. In FL I believe tickets for Fantasy 5, MegaMoney and Lotto can... [ More ]