NJ Players - What's with the faulty network?

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four4me — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:34:18 GMT

They continued to draw the numbers because some people play their numbers for the whole week.

Some people might have bought lotto tickets for extended plays.

It's not a conspiracy it was probably a computer malfunction.

I have went to my usual place and the machine was down for whatever reason. Went a block away and their machine was working.

Reply #3

DC81 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:27:50 GMT

Happened in Michigan a couple weeks ago too.

Reply #2

Feisty1 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:10:50 GMT

Maybe I should explain where my thinking came from on this issue. Not long ago when NJ hadn't put their budget together in time the state shut down. The casinos were shut down and the lottery machines were shut down as well. They continued to have daily and nightly drawings though claiming that since people had purchased numbers by subscription they had to pull the numbers. Now why would they throw the courtesy to subscription players over live players? If your network is down, then why not cred... [ More ]

Reply #1

four4me — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:44:08 GMT

Feisty1 said: Is this possibly a ploy to get more players to play by subscription

No they don't care if people have subscriptions or not.

More than likely it was some kind of computer malfunction. Especially if they are using a satellite connection. Happens here in Maryland also once in a while especially if theres a heavy rain storm in the area. Some places machines stay on line and some don't.

mega millions is going to draw the numbers regardless whether a state is offline or not.... [ More ]

NJ Players - What's with the faulty network?

Feisty1 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:22:04 GMT

Have any of you been having trouble getting your numbers in? Yesterday the network was down for hours and then suddenly online in time for Mega ticket purchases. Again today, sporadic outages with no explanation ... What's going on? In all my years of living and playing in New York, their network was NEVER down unless there was a blackout/power outage type situation. Is this possibly a ploy to get more players to play by subscription??? Especially since they will still draw numbers even though a... [ More ]