Some Pennsylvania Lottery players unable to cash in their winnings

A small percentage of people were unable to cash in their winnings from Pennsylvania Lottery this week, as reported by Times Leader:

Veronica Anderson, spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Lottery, said there was a “minor glitch” in the computer system for the June 17th Powerball drawing.

Anderson said the glitch occurred when a software conversion took place that day.

Approximately 200 out of 87,000 winning Powerball tickets were affected, Anderson said.

“Retailers were aware of the conversion,” Anderson said. “We experienced a minor problem affecting 200 tickets that weren’t in the system.”

Playing the Lottery is a losing proposition for the majority of players. It must be particularly frustrating to be prevented from cashing in, if you do actually win something – no matter how little.