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.
Small glitch in Idaho Lottery message system
KMTV reports that Idaho Lottery had a glitch with their message system:
A message was sent telling people with winning tickets less than $600 they had to travel to Boise to claim their prize.
The error is already fixed and Lottery players with the affected winning tickets are able to cash in at their local retailers.
