California Lottery computer glitch shuts down terminals

Nov 10, 2015, 8:24 am (4 comments)

California Lottery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's an unlucky day for the California Lottery.

A computer glitch on Monday shut down lottery terminals around the state, preventing players from getting numbers for Powerball and other games. Only the scratch-off tickets were still being sold.

Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso says there was a loss of signal that prevented the terminals from connecting to the system that generates the numbers.

Traverso says about 350 out of 22,000 stores were affected, some for as long as five hours, but the problem was resolved by late Monday afternoon.

The cause of the problem is being investigated. Traverso says the contractor that provided the terminals may have to pay the lottery for the lost sales.

Lottery Post Staff

Comments

music*'s avatarmusic*

 The cause of this problem definitely needs to be made public. At least it was not happening on a draw date for the two big games, MM & PB.

 Happy Birthday to our Marine Corps!! Party

LiveInGreenBay's avatarLiveInGreenBay

Quote: Originally posted by music* on Nov 10, 2015

 The cause of this problem definitely needs to be made public. At least it was not happening on a draw date for the two big games, MM & PB.

 Happy Birthday to our Marine Corps!! Party

Semper Fi.  Happy 240!

Erzulieredeyes's avatarErzulieredeyes

Who cares? California always win Powerball and Mega Millions.

pantherestates's avatarpantherestates

Smile thank god i live in cali!

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