“While we were disappointed to delay the national drawing, the integrity and accuracy of our games always take priority,” the Minnesota Lottery said in a statement, adding: “At no time was the sales data or the game compromised.” Officials worked on the issue for hours, then realized that data from the entire day’s sales needed to be reprocessed, which took another 5 1/2 hours. On Monday night, the two systems couldn’t communicate in real time so there was a delay in getting them to balance, the Minnesota Lottery said. Every night, before a drawing can happen, the two systems must “balance” - meaning that every data entry must be transmitted between the two and match perfectly, the Minnesota Lottery said. The Minnesota Lottery said one vendor is responsible for printing tickets and recording each transaction to verify each ticket is authentic another vendor is responsible for checking the work of the first. The lottery said the system is designed to make sure that every purchased lottery ticket has a fair and equal chance of winning. Officials with the Minnesota Lottery said Thursday that it had an issue with its two-tiered verification system, which is operated by outside vendors. Someone who bought a ticket in Southern California had all of the winning numbers, becoming the Powerball’s first jackpot winner in more than three months.īut Monday night’s multi-state drawing was delayed by nearly 10 hours - until Tuesday morning - while lottery officials addressed the problem.
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