Lottery Chaos As Computer Fault Leaves Thousands Without Tickets

Mail on Sunday (December 28, 2008)

Author: Jonathan Petre

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THE National Lottery was in chaos last night after a computer glitch crashed terminals in stores across Britain - leaving hundreds of thousands of people unable to buy tickets.

Sales of tickets for the [pounds]4.2 million jackpot on one of the biggest nights of the year were hit after terminals started displaying problems at around 11am.

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Lottery Chaos As Computer Fault Leaves Thousands Without Tickets

Despite the problem the draw was due to go ahead as normal last night.

Leading supermarkets and newsagents reported that their machines...

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