Lotto was just testing
A Lotto terminal used in Hokitika on Saturday morning issued $3OO of invalid tickets. The terminal, replacing one which broke down at Hokitika Keystores, had been inadvertently switched to the training mode. So far none of the tickets returned have been big winners, but the commission yesterday gave an undertaking to honour any which had the right combinations. Tickets on the training terminal were all printed with “Void-Test game, not for sale,” but this was not noticed until $3OO worth had been sold.
Mr Ross Overton, of Hokitika Keystores, said that when the commission had been informed of the breakdown, he was told to uplift the spare machine from Greymouth. The spare terminal looked and worked exactly as the machine which failed and was coupled up to the national Lotto grid by telephone without anyone knowing the training mode had not been switched off. Immediately the error was discovered, Mr Overton rang the commission again and the terminal was reprogrammed.
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