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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 80 points 9 months ago (10 children)

TLDR: A glitch on the website showed test numbers. The ones drawn earlier in the week on live tv weren’t the numbers shown on the website for a couple of hours.

IMHO: Dude’s gonna lose his lawsuit because of the live drawing.

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 19 points 9 months ago

Last November, the Iowa Lottery posted the wrong Powerball numbers, citing a “human reporting error”. However, the Iowa Lottery said that the temporary winners – people who had the numbers at issue – could keep their prizes, which ranged from $4 to $200.

I wonder how this precedent is going to be factored into this situation. $4-$200 is much easier to say "just let them have it" than the jackpot

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