Sometimes customers make silly mistakes – and win anyway. Sometimes lottery companies make very silly mistakes, and have to withdraw games, re-run draws or just apologize a lot with egg on their face. But whatever the problem, here’s where you’ll find all those stories.
Lottery Mistakes
Washington Lottery Gives Out Wrong Numbers
January 9th, 2013
If you checked your tickets online for Washington Lottery’s Veteran’s Raffle – make sure you check them again now!
Unfortunately somebody messed up at lottery HQ and published the wrong winning numbers on their website!
Category: News
Sold The Wrong Ticket – And Won $2.1 Million
December 31st, 2012
Scott Bennett wasn’t particularly upset at the assistant when she sold him the wrong lottery ticket. After all, it turned out to be worth $2.1 Million.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
US Powerball Announce Wrong Numbers – Oops
December 31st, 2012
If wrong lottery results get published it usually ends up being for a small local newspaper, and an overworked do-it-all reporter trying to beat a deadline.
Category: News
Jack Whittaker Hit The Jackpot, But Lost..?
December 16th, 2012
Jack Whittaker’s life changed when he turned a $1 Powerball ticket into $314.9 million.
There was a tense moment where he thought he was 1 ball away from the jackpot, as the wrong results had been broadcast.
Category: News
Sorry, Your Lottery Winnings Check Has Bounced!
January 9th, 2012
It was an embarassing week for the Illinois lottery, when winners started complaining that their winnings checks were not being honoured by the bank!
In all 85 winners with winnings totalling over $159,000 were affected.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
Irish Lottery Shows Wrong Results
December 19th, 2011
It’s not entirely rare for the wrong lottery results to appear.
But normally it’s a third party – you know, a small newspaper printing last weeks numbers, or a regional TV show accidentally putting up last weeks graphic.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
Short Lived Jackpot Celebration As Newspaper Prints Wrong Lottery Numbers
September 16th, 2011
Elida Betancourt was screaming so madly her son thought she was having a heart attack.
But Elida had actually won $54 Million on the Mega Millions lottery.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
Woman Sues TV Station For Showing Wrong Lottery Results
February 28th, 2011
Rakel Daniele in Fort Lee, New Jersey was excited to see her lottery numbers had come up.
The excitement quickly faded however when she discovered the $250,000 she thought she had won, was actually a broadcasting mistake!
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories
Winning Numbers Error Leads To Double Payouts
February 19th, 2011
And now here’s the winning lottery numbers for tonight. Ah, no wait a minute, here’s the real winning numbers 🙂
Confusion struck again for South Carolina when the wrong graphic was shown for the Pick 3 lottery on Tuesday.
Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories