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.
Quitting your job before getting any actual money would be a total Chad move. Now he would have to Larry David his way back in by just showing up back at with like nothing happened.
There would be good reason not to do this when testing the backend of a computer system for accuracy.
That being said, if the display is in test mode there no reason not to set the font to Wingdings. And probably have a big “TEST MODE -NOT OFFICIAL” banner.
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
It wasn’t a glitch, it was them testing the website. It wasn’t hours, it was three days. Did you bother reading the article before making that incorrect tl;dr?
No, he won’t be losing, it was posted on the office site for an extended period of time.
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.
Depends on how much the guy did in reasonable expectation of having won.
Like if he quit his job thinking he could retire it’d be rash but not unreasonable for a lottery winner.
Quitting your job before getting any actual money would be a total Chad move. Now he would have to Larry David his way back in by just showing up back at with like nothing happened.
That’s what a lot of people have done. It was also up for three days so it’s not unreasonable.
Til test numbers should have Greek symbols.
There would be good reason not to do this when testing the backend of a computer system for accuracy.
That being said, if the display is in test mode there no reason not to set the font to Wingdings. And probably have a big “TEST MODE -NOT OFFICIAL” banner.
There’s no reason not to put up the real numbers, least of all for the three days these were up for.
“…this new suit, brought by Theo Kostantanopolous…”
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
I don’t think the guy is going to get anything out of suing them either.
It wasn’t a glitch, it was them testing the website. It wasn’t hours, it was three days. Did you bother reading the article before making that incorrect tl;dr?
No, he won’t be losing, it was posted on the office site for an extended period of time.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68343150