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Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
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lottery.ie Website is down

  • 05-02-2021 6:45pm
    #1
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭


    The only thing I gamble on is a 2.50 ticket twice a week on the Euro millions which I play:):mad: online.
    How frustrating it is because the Lottery.ie website is down.

    I wonder can I sue if my numbers win and I have been unable to play. :mad:


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  • #2
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,524 ✭✭✭Allinall


    phater phagan wrote: »
    The only thing I gamble on is a 2.50 ticket twice a week on the Euro millions which I play:):mad: online.
    How frustrating it is because the Lottery.ie website is down.

    I wonder can I sue if my numbers win and I have been unable to play. :mad:

    Working for me.


  • #3
    Allinall
    Registered Users Posts: 6,524 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Allinall wrote: »
    Working for me.

    Oh no it’s not!

    Apologies.


  • #4
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    Allinall wrote: »
    Working for me.

    The website is posting a message that the site is down.
    "Due to a technical issue to main National Lottery website is temporarily unavailable".
    How is it be working for you?


  • #5
    Hello 2D Person Below
    Registered Users Posts: 13,755 ✭✭✭✭Hello 2D Person Below


    The one time I was going to have a go.


  • #6
    andy.dunleavy
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭andy.dunleavy


    ios app or web browser login are down


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  • #7
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    It's all down online, only working in the shops.
    Great timing.
    While our retail partners are operating as normal, unfortunately we are experiencing some technical difficulties with our App and our website.
    I wonder can I sue if my numbers win and I have been unable to play

    Looking forward to seeing how you would get on with this case :rolleyes:


  • #8
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Website is backing working now.


  • #9
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,952 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    Website is backing working now.

    The site is back, but you still can't login.


  • #10
    1hnr79jr65
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭1hnr79jr65


    No its still down, keep getting unable to log in error.


  • #11
    Dymo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭Dymo


    Still can't register


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  • #12
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Website back but can't get into my account, have to ring a customer support number :mad:.


  • #13
    basill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭basill


    Now the dreaded 404 error


  • #14
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    I went to buy a ticket in a shop earlier and it as down too. I bought an online ticket this morning but wanted a physical one too how I can scrunch it up in disgust.


  • #15
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    If this is not a case for the sacking of the IT company that runs it - then nothing is.


  • #16
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    Is the British company still running it?


  • #17
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,072 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    The CBM64 must have buckled under the pressure of the €130M draw.


  • #18
    basill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭basill


    https://twitter.com/NationalLottery/status/1357712670569488385

    "Some of our players"......


  • #19
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,952 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I've always wanted to know, what percentage of people play online? Do they ever reveal those figures? This is a bad time for it to go down.


  • #20
    phater phagan
    Registered Users Posts: 786 ✭✭✭phater phagan


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    The CBM64 must have buckled under the pressure of the €130M draw.

    It wouldn't surprise me if the geeks in the civil service are using it.
    They probably paid 200 million consultation fees for it.


  • #21
    ari101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭ari101


    About 40 mins to make the essential journey to a shop :D
    Sure you need milk too, don't you?


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  • #22
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,952 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    The app is working now...for how long though?


  • #23
    1874
    Registered Users Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭1874


    The app stopped working for me before xmas, tried to update it and it was having none of it, would not work, deleted it and even logging in through the website would not work, eventually logging in via a browser started working, think its being going to pot for a while


  • #24
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,952 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I tried logging on in the early hours of this morning and it wouldn't let me, similar response to what's happening this evening. Then when I got on around 7am, it asked me to agree to updated terms and conditions, new as of 4th February, stuff like credit cards no longer being valid. I hadn't logged on before that for over a week.


  • #25
    basill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭basill


    App still down. If it was up then it was only a matter of minutes. Still has the "oops" splash screen.


  • #26
    yabadabado
    Registered Users Posts: 16,520 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    The Lottery website is a pile of ****e at the best of times.

    Never works correctly,I don't think I've ever not gotten an error when I've logged on.


  • #27
    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,276 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    sligeach wrote: »
    I tried logging on in the early hours of this morning and it wouldn't let me, similar response to what's happening this evening. Then when I got on around 7am, it asked me to agree to updated terms and conditions, new as of 4th February, stuff like credit cards no longer being valid. I hadn't logged on before that for over a week.

    You can't play between 10pm and 7am, just in case you are too tired to know what you are doing!


  • #28
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,952 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    You can't play between 10pm and 7am, just in case you are too tired to know what you are doing!

    I know that. I hadn't logged in in over a week, I wanted check my tickets(didn't win anything, as per usual). You can't play, but you can login. Maybe they were doing maintenance and trying to keep the issue this evening under control.


  • #29
    1hnr79jr65
    Registered Users Posts: 916 ✭✭✭1hnr79jr65


    they prolly lost a small fortune in play for tonight, my wife works in a shop and the shop terminals were down also.


  • #30
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    It will be back up and running now that it's too late to do tonight's draw :mad:


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  • #31
    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    It will be back up and running now that it's too late to do tonight's draw :mad:

    There's a shock, no winner of the jackpot.
    Highest amount any Irish player won was €876 for Match 4 plus 2 stars.

    For Match 4, you win €39 :mad:.
    No wonder the bookies are cleaning up doing bets on the Euro Millions.
    If you had matched 4 with a bookie, the odds were 33,000/1.
    Not an exact comparison as you have other returns for lower number matched on the Euro millions and multiple bets in the bookies but massive difference all the same.
    There are loads of people who do their own numbers ever week online and have the same bet in the bookies.


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