Is the Lotto down everywhere?

scotchy · 04-02-2015 3:32pm #1

Just came from Wicklow to Blackrock in Dublin. Tried doing the Lotto in 4 places along the way, It was down in all the places I tried.

Is it down everywhere?

Its my turn to do the work syndicate

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bada_bing · 04-02-2015 3:39pm

yeah it's down here in the CC, i just got back from a shop near merrion square and it was still down

MonkeyTennis · 04-02-2015 3:40pm

They are cleaning the balls

curiosity · 04-02-2015 3:41pm

Was down this morning in Cork (9:15am-ish).

PhiloCypher · 04-02-2015 3:43pm

Nationwide apparently. Englands having similar issues as their Lotto is owned by the same crowd as ours so likely have similar terminals/network solutions that are clearly not up to the task.

Between this the lack of ticket Checkers and the poor reception of their new gameshow its all been a bit of a shambles really .

whiskeyman · 04-02-2015 3:44pm

Just as it's a huge jackpot tonight too!!

IT guys gonna get a baitin' :

Rabbo · 04-02-2015 3:47pm

Forget the lotto, put your syndicate money on black 11 here and you could become the office hero

http://games.paddypower.com/roulette-games/new-rouletteV3

murpho999 · 04-02-2015 3:49pm

PhiloCypher wrote: »

Nationwide apparently. Englands having similar issues as their Lotto is owned by the same crowd as ours so likely have similar terminals/network solutions that are clearly not up to the task.

Between this the lack of ticket Checkers and the poor reception of their new gameshow its all been a bit of a shambles really .

As far as I know that takeover has not happened yet so it's nothing to do with the UK.

Snake Plisken · 04-02-2015 3:51pm

Can you play it online?

The Backwards Man · 04-02-2015 3:53pm

Lotto people inconvenienced by this.

BeerWolf · 04-02-2015 3:53pm

Think of it OP, that's €20 or so saved for the week that'd you have lost anyways!

whiskeyman · 04-02-2015 3:55pm

murpho999 wrote: »

As far as I know that takeover has not happened yet so it's nothing to do with the UK.

It has happened...
http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/Mobile/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/news-article?page=Premier%20Lotteries%20Ireland&year=2014

there's been a few changes since then.

AnonoBoy · 04-02-2015 3:59pm

I'll be very suspicious if an IT security expert wins the Lotto tonight.

ScouseMouse · 04-02-2015 4:00pm

Apparently there is a communication problem at the head office. The machines in the shop cannot connect to the lottery.

AnonoBoy · 04-02-2015 4:04pm

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Apparently there is a communication problem at the head office. The machines in the shop cannot connect to the lottery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drJWxMLrpE0

jamesbere · 04-02-2015 4:12pm

ScouseMouse wrote: »

Apparently there is a communication problem at the head office. The machines in the shop cannot connect to the lottery.

Maybe they should turn it off and on again

irishgeo · 04-02-2015 4:22pm

if they dont get it fixed before, 7.30, there will be murder especially if someone regular numbers come up.

Tabnabs · 04-02-2015 4:46pm

Got my ticket in Easons in Dun Laoghaire at lunchtime. Lady said is system was slow. Keep trying.

Banjo String · 04-02-2015 4:50pm

Whatever they did with the new takeover, they made a (pardon the pun) balls of it.

Can't even remember the last time I was able to check my ticket on the self scanners yokes.

It's down everywhere I tried between Newlands cross, Naas and Newbridge btw.

whiskeyman · 04-02-2015 4:51pm

Surely they'll have to cancel tonights draw if 'they can't get it up' in time...

*snarf!*

smash · 04-02-2015 4:52pm

murpho999 wrote: »

As far as I know that takeover has not happened yet so it's nothing to do with the UK.

Thought it had already gone through long ago? They changed all their terms and conditions and the government received half the money.

Miseryguts · 04-02-2015 4:57pm

Done it myself online around lunchtime no problem as I couldn't do it in Arklow anywhere this morning?

The Corinthian · 04-02-2015 4:58pm

Dummesteuer.

MarkR · 04-02-2015 5:00pm

Online is fine anyway, sucks for the luddites.

http://www.thejournal.ie/lottery-machines-not-working-1919876-Feb2015/

PhiloCypher · 04-02-2015 5:33pm

murpho999 wrote: »

As far as I know that takeover has not happened yet so it's nothing to do with the UK.

It has and it in all likelihood does. The new crowd that own us and Camalot went with 3g under the auspices of it being faster but really it was probably just to save forking over a fortune in line rental to eircom, I'd imagine they did similar over in the UK

Did you not notice the lotto slips had changed and tickets were on a different colour roll ?

irishgeo · 04-02-2015 5:46pm

PhiloCypher wrote: »

It has and it in all likelihood does. The new crowd that own us and Camalot went with 3g under the auspices of it being faster but really it was probably just to save forking over a fortune in line rental to eircom, I'd imagine they did similar over in the UK

Did you not notice the lotto slips had changed and tickets were on a different colour roll ?

why use broadband which most stores have anyway

Calibos · 04-02-2015 5:51pm

Banjo String wrote: »

Whatever they did with the new takeover, they made a (pardon the pun) balls of it.

Can't even remember the last time I was able to check my ticket on the self scanners yokes.

It's down everywhere I tried between Newlands cross, Naas and Newbridge btw.

The self scanners aren't broken, the barcode scanners and firmware in them aren't set up to check the new Q-Code type of barcode on the new tickets. They can only check the old yellow slips with the old barcodes. They left those machines in the shops to check the old tickets till the old tickets expire after 90 days. That'll happen end of February. I was under the impression it was going to be all new customer checker machines but apparently its just a firmware update needed to the existing checkers. Why they are waiting the full 90 days to roll out the new firmware I don't know.

The thing is, is that most of the old yellow tickets were checked within the first week or two after the changeover on Nov 30th. You get the odd person checking an old ticket they found in a drawer or behind a cushion on the coach but the old tickets are already pretty much gone now and the few that do still come in can be checked on the old main retailer lotto machines anyway. Leaving the customer checkers on the old firmware for old tickets connected to the old machines is a pain because it seems 90% can't read the fcuking sign on the machine that says, "Doesn't check new tickets only old tickets" and they stand there like fcuking gob****es repeatedly scanning the ticket before moaning that the machine isn't working all the while I am trying to catch their attention to tell them to give me their fcuking ticket to check for them.

In other words, it would have been a lot less of an inconvenience for all concerned if the lotto had switched over the checkers to the new tickets after a week or two from the changeover and for me to have to check the odd rare old yellow ticket for them on the main machine. Instead with the machines still in the shop but only checking old tickets the staff have to literally shout at people to get their attention 100's of times a day to tell them they are wasting their time and to hand over the new ticket to be checked on the new retailer main machine. People obviously can't read.

Solved this in our shop by removing the checker machine and putting it in storage till the Lotto come out and upgrade it for the new tickets.

Itssoeasy · 04-02-2015 5:51pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

Surely they'll have to cancel tonights draw if 'they can't get it up' in time...

*snarf!*

And I pressume they'll have the lotto machines working aswell.

Calibos · 04-02-2015 6:05pm

irishgeo wrote: »

why use broadband which most stores have anyway

Not a speed issue per se, just that Vodafone must have given the PLI new lotto crowd a better deal for 3G than Eircom were giving the old lotto on Line Rental and DSL for the old system.

When I queried our installer about repositioning our Lotto DSL modem/router when he came to setup the new machine, he proudly explained it wasn't needed anymore because they were going wireless with 3G. Straight away I groaned and told him I envisaged huge problems ahead if that were the case. Turns out I was right.

That said, this particular outage unlike the previous outages which were more limited and spotty seems not to be 3G related but a problem with the main servers and/or their network nodes and interconnects to the 3G network.

irishgeo · 04-02-2015 6:10pm

Calibos wrote: »

Not a speed issue per se, just that Vodafone must have given the PLI new lotto crowd a better deal for 3G than Eircom were giving the old lotto on Line Rental and DSL for the old system.

When I queried our installer about repositioning our Lotto DSL modem/router when he came to setup the new machine, he proudly explained it wasn't needed anymore because they were going wireless with 3G. Straight away I groaned and told him I envisaged huge problems ahead if that were the case. Turns out I was right.

That said, this particular outage unlike the previous outages which were more limited and spotty seems not to be 3G related but a problem with the main servers and/or their network nodes and interconnects to the 3G network.

it is a coincidence the jackpot is big tonight?

whiskeyman · 04-02-2015 6:17pm

irishgeo wrote: »

it is a coincidence the jackpot is big tonight?

Surely they'd be shooting themselves in the foot by letting this happen?
The bigger the jackpot, the more people want to play = more revenue for them.
If they've already assured the Jackpot total, they need the revenue to pay out if required!

Snake Plisken · 04-02-2015 7:17pm

I Await Lizard Squad claiming they are responsible for the lotto outage!

Crunchienut · 04-02-2015 7:26pm

Independent.ie just tweeted: BREAKING: Tonight's scheduled Lotto draw will now take place tomorrow, after technical difficulties with ticket machines today

Señor Fancy Pants · 04-02-2015 7:34pm

Caaaaaaancelled!

I was hoping I was going to win - 1,2,3,4,5,6 is bound to happen one day.

Harry Palmr · 04-02-2015 7:35pm

RTE reporting now "cancelled due to gremlins" says yer one...cue gremlins going over to the cub reporter outside Lotto Towers

04-02-2015 7:35pm

https://m.facebook.com/nationallotteryireland?_rdr

Cancelled alright

Atlantic Dawn · 04-02-2015 7:36pm

Cancelled for the first time in the history of the draw in Ireland, it's a disgrace that I shall be calling Joseph Duffy to lodge my disgust.

Looks like Telefónica taking the headshot...

In a statement the National Lottery said it could confirm "that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telefónica.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0204/677849-lottery/

whiskeyman · 04-02-2015 7:36pm

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Caaaaaaancelled!

I was hoping I was going to win - 1,2,3,4,5,6 is bound to happen one day.

It may well... but you'll win feck all apparently!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/240734.stm

Choosing numbers at the edge of the game card lifts your chance of being a solo winner, as people tend to shy away from these. Also, avoid the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Dr Simon Cox told the BBC - 10,000 people a week select this combination.

Señor Fancy Pants · 04-02-2015 7:38pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

It may well... but you'll win feck all apparently!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/240734.stm

That was 1998! Things are different now. People usually choose 6,5,4,3,2,1. Iv a much better chance than them thicks!

FloatingVoter · 04-02-2015 7:40pm

****..I got a ticket in Dunnes on Georges street while I was walking half the store out in a secondhand bag. Convinced I was going to win.
Dishonesty is rife, I tell ya.

fryup · 04-02-2015 7:42pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

wha?

beertons · 04-02-2015 7:42pm

Cancelled tonight. Balls.

Menas · 04-02-2015 7:57pm

Rats. Spent about 15 mins buying my ticket online just there...
The lotto website is v slow.
And now tonights draw is postponed until tomorrow.
Gggrrr.

The_Valeyard · 04-02-2015 8:20pm

And this was the night I was sure I was going to win....

LoonyLovegood · 04-02-2015 8:24pm

Grand stuff, forgot to do it tonight so that's handy enough.

Calibos · 04-02-2015 8:42pm

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Caaaaaaancelled!

I was hoping I was going to win - 1,2,3,4,5,6 is bound to happen one day.

In Ireland the figure is 2,000 clever clogs who say to themselves that they alone understand statistics and that 123456 is as likely as any other combination to come up and thus they won't have to share the winnings with anyone.

The irony is that that thinking is shared by 2,000 other people. My shop alone has 3 regulars who play 123456. Further irony is that because the jackpot prize fund is ring fenced from the prize-fund for the rest of the prizes, that if the jackpot that week is the base 2 million, their share of the jackpot would be €1,000 meaning they'd come out with less winnings than someone who only got 5 numbers

A few years ago at the height of the TV shows popularity, 5 of the 6 'LOST' lotto numbers came up in the Irish Lotto. A few hundred more players than usual thus got 5 numbers in the lotto and instead of winning the usual amount of about €1500, they only ended up getting €300 or something like that.

Collie D · 04-02-2015 8:43pm

Hmm. I did mine online. Always use the date of draw as two of my numbers. Will be seriously pissed off if five comes out. Still, quarter of a century without any issues is not bad going

WoollyRedHat · 04-02-2015 8:52pm

beertons wrote: »

Cancelled tonight. Balls.

No, no balls I'm afraid.

FloatingVoter · 04-02-2015 8:56pm

This means I can't leave this pile of rubble country until Friday morning at the earliest.
I'll just have to cancel the hookers and the champagne.
Oh well.

suicide_circus · 04-02-2015 9:05pm

First they took me cheep tins
den they took me loto

FloatingVoter · 04-02-2015 9:10pm

suicide_circus wrote: »

First they took me cheep tins
den they took me loto

Fear not, I'm going to drop 2015 slabs of Dutch Gold on Leo V.'s house as I fly out of here of my Lear jet.

It will be my partying gift.

Is the Lotto down everywhere?

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