Attention News Editors:
OLG looks for PICK 3 and PICK 4 players from last Friday's draw
TORONTO, July 28 /CNW/ - OLG is enlisting the media's help to find the
owners of 510 additional PICK 3 and PICK 4 tickets - winners of Friday,
July 25, 2008 daily draw. These players may be unaware they have a winning
ticket.
OLG has already found the location of the sale of all the top prizes -
four PICK 4 prizes worth $5,000 each. They are: two in North York, one in
Toronto, one in Etobicoke. OLG will continue to investigate where all other
winners purchased their tickets by prize level and will post this information
on its website,
www.olg.ca, as it becomes available. The other prizes range
from $154.90 to $464.70.
During the draw, a rare mechanical malfunction occurred causing OLG to
re-do the draws. After reviewing the draws on videotape, further auditing
concluded the initial draw had not been affected and OLG has decided to pay
out on the results from both draws. OLG is committed to paying the two sets of
numbers to our customers.
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The numbers are: PICK 3: 303 and 610
PICK 4: 5479 and 1076
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The first set of numbers, PICK 3 - 303 and PICK 4 - 5479, were determined
to have been valid the following day after a videotape review. This represents
510 additional winning tickets eligible to be paid for a total of $122,600.50.
OLG is asking anyone with these numbers, to please come forward. Even those
who may have discarded their tickets can make a special ticket claim by
calling the OLG at the Consumer Line, 1-800-387-0098.
OLG has taken all possible steps to notify affected players of this
occurrence by posting messages through its Win-line at 1-866-891-8946, OLG
website
www.olg.ca and the Consumer Line. OLG has also communicated the
incident through its network of almost 9,000 on-line retailers with lottery
terminal messaging as well as messages on PICK 3 and PICK 4 tickets.
The mechanical failure occurred when a metal partition in the draws
machine allowed the entry of four extra balls. Initially, OLG Draw Officers
believed the PICK 3 and PICK 4 draws had been affected, but a videotape review
found that was not the case. OLG has a team reviewing the situation and
putting in place additional safeguards.
Translation: machine was hacked by Ont K.c..lol
OLG is a provincial agency responsible for province-wide lottery games
and gaming facilities. Since 1975, OLG lotteries, Casinos, Slots, and Resort
Casinos have generated more than $23 billion for the benefit of the Province
of Ontario. Gaming proceeds support Ontario's hospitals, amateur sport,
recreational and cultural activities, communities, provincial priority
programs such as health care and education, and local and provincial charities
and non-profit organizations through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
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For further information: Media Contact: OLG Public Relations, (705)
946-6716