Delaware lottery glitch leads to 2M lawsuit
Two Delaware men are claiming they haven't seen a penny of the $2 million they say the state lottery owes them after a computer glitch spewed out multiple matching numbers.
John Brookings Jr. and Richard Spence played Keno – a bingo-style lottery game in which players can win based on how many numbers they match and how much they wager – at a retailer in New Castle County last December, according to the lawsuit.
Copies of the winning tickets filed with the lawsuit show Brookings won $1 million. Minutes later, he and Spence purchased another winning ticket, again worth $1 million, the lawsuit said.
When Brookings and Spence attempted to claim their prize money, the Delaware Lottery refused to honor the tickets.
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