A lottery operator in Norway told thousands of players they'd won large amounts of cash. But there was bad news to come ...
Imagine the joy of being notified of a huge lottery win. What would be the first thing you’d do? Get the champagne in? Book a fancy vacation? Call your boss and tell him where to go?
Related: Best new movies to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max , and more Norsk Tipping, Norway’s state-owned gambling operator, had to contact the winners again to tell them that it had made a terrible mistake after a manual coding error inflated the value of their winning prizes. Norsk Tipping said that the process of sending out prizes began at about 3:15 a.m local time, and was confirmed completed at about 4:30 a.m., with SMS and push notifications sent to customers who had consented to receiving such messages.
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