The Minnesota Lottery says a technical issue with its two-tiered verification process was to blame for a delay in this week's record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot drawing.
Business owner Joe Chahayed holds a check outside Joe's Service Center in Altadena, northeast of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. For selling the winning ticket, Joe's Service Center will receive a maximum Powerball bonus of $1 million. – The Minnesota Lottery said Thursday that a technical issue with its two-tiered verification process was to blame for the unprecedented delay in this week’s record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot drawing.
The Minnesota Lottery said one vendor is responsible for printing tickets and recording each transaction to verify each ticket is authentic; another vendor is responsible for checking the work of the first. Every night, before a drawing can happen, the two systems must “balance” — meaning that every data entry must be transmitted between the two and match perfectly, the Minnesota Lottery said.
The Minnesota Lottery apologized, but added: “Any error in the drawing would have been worse than the actual delay.”
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