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Lotto CEO explains the website overload, online sales

05:43 am on 17 August 2020

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It took close to 24 hours for Lotto players to check their online tickets following Saturday's 50 million dollar must win powerball jackpot. With no one winning first division, ten lucky players from around the country each won a 5 million dollar share. But the amount of tickets purchased meant the website couldn't keep up with demand - and was down until early evening yesterday. Indira spoke with the CEO of Lotto New Zealand, Chris Lyman.