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Glitch hits UK Lottery sales

by mudricky | December 27, 2008 at 11:37 am

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Customers wanting to play the UK's national lottery have been unable to, after problems with the network's communication system.

Lottery operator Camelot apologised to players and said the "network issue" was "currently being resolved".

It reassured people who had already bought their tickets that the draws would go ahead as usual.

No tickets can be bought in-store or on-line.

Anyone accessing the lottery website will be greeted with the message "There has been an error while processing your request."

A spokesman for Camelot said: "The engineers are working flat out to resolve it."

Lottery bosses have insisted Saturday night's draw will go ahead - despite a technical fault that has hit machines across the UK.

Lotto players trying to buy their tickets have been turned away after a "network communications issue" brought down the system.

And visitors to the National Lottery website on Saturday evening were greeted with the message: "Our Draw Games are closed."