Posted on 11/08/2022 2:12:45 AM PST by EBH
The California Lottery announced late Monday night that it’s delaying the Powerball drawing because officials need more time to complete security protocols.
The delay is caused by one participating lottery that needs more time to process its sales, the Multi-State Lottery Commission told CNN in a statement. The drawing is still planned to occur after that procedure is completed.
Earlier, the California Lottery said, “Powerball has strict security requirements that must be met by all 48 lotteries before a drawing can occur,” adding that a participating lottery needs extra time to meet those requirements before the drawing can be conducted.
“When the required security protocols are complete, the drawing will be performed under the supervision of lottery security officials and independent auditors. Winning numbers will be posted as soon as they are available,” the California Lottery said.
In a following update, the California Lottery said the delay was still in effect as of early Tuesday morning due to an issue in another state.
“It is not due to any delays at the California Lottery. There is currently no estimated time for the drawing,” said the California Lottery, adding winning numbers will be posted on its Twitter account and website when they are available.
The delay for the highly anticipated drawing comes as the Powerball lottery jackpot has swelled to $1.9 billion Monday, according to the California Lottery, making it the largest lotto prize ever offered – just as its organizers intended when they changed the odds in 2015.
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Yeah, but you’d figure that they would have safeguards for such things. Not like they couldn’t afford it with as much $$$ as they make.
LOL! We will see Powerball’s first re-re-redraw if not!
“Just keep drawing numbers until one does!”
California said its not their state causing gthe problem..lol
Probably a leaking toilet...they went home at 2am and will count balls tomorrow.
I suspect some politician saw that total and said to his/herself;
“I deserve that money more than anyone else. I betcha with a little help, we can figure out how to cabbage on to it.”
probably a deep state government employee or contractor in Illinois trying to “fix” it so that there will be only one winner. The deep state is in need of the entire lottery pot.
Now the Lotto is rigged…
Wow, so we won’t know the election results for 24 hours and now we won’t know the lottery. I’m sensing a trend.
Drawing has been delayed three times this year due to security
I was not aware of that...do you know if it was the same state[s]?
I saw it on the lotterypost site. Might not even be true. They don’t reveal state causing problem...would just add to the rigged claim if winner came from that state
Great. I finally win the lottery and it gets contested and taken to court for the next 18 months...
Washington DC??????
They recently moved to three drawings a week, Mon/Wed/Sat.
no seriously- shouldn’t even question it - this is a fixed situation.
all the drawings they have done over the course of decades and it just so happens that they pull this now?
And what may also be happening as of today? SLoJoe warned us of delays. Just a precursor so we know the vote will be delayed. Deep state is grasping at straws and needed some cover.
Oh well. Maybe nobody won on Monday, as if that even matters to me LOL LOL! “Gee, it’s no longer $1.9 billion, now it’s $25 million. Oh that’s too low for me to play” lol
“lottery security officials” equal “Experts”???
Daily mail says delayed happened in april and sometime this summer. No state listed
I was just reading - the way to avoid the plague of “friends” is to form a lottery club. It can be two or more people, and you don’t have to share the prize equally. Call it the Main Street Lottery Club or something and have a lawyer be the public face of the club (required for public pictures and such). Nobody has to know you’re in the club.
Sad state of affairs when the lottery is more secure than our elections.
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