BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK
Imagine paying the lottery, and to find out you won - but wait! A few thousand other people have won the lottery too! What a wonderful world to be in!
Oh no.
Turns out the number of people who won the lottery was supposed to be divided by 100, not multiplied by 100. And now, those several thousand people likely only won $20.
Per the bbc:
"I am terribly sorry that we have disappointed so many, and I understand that people are angry with us," Ms Sagstuen said in a statement, adding that "criticism is justified" given the "breach of trust".
She said she had received several messages from people who were planning to go on holiday, renovate their homes or buy an apartment.
"To them I can only say: Sorry! But I understand that it is a small consolation," she said.
One woman, in the middle of a renovation project, told Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) she received a notification that she had won 1.2 million kroner ($119,000: £87,000), but instead received only a fraction of that sum.
The Norsk Tipping board met with the Ministry of Culture, which administers the running of the company, for an emergency meeting on Saturday.
After the meeting, Ms Sagstuen stepped down from her role as CEO. She held the position since September 2023 and had worked at Norsk Tipping since 2014.
"Here, things have failed in several places, this is my responsibility," she said.
She said she was "sad" to leave but confident in the "improvement processes" that have been put in place.
Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery told NRK that "such mistakes should not happen", especially as Norsk Tipping has the exclusive right to deliver gaming services in the country.
If the U.S. Power Ball lottery had the same problem, we're sure there would be a riot in progress.
Tisk tisk.
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