Jan. 20, 2023 - 3:15 p.m.
Arizona Lottery Resumes Operations After Systemwide Outage
Game Sales and Prize Redemptions now Available at All Arizona Lottery Retailers
PHOENIX — Arizona Lottery Officials and Scientific Games (SG), the company that operates the Arizona Lottery’s gaming system, have resumed game sales, prize redemption, and ticket checking at all participating retailers across the state, as well as at Arizona Lottery customer service locations
SG is working closely with Arizona Lottery Officials to complete their inquiry into the root causes of the outage and to determine next steps to take to prevent any similar future occurrence.
The Arizona Lottery apologizes for any inconvenience this outage caused for our players and retailers.The Arizona Lottery is updating retailers and players of this situation online, at customer service, and through social media.
Jan. 20, 2023 - 12:19 p.m.
Arizona Lottery Resumes Ticket Sales After Systemwide Outage
Prize Redemptions Remain Paused as Officials Bring System Online
PHOENIX — Arizona Lottery Officials and Scientific Games (SG), the company that operates the Arizona Lottery’s gaming system, have resumed ticket sales as of 11:50 a.m. after an outage on the morning of January 19 halted game sales and prize redemptions.
SG is working closely with Arizona Lottery Officials to bring ticket checking and prize redemption back online.
The Arizona Lottery is updating players on this situation online, at customer service, and through social media.
Jan. 20, 2023 - 6:00 a.m.
Arizona Lottery Protects Game Integrity as Statewide Outage Continues
Sales and Prize Redemptions Remain Paused as Officials Work to Resolve Disruption
PHOENIX - Arizona Lottery Officials are making the difficult decision to continue the halt on all sales and prize redemptions until Scientific Games (SG), the company that operates the Arizona Lottery’s gaming system, can implement a solution that upholds the integrity of the Lottery’s games.
On Thursday morning, January 19, SG experienced an outage that is ongoing. As a result, all Arizona Lottery retailers are unable to sell games or redeem prizes. Arizona Lottery’s own customer service locations are also impacted.
SG’s initial investigation has determined that a January 19 system update that installed two new lottery games caused the system to crash. SG is working closely with Arizona Lottery Officials to resolve the situation and bring the system back online.
During the outage, drawings for Lottery games will continue as scheduled to honor wagers placed prior to the outage. Additionally, the Multi State Lottery and Mega Millions Consortium are being kept apprised of Arizona Lottery’s situation. Currently, there is no estimated time that ticket sales and prize redemption will resume.
”We apologize to our lottery players, our retailer partners and lottery’s beneficiary community” said Arizona Lottery Executive Director Gregg Edgar. “Protecting the integrity of the Lottery’s games is paramount to our operations. We are working diligently to bring our games back online as quickly and reliably as possible while keeping our players, retailers and beneficiaries top of mind. ”
All Arizona Lottery drawings and results are being posted to the Arizona Lottery’s website as scheduled. Tickets purchased prior to the sales and prize redemption interruption are valid but cannot be redeemed until prize redemptions are resumed. Any tickets reaching the 180 expiration window during this time will be honored at Arizona Lottery offices once prize redemptions commence.
The Arizona Lottery is notifying players of this situation online, at customer service, and through social media.
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About Arizona Lottery
Since 1981, the Arizona Lottery and its retail partners have generated almost $5 billion in net funding in support of programs that help to improve the quality of life for the people of Arizona. Proceeds from Lottery ticket sales fund programs in higher education, economic development, environmental conservation and health and human services. The mission is to support Arizona programs for the public benefit by maximizing net revenue in a responsible manner.
