Error Prompts Second 'Super Draw' Lottery Drawing

ROCKY HILL, CT — Due to an error in the "range of tickets" eligible for the New Year's Super Draw drawing, a second drawing in the game will take place "shortly," Connecticut Lottery officials said Monday.

Lottery officials are telling players to hold all tickets. Winning tickets from both drawings will be honored. lottery officials said.

Lottery Interim President snd CEO Chelsea Turner, explained that, “Due to human error, 100,000 ticket numbers were not included in (Monday) morning’s Super Draw drawing. Our goal, first and foremost, is to make our players whole. In order to do so, a second drawing will take place shortly that includes the corrected ticket number range. All winning tickets from both drawings will be honored.”

Turner said the CT Super Draw drawing was overseen by both the state Department of Consumer Protection as well as an independent auditor, Marcum, LLC.

"These layers of protection are put in place to mitigate against mistakes and to make sure the drawing rules and procedures are correctly followed," Turner said. However, there is a human element that is not always perfect. There will be an internal investigation that carefully reviews whether the proper protocols were followed and if not, appropriate action will be taken. The DCP will be reviewing the policies and procedures associated with Monday's drawing, and will review policies for future drawings with heightened scrutiny in order to prevent mistakes like this from happening in the future."

The cashing of Super Draw tickets has been temporarily suspended while the CT Lottery Corporation works to conduct an additional drawing, lottery officials said.

Lottery officials said they will be posting updated information as it becomes available.

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