A positive case of COVD-19 forced the New Jersey lottery to change the location for its drawings.
This comes as sales of the Fast Play game are scheduled to resume at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Operations were temporarily moved from the lottery s headquarters in Lawrence to a business continuity site where the drawings will be conducted with mechanical ball machines but not televised or live streamed.
An independent auditor will observe all drawings. Key staff from all lottery departments will also temporarily be housed at the site.
The lottery said that the Fast Play game resumed play late Thursday afternoon after a problem stemming from an system upgrade on Feb. 26 which prevented the gaming system from selecting a top tier jackpot winner in the progressive lottery was fixed. All prize tiers below the top prize tier “jackpot” were unaffected.
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A positive case of COVD-19 forced the New Jersey lottery to change the location for its drawings.
This comes as sales of the Fast Play game are scheduled to resume at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Operations were temporarily moved from the lottery s headquarters in Lawrence to a business continuity site where the drawings will be conducted with mechanical ball machines but not televised or live streamed.
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An independent auditor will observe all drawings. Key staff from all lottery departments will also temporarily be housed at the site.
The lottery said that the Fast Play game resumed play late Thursday afternoon after a problem stemming from an system upgrade on Feb. 26 which prevented the gaming system from selecting a top tier jackpot winner in the progressive lottery was fixed. All prize tiers below the top prize tier “jackpot” were unaffected.
NJ Lottery can t show drawings on TV after COVID emergency nj1015.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nj1015.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.