2015 Press Releases
December 22, 2015
KENO® is a “bingo style lottery game” in which players may select up to 10
numbers between 1 and 80 for each random number draw. In Delaware, KENO® games are available
for play every four minutes at designated lottery retail locations. On the morning of December 17, 2015,
a computer malfunction occurred in the Lottery’s KENO® game. The primary Random Number
Generator (RNG) for KENO® stopped processing randomly generated new numbers, and
instead began re-transmitting the same numbers from a prior drawing. The malfunction was promptly
addressed and resulted in five re-transmissions over a period of approximately
twenty minutes before the malfunction was corrected. The Lottery then instructed its
systems vendor, Scientific Games, to take the primary KENO® RNG off-line and put
into service the back-up KENO® RNG, which was successfully accomplished.
The Lottery is now conducting a thorough
review, including engaging Gaming Laboratories International to do a technical
examination of the KENO® hardware and software. An
initial review has revealed that a few players, at an isolated number of
locations, recognized the re-transmission of the duplicate numbers, and
attempted to take advantage of the malfunction by playing those duplicated
numbers. Redemption transactions
relating to the five re-transmissions have been suspended until the Lottery’s
review has been concluded.
About the Delaware Lottery:
Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware Lottery has contributed more than $4.1 billion to the state's General Fund to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL®, MEGA MILLIONS®, HOT LOTTO®, MULTI-WIN LOTTO, DELAWARE CASH 5®, PLAY 3, PLAY 4, KENO®, iGaming and assorted Instant Games, Video Lottery, Sports Lottery and Table Games. Delaware Lottery game and promotional details are available at delottery.com, at licensed locations, and from the Lottery's office in Dover.
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