4,600 New Jersey Lottery terminals disabled by transmission line problem

By Associated Press, 9/14/2000 19:28

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey Lottery officials said 4,600 of its 6,000 ticket terminals were disabled Thursday due to a problem in a transmission line.

Terminals throughout the state were knocked out at 11:30 a.m., sending lottery players scrambling to find a place to buy tickets.

Despite the shortage of places to play, the Pick 3, Pick 4, Jersey Cash 5 and Pick 6 drawings would proceed as scheduled Thursday night, New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Virginia E. Haines said.

Haines said the problem occurred in a transmission line running between Newark and Hamilton Square. AT&T owns and maintains the line and the company was working to fix it Thursday, according to Haines.

In the meantime, thousands of lottery agents are unable to sell tickets.

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