CLEVELAND — Snow is blamed for difficulties encountered by some Mega Millions lottery players in northeast Ohio wanting a shot at a $206 million jackpot.
The Ohio Lottery says ticket machines experienced scattered outages in the region on Tuesday, ahead of the big drawing.
Lottery spokeswoman Sandy Lesko Mounts tells WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/tqtjp7) the problems resulted from snow that piled up on satellite dishes and affected signals.
Lottery spokeswoman Sandy Lesko Mounts tells WJW-TV the problems resulted from snow that piled up on satellite dishes and affected signals.
The television station reported that some people waited several hours to buy tickets at a service station they said was lucky in Brook Park, near Cleveland.
The National Weather Service says the area received up to 3 inches of snow.
The lottery says a ticket sold in New York had all the numbers to take the jackpot.
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Information from: WJW-TV, http://www.fox8.com
