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A significant Lotto outage before next week’s draw is set to affect all punters across the country.
The planned outage is to facilitate what Lotto is calling a once-in-a-generation upgrade to its services.
At 6pm this Sunday, Instant Kiwi online will be unavailable for sale. From 7pm, all services willshut down until the upgrades are complete, which is expected to be late afternoon on Monday.
MyLotto customers will not be able to log in to their accounts throughout the duration of the switch-over, said Lotto New Zealand chief executive Jason Delamore.
“Now we’re into the home straight,” Delamore said.
“From Sunday evening, we’ll be working around the clock to ensure the transition goes smoothly and to get us back online as soon as possible on Monday afternoon.”
All Lotto NZ services this Sunday will be shut down. Photo / File
Lotto NZ is reminding customers to plan if they want to buy tickets for Keno and Bullseye draws on Monday.
Those draws will still run, but results will not be published until after the planned outage is complete.
Lotto said this was part of a wider shift to more online content and a push to provide a better customer experience.
“Following the upgrade, customers will see a range of changes, including new terminals with big screens in our stores and the consolidation of Lotto, Powerball and Strike on to single paper tickets.
“We’re also simplifying the spending limits on MyLotto and bringing new games to Instant Kiwi Online.”
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