 Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said Friday that the mistake happened
when a computer file wasn't sent on time to the lottery's bank. He
says lottery officials didn't key in the required security
verification for the checks.The lottery wrote 311 checks on Dec.
28, and about 85 of those checks bounced. Lang says the lottery
offices were short-staffed because of the holidays. The affected
checks totaled about $159,000.
Lang says the lottery will pay for any bank fees that occurred
because of the checks. The lottery also is apologizing by sending
free scratch-off tickets to those affected.
[Associated Press]
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