March 28th 2023.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Mrs Parker-Grennan is pursuing a High Court case to determine whether she is owed a six-figure-sum by Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery. The woman had played online after buying an Instant Win Game ticket on August 25, 2015, when a system error caused her to be told she had won £1 million instead of the £10 she was actually due. Camelot claims that the premise of the game was that if a number in the 'your numbers' section of the screen matched one in the winning numbers section, the two matching numbers would turn white, indicating that the player had won the prize. The company says that 'at the point' Mrs Parker-Grennan bought her ticket, its computer system predetermined her prize to be £10. On the other hand, the court heard that between August 25 and 26 2015 there had been a 'technical issue' which could result in 'different graphical animations' being displayed on some players' screens.
Barrister Philip Hinks, leading Camelot's legal team, argued that the operator was only liable to pay the 'outcome of the ticket as predetermined' by Camelot's computer system, whereas Barrister James Couser, representing Mrs Parker-Grennan, said there was 'no real prospect of the claim being successfully defended'. It is now up to the court to decide whether the woman is owed a six-figure-sum by Camelot.
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