A Lotto player takes Camelot to court for a 1 1m jackpot that the company refuses to pay. Joan Parker-Grennan, from Boston, Lincolnshire, could not believe her eyes when she found out she had a winning scratch on a Spect 20 million Spectacular online game. Like any other gambler, the 53-year-old was getting ready to celebrate big when the National Lottery operator took a break from her dreams, saying her success was a “technical glitch” in the system. This meant that the game had numbers in the wrong boxes and had only landed £ 10. After nearly seven years of arguing with Camelot, Ms. Parker-Grenan’s legal team plans to take them to the Supreme Court. “My lawyers have already offered them the opportunity to settle and pay .000 700,000, .000 800,000 or 900 900,000,” the accountant told the Mirror. “They took the game offline within a day after I filed the claim. “I was told in an email that it was a problem.” He was believed to be the “luckiest man in Britain” after winning the seven-figure prize (Image: The Mirror) If her appeal to the Supreme Court is successful, Parker-Grennan and her husband Dave, 60, said they could spend the money on a kitchen island and invest. The. 1 million claim is for “money owed under the terms of a consumer contract between the parties and / or compensation for breach of consumer contract”. A Camelot spokesman said the incident was related to “a very small number of National Lottery players who had a problem playing the 20 20 million Cash Spectacular Online Instant Win game over how the animated game would look”. They added: “A procedural hearing is scheduled to take place in June 2022, but a trial date has not yet been set.” It comes after Camelot was fined 3, 3.15m by the Gaming Commission for technical issues with its mobile app last month (Image: Shutterstock) It comes after Camelot was fined 3, 3.15m by the Gaming Commission for technical issues in its mobile app last month. Just a few days ago, the company also launched its own legal proceedings against the government agency, after rival Allwyn was selected as the preferred candidate for the next lottery license starting in 2024. The decision was made following a bidding process between four parties for the license, which the company has held since 1994. CEO Nigel Railton said they were suing because he “firmly believes that the Gambling Commission made this very wrong decision”.
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He added: “Despite the long correspondence, the committee failed to give a satisfactory answer. “Therefore, we have no choice but to ask the court to prove what happened. “Regardless of Camelot’s dual roles as the current pilot and applicant for the next National Lottery license, the competition is one of the largest procurements funded by the UK government and the process deserves independent scrutiny. “Separately, more than 1,000 Camelot employees are working tirelessly to successfully operate the National Lottery with their current license and, at the very least, owe them a proper explanation.” Contact our news team by emailing us at [email protected] For more stories like this, check out our news page.
