The Ace is on: Draw rescheduled for Wednesday, same tickets
No new tickets will be sold, repeats to be replaced, duplicate number will be invalid
Chase the Ace will go ahead on Wednesday night in the Goulds neighbourhood of St. John's — one week after a ticket snafu cancelled the million-dollar draw, and led to a government investigation.
Service NL, the government department that regulates lotteries in the province, released a statement Friday saying a small number of tickets were affected by a technical error which caused one number to appear on several tickets.
The department identified four people who held a combined 17 tickets containing the same number.
No new tickets will be sold for the upcoming draw, but replacement tickets will provided to anyone holding ticket number 1378754.
In the event that number is drawn, Service NL said it will be deemed invalid and another ticket will be picked.
Anyone who purchased a ticket with that number must present their ticket, along with photo identification, in person at St. Kevin's Parish office at either of the following times:
- Monday, July 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Tuesday, July 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The new draw — and its accompanying 50/50 draw — is scheduled to take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The jackpot is expected to be in excess of $1 million, with 12 cards left in the deck.
Service NL said it's confident that only one number was duplicated by the error.
"There is no information to suggest any intentional wrongdoing or fraudulent activity has taken place," the release read.
"There are sufficient anti-fraud mechanisms in the ticket printing process to prevent the production of counterfeit tickets."