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09 May 2006
The launch of the Monday lottery was delayed by four hours yesterday after the company's website crashed under the weight of users trying to log on.
The opening draw was supposed to take place at 8pm UK time, but lottery operator Chariot extended the time to midnight to give other players a chance to take part.
The launch was the culmination of three years' work from the initial idea. It was set up as a rival to the National Lottery and the idea was to offer better odds than its competitor.
"It would have 27 times better odds of winning a jackpot, two draws instead of one, a jackpot winner every week, better smaller prizes and five times more of a player's £1 going to charity than on the National Lottery," says the Monday website.
Monday will give 30p from every £1 spent to 70 partner charities, and players can choose which charity to donate to from a list of five candidates each week.
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Text & Colors
It seems that Chariot thinks every body has perfect vision. The text is far too small to read with out the magnifier on whilst wearing my glass's as for the Balls black text on dark blue SMALL BALLS is no ON! Plus now I have too have the magnifier running it has slow my PC down.
Posted by: Gordon Davies 02 Jun 2006
Money
How can I get my £10 back have lost all interest in playing. Playmonday,lottery show went over my head, cound'nt understand the pantomine script,"talk about its behind you Willie15
Posted by: Terence Wilknson 19 May 2006
postcode not recognised!!!!
I tried most of last Monday and have been trying today! it is telling me my postcode is not recognised nor is the house no. there is no question asked about house numbers !!!!!
Posted by: janet hoskins 15 May 2006
postcode not recognised!!!!
I tried most of last Monday and have been trying today! it is telling me my postcode is not recognised nor is the house no. there is no question asked about house numbers !!!!!
Posted by: janet hoskins 15 May 2006
Ditto, Shambles!
Unable to access 'play',was told it was because I didn't have 'flash' installed?? Although it was OK to add funds to my account. Entered on another PC but later found my account blocked! Tried to ring the helpline - was kept in a queue for in excess of 20 minutes each time over a period of 3+ hrs. When I eventually got thru I was told the account was blocked as 'possibly someone at the same time had tried logging in on my user name' - highly unlikely! I complained about the time and expense of trying to get thru on the telephone & was told to e-mail BUT they have a backlog of over 10,000 mails so far - chances of getting a reply very slim..The concept of charities getting help is a good idea - maybe someone should have thought thru how the system was going to work!
Posted by: Gloria 15 May 2006
Been Trying All Evening
I have been trying allevening(15/05/06) to access the site.....no joy at all. The Monday lottery is a great idea but why the heck didnt they consider there website would be getting atleast a million or so hits on Monday nites. SURELY THEY MUST HAVE FORESEEN THE I.T. IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED.
Posted by: Dee 15 May 2006
You should not beleive all you read
As for Monday Lottery giving 30% to charities, who are they kidding? Reading the small print in their initial prospectus, only 25% goes to a good causes, as the remaining 5% goes back to Monday, to cover the cost of advertising.
Posted by: steve lemonides 10 May 2006
Shambles!
Why on earth didn't the organisers contact Richard Branson who has expressed a willingness to run a fair lottery? In three years they should have realised that they could have taken almost all of the players away from the vey unpopular Camelot lotery, and that they should have foreseen the crush. I hope they will get grass roots outlets for their sales.
Posted by: J.Simpson 10 May 2006
PHONE 15TH IN QUEUE
Access account blocked not recognised phone lottery 15th in queue call you back when your turn comes in line after 8 hours still waiting for return call.tried again still 15th in queue and recorded message starting to skip on message now must be wearing out.
Posted by: Eric King 09 May 2006