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  • National Lottery Website Down 24th/25th January

    From ES Nigel@useweb@nospam.org to rec.gambling.lottery on Wed Jan 21 11:46:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.gambling.lottery

    "From 11pm on Saturday 24th, after the draws, our app and website will
    be unavailable until the end of the day on Sunday 25th January..."

    Source: https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/contact-us


    I tremble with fear. At the last 'upgrade', they stopped publishing
    lottery numbers in drawn order. I wonder what they'll 'upgrade' out this
    time.

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  • From ES Nigel@useweb@nospam.org to rec.gambling.lottery on Mon Jan 26 16:41:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.gambling.lottery

    ES Nigel wrote:

    "From 11pm on Saturday 24th, after the draws, our app and website will
    be unavailable until the end of the day on Sunday 25th January..."

    Source: https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/contact-us


    I tremble with fear. At the last 'upgrade', they stopped publishing
    lottery numbers in drawn order. I wonder what they'll 'upgrade' out this time.


    And the answer is that they upgraded out support for older browsers.
    That's not a 'tweak', it's a neutron bomb.

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