Gardener wins £1M payout caused by software bug

A gardener who was told by Paddy Power her £1m jackpot from an online game was just a computer error has won a High Court case over her winnings. Corrine Durber, from Gloucestershire, played the Wild Hatter game in October 2020 - a two-part game involving a fruit machine and a wheel of fortune. After spinning the jackpot wheel, Mrs Durber's iPad Screen displayed she had won the "Monster Jackpot", which was stated as £1,097,132.71. But the gambling giant only paid out £20,265 telling her she had won the smaller "Daily Jackpot", with the difference attributed to a programming error with the game's display. ... Read full article.