Organizers apologize as Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery website crashes within moments of launch
KAMLOOPS — Organizers of the 2021 Kamloops Y Dream Home Lottery are apologizing after overwhelming demand for tickets crashed the charity’s website Tuesday morning (May 4).
Tickets for the lottery went on sale at 9:00 Tuesday morning, but the sales website crashed just minutes later due to the amount of people trying to buy tickets.
Spokesman Bryce Herman told CFJC Today technicians began work immediately to get the site back up and running. As of about 11:00 a.m., the site was working again.
“Certainly not the way we wanted it to start. Certainly not the way [the technical team] wanted it to start, but they assure me they have stabilized the site,” said Herman. “We should be well on our way to be able to process those people who have been patiently or, in some cases, impatiently waiting, and we apologize for that.”