On Monday, the California Lottery said it recently discovered the glitch which affected machines selling Daily Derby tickets.SEE ALSO: Great-grandmother wins $5M lottery prize after completing radiation treatments for breast cancerAs part of the game, players select two sets of three numbers: the first represents three horses to finish in first, second, and third places. The second set of numbers represents a winning race time.
The software issue also affected the race time number selections in some cases, with numbers only being printed on tickets in ascending order and with no repeating digits," officials explained.They also said the software issue was corrected within 24 hours of its discovery and stressed that no other state lottery games were affected.