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Sinead Kennedy and Marty Whelan of Winning Streak

Legal help needed after ball gets stuck during Winning Streak filming

Filming had to be halted for a period of time.

A RECORDING OF an episode of Winning Streak was delayed at the weekend after a ball got stuck during the ‘wheel reveal’ section.

The ball, which got stuck in a draw drum, would have determined which player could have had a chance of spinning the big wheel.

Legal help had to be drafted in to deal with the issue, the Irish Sun reported this morning.

However, the situation didn’t have an impact on the overall outcome of the game, the National Lottery said.

In a statement to TheJournal.ie, a National Lottery spokesperson said:

On Saturday afternoon, during the recording of the Winning Streak TV gameshow a technical issue occurred which caused a short delay to the filming of the show.
This did not have any impact on the outcome of the game and the show broadcast at the normal time.

The Winning Streak TV Gameshow takes place under the supervision of independent observers from KPMG.

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    Mute DonaldsFriedChicken
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:01 PM

    After the legal team charged RTE 100k for advice they settled who spun the wheel with rock, paper, scissor.

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    Mute Paul Harvey
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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:35 PM

    Would be nice if the journal could do a piece on where the money goes and also what happens to the unclaimed winnings. Used to be they would add a million to the jackpot every so often but not since the new crowed took over.

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    Mute Tony Daly
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:36 PM

    Expensive legal Opinion confirms that the ball is stuck.

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    Mute George Murphy
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:02 PM

    May i ask.. How did it not impact the overall outcome? I’m thinking of course had to..

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    Mute Dave O Keeffe
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:10 PM

    I was thinking that too, maybe the ball that got stuck would have been the one that came out and it got stuck in the exit? Purely speculative of course.

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    Mute Symbolism
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:12 PM

    Whatever number ball got stuck should have been taken as the next ball out

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    Mute Max Johnson Powers
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:47 PM

    They know it had no impact because that show is rigged.

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    Mute Conor Mc Lysaght
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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:40 PM

    My six numbers obviously got stuck in the weekend lotto draw, none of my numbers came out. I need legal help…..

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    Mute Stewart O Neill
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    Feb 21st 2017, 3:55 PM

    How ca you put your money into this game or lottery knowing it may be riged

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    Mute Bennythekid
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:34 PM

    I think it’s totally fixed-how come it’s usually not won till it hits around 10 million-easy money for the government to pay those inflated expenses of ministers TDs and highly overrated councillors.

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    Mute Eugene Comaskey
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    Feb 21st 2017, 6:32 PM

    @Bennythekid. Winning streak does not pay out E10m. You are mixed up lad.

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    Mute Bennythekid
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    Feb 21st 2017, 6:58 PM

    Ok Eugene-apologies-got mixed up with lotto draw.

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    Mute Cathal Flood
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    Feb 21st 2017, 4:43 PM

    Water meters are to blame, or rigged by aliens….. Or blame Donald

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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:19 PM

    Was that painful for Marty ?

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    Mute Laurence O Neill
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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:15 PM

    Show is rigged they know already who is going to be the one who will spin the wheel

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    Mute Watchful Axe
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    Feb 21st 2017, 6:17 PM

    The big wheel is definitely connected to a motor, seen it spinning by itself during the show opening (or promo ad) once. Wouldn’t take much for it to throttle the spin so it stops in a particular region.

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    Mute Mary Murphy
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    Feb 21st 2017, 10:07 PM

    @Laurence the show is recorded!!!! So of course it’s edited so it seems as if people know who’s going to spin

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    Mute John Cusack
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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:32 PM

    No one had ever won the top prize until the weekend that the rehab lottery went live. Suddenly 3 out 5 people won the top prize. Coincidence?

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    Feb 21st 2017, 5:17 PM

    A it’s a load of balls. What a complete balls up

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    Mar 2nd 2017, 12:07 PM

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