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Gardener wins £1M payout caused by software bug

Corrine Durber was told her jackpot was a computer error, but a judge ruled in her favour.

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. Mrs Durber sued PPB Entertainment Limited, which trades as Paddy Power and Betfair, for breach of contract and for the rest of her winnings, based on what she was shown on screen. PPB had said that the outcome was determined by a random number generator, which had said she had only won the daily jackpot, but an error affected the animations of the game and showed her the wrong result.

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