On Friday, we’ll debut an updated version of our website. It’s part of the changes we’re making as we introduce the lottery’s new logo, which I blogged about last week. The updates will produce what we think is a cleaner design for a website that hopefully will be even better to use.
There may be brief periods as the updates are being applied Friday morning that things will look a little off. As the updates are made, it takes time for the new pages to cache. If you try to access them as that is occurring, some pages may look “kinda wonky.”
We’ll be updating both our main site at www.ialottery.com and our VIP Club website at www.ialotteryvip.com, so the updates will take a few hours. We anticipate that the updates will begin sometime between 7-8 a.m. on Friday and our goal is to finish up by around 10 a.m. that day.
If you have difficulty with our site on Friday or as we move ahead, try clearing out your web browser history or refresh the web page. Either of those tricks may help get things to display correctly.
The addresses of our websites are not being changed, so any existing bookmarks you have should continue to work.
Hi, Cindy. You've raised a point that some other people have inquired about as well. The interesting point is that while we do occasionally hear that point being raised, people's behavior reflects the exact opposite. By that I mean that sales follow the jackpot up. As the jackpot amount climbs higher, sales do as well. People are voting with their pocketbooks on that point, and it appears that a whole lot of folks do want a big jackpot amount all to themselves. But that's also why we offer variety in our products so that if you want a game with a smaller top prize and easier odds to win, that's available.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | July 01, 2016 at 09:50 AM
Great question, Susan! For now, the changes just apply to our dot.com sites. The app will be updated at some point in the future as we continue with the transition.
Posted by: Mary Neubauer | July 01, 2016 at 09:40 AM
Why not let more people win a million then 1 person win 10 million? Make winning easier it would help economy more.
Posted by: Cindy Schlichte | June 30, 2016 at 03:46 PM
Will it affect the app or just the dot com sites?
Posted by: Susan | June 30, 2016 at 11:53 AM
I am looking forward to the new look!
Posted by: Wendy Siefken | June 30, 2016 at 09:47 AM