Ms Carol Boate:

It did that only with my approval to check. Yes, it did change the game and it made it harder to win because if it is harder to win there are more roll-overs and then there are higher jackpots. There was that very unusual set of circumstances whereby it had rolled over. It is extremely unlikely but it does happen with lotteries where it can roll over for such an extended period of time. My first concern was that players did not seem to understand what was happening with the prize money, and it went on and on. Obviously, there was a concern that the players would start to be concerned about it being won. I knew that the operator was considering applying for approval to change the rules of the game to make it a must-be-won. To do that, one must change the technology of the system and one must also introduce a whole suite of checks and balances to make sure it works absolutely correctly on the night. Once I approve a change to a game it stays there forever so I need to be sure it will work exactly right every time in the future. In that case, I did not need to suggest to it that it look into it. Of course we all thought it would be won. The odds of it continuing to roll like that were very, very extreme, but it did nonetheless. My role is in making sure that-----