National Lottery players had to wait a little longer than usual to find out if they were a winner in Thursday's Set For Life draw.
Although the all important numbers were due to be drawn and broadcast live on YouTube at 8pm, social media users began reporting the absence of a live draw shortly afterwards.
One user wrote: "why is the set for life draw not on YouTube ???", while another added: "Hi there @TNLUK, why hasn't tonight's Set For Life draw appeared on YouTube as it normally does every Monday & Thursday?"
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Shortly afterwards, it was revealed that The National Lottery had suffered a 'minor network issue' which prevented a live stream of the draw taking place. A spokesperson for TNL went on to add that the voiceover and graphics representing the drawn balls was affected.
However, they also confirmed that the numbers had been drawn successfully in front of an independent adjudicator and that they merely had problems presenting the results live.
A spokesperson for The National Lottery, wrote: "There has been a minor network issue which has prevented us from live-streaming tonight’s Set For Life draw. This also impacted the voiceover and graphics representing the drawn balls, but didn’t affect the draw itself, which was conducted in the presence of an independent adjudicator.
"We’re sorry for any inconvenience."
In a separate Tweet, they added: "The results will be available on our website as usual later this evening (hopefully within the next hour or so)."
The numbers were later posted to the National Lottery's official website as follows: 13 - 21 - 22 - 25 - 37 and the life ball of 2.
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