The service says it's working to reestablish the system.
All wages have been recorded.
Organizers say those with tickets less than $600, purchased on or before Saturday, can be paid at a retailer.
Everyone else with a winning ticket will be able to redeem them once the system is fully recovered.
The New York State Lottery does $10 billion in sales annually, so they have a lot of data to process.
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