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Error in Pepsi's Number Generation System Led to Decades-Long Damages in the Philippines
Pepsi's number generation system determining daily winners in its Number Fever promotion in the Philippines mistakenly produced a number held by thousands which resulted in riots, deaths, conspiracy theories, and decades of lawsuits.
- Date it happened
- 1992-05-25
- Organisation involved
- Pepsi
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