WATCH: EBT Benefit Card Glitch Sparks Walmart Shopping Sprees in Louisiana

EBT Benefit Card Glitch Sparks Walmart Shopping Sprees in LouisianaEBT Benefit Card Glitch Sparks Walmart Shopping Sprees in LouisianaEBT Benefit Card Glitch Sparks Walmart Shopping Sprees in LouisianaThe Electronic Benefits Transfer EBT system allows recipients of government food stamps to purchase goods using a digital card with a set spending limit but for a few hours over the weekend that limit disappeared for many users visiting Walmart stores in Louisiana Walmart and local police in Springhill and Mansfield confirmed to CBS affiliate KSLA that officers were called into the stores to help maintain order Saturday as shoppers swept through the aisles at two stores and bought as much as they could carry Xerox which hosts some of the infrastructure used by the EBT card system told KSLA that a power outage during a routine maintenance test caused the temporary glitch Walmart workers phoned their corporate headquarters to ask how they should handle all the shoppers with unlimited gover