Hoosier Lottery offers cash payouts for misprinted "Space Invaders" scratch-off tickets

Phantom wins: Lottery compensates players misled by false prizes

By Kate Northrop

The Hoosier Lottery has announced that it is offering cash payments for scratch-off tickets that had appeared to win big prizes but were in fact misprints.

After a "technical error" in the Hoosier Lottery's "Space Invaders Cash Invasion" scratch-off game had players believing they won prizes that didn't actually exist, the Lottery announced a payout resolution for the tickets that were impacted.

In June, the Lottery released a Space Invaders-themed scratch-off game, but it was quickly pulled from retailers after players started revealing big wins only to be denied the prizes.

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