Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery scheme

Comment #20

gopher07 — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 03:16:07 GMT

we have to many patels in United states thats why its all screwed up

Comment #19

MADDOG10 — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:48:07 GMT

well, if the State knew there was a problem with the game and didn't do anything about it, it would seem that charging

these individuals with this crime will wind up being reduced..

Comment #18

snapdragon — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 04:53:22 GMT

I agree; people are people no matter what. We are all in this world together. Besides, the people who run the lotteries are the biggest cheats of all.

Comment #17

HaveABall — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:45:59 GMT

Rudeboy805. Anyone can go to the Illinois Lottery Headquarters' website, read about their RNG games and how their is more than one security measure built in ... so no worries!

Anyhow, it hurts not to be able to play one's own state Major On-Line Lottery Games because they are RNG, which is unsafe; lately found to be tampered with regularly and more being discovered in several states (why not mine, too). This is because we know that if each state's Lottery Headquarters, instead, paid for the... [ More ]

Comment #16

Rudeboy805 — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:10:38 GMT

You guys are missing the BIG picture. These games aren't random and can be manipulated. The Lottery Agency should have known that in the beginning and if they didn't know that's on them. If they did know the machines could be manipulated and they still put them into service then the Lottery Agency should be the one going to JAIL.

Comment #15

Nodda4me — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 18:00:36 GMT

That's a nice trick they had going on.

I don't agree with the bond though.

The bond amount ($250,000) which is 20% more than ($200,000) what they stole.

The bond should have been 5x that amount. ($1,000,000

Comment #14

WinWinChicDin — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 14:42:28 GMT

How about we all stop being racist and Zenophobic

There is too much drama and hate in the world already....

We are all human.....no one is infallible.

Tipton is Caucasian.....how are we not calling out all Caucasians as rotten

Every race, gender, religion, nationality has bad apples

Let's do better people

Comment #13

Bleudog101 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:40:57 GMT

That Black man turned himself in; I wish he'd sue that blankety blank for harassment against his wife. I've heard horror stories of folks working with the India Indians, once they learn the tricks of the trade you are shown the door. I'm sure there's a bunch of pyramiding going on too.

Anyhow djPowerball1234 hope your numbers come in.

Comment #12

djpowerball1234 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:29:37 GMT

Bluedog, it don't matter who they cheat, I was in sales for quite a while and was trying to get a Hotel chain as a client. worked with the top dog and he wanted a deal that I would charge the rest not Him a different rate and he would get a kickback,,,referral fee,,, from the others...all the others were Indian also but it didn't matter, what is good for him is all they care....I refused to do business with any of them anymore... even though it was a large part of my market. I was very fair with... [ More ]

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 14:59:18 GMT

'They' own many Subway sandwich shops and Best Westerns in my experience. One BW in Massachusetts had so much chlorine you couldn't breathe in the pool area. It was a no brainer why no one was in there.

In Louisville, KY @ a restaurant a Black man was the cook there and wife worked there as well. One of the Patel types brother kept harassing the guys wife. He told him to stop, didn't. Went to the relative/manager of the restaurant and told him to have that guy stop. Still didn't. Guy went out... [ More ]

Comment #10

dr65 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:37:23 GMT

The Indian shop owners are very suspicious and greedy. They do not mind cheating

our system but try and 'cheat' them. I bought something that was rung up higher than

what was on the shelf, questioned it and she said no its the higher price...I said no, its

that price on the shelf, she said no..I said I don't want it then....she ripped price off the

shelf and said ok, ok, ok.....that isn't the first bad experience with those kinds. They are

shifty, greedy and underhanded. Lots of... [ More ]

Comment #9

pamelab — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:33:27 GMT

My exact thought! Greed.

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LOTTOKING2016 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:45:09 GMT

First 3/4 names are Indian and the last 2/3 names are Bangladeshi

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:22:56 GMT

Three three three, that's where I want to be.

IN may bump out NJ as the can't lose state as someone won $1 million on Powerball last night.

This morning dog and I went to the lottery machine to play Powerball vs. doing it @ home. The numbers she spit out look pretty darn good to me.

Comment #6

mypiemaster — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 03:43:57 GMT

Here we go again. Same ol' crap featuring the usual suspects. That name must be cursed or at least synonymous with sticky fingers.

Comment #5

MzDuffleBaglady — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 01:56:22 GMT

@ Patel

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music* — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:36:03 GMT

Of course, the name is Patel . Most veteran LP members know this already.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:28:25 GMT

Common denominator huh Bleudog?

Hmmm- as Walter White would put it Say My Name! - Go ahead Do It, what are you waiting for, say the name- Do it

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:46:35 GMT

Look @ the common denominator as far as last names go.

With crimes like this I wish restitution/probation was the only punishment. Probation for like five years, mess up get the full sentence.

Comment #1

music* — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:17:50 GMT

GREED. There are probably more cheaters than those listed.

Great work was done by the Department of Consumer Protection Gaming Division

Connecticut men charged with rigging machines in lottery scheme

Lottery Post — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:03:41 GMT

Investigators uncover more than 20 retailers suspected of cheating

State authorities continue to investigate the rigging of a Connecticut Lottery game they say increased the number of winning tickets and the payout to retailers.

One store, operated by two Wallingford men charged earlier this year, took in over $200,000 in additional prize payouts due to the scheme, authorities say.

Rahul Gandhi and Prakunj Patel, both of 37 Jobs Road, Wallingford, were arrested in March by the state Dep... [ More ]