Hoosier Lottery often pulls plug on high-dollar scratch-off games before all prizes can be won

Comment #31

Raven62 — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 03:17:36 GMT

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men women to do nothing. Edmund Burke

Comment #30

billybucks — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:02:33 GMT

this sounds believable and true. of course they would pull games when danger was looming that they might sell one of the remaining big ones if they leave it out for sale. people have to wise up and only play games which they select numbers or qp. problem is they want that instant gratification they get from buying that scratch off card and getting immediate results. patience is a virtue and there's a sucker born every minute.

Comment #29

Zebekyia — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 19:39:38 GMT

So, here is the missing piece of information. Do you know how they get low sales numbers for a game they want pulled? They push new games out that compete for the same spot in the bins. They know how many retailers there are in a state and the total number of display bins. They say the games are pulled due to low sales which is not untrue. The low sales are generated by the constant release and targeted release of competing games. There is a 10$ game right now they will do this with. They have t... [ More ]

Comment #28

noise-gate — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 19:01:58 GMT

Liked the way you handled that response from crackerjack SaylorG. ...it has to be the water.

Comment #27

KY Floyd — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 18:12:48 GMT

More than 51 percent of high prize scratch-off game tickets worth more than $1 million have gone unclaimed ... because the company pulled the plug on those games before about half of the tickets could be sold.

That alone isn't a problem. It's the overall ratio of prizes sold to tickets sold that matters. If only 45% of the big prizes are awarded and only 45% of tickets are sold that's the same as awarding all of the pries and selling all of the tickets for a game that just didn't have as man... [ More ]

Comment #26

CDanaT — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:52:46 GMT

Neehhhhhhh Artist, I am from the old school of stick n stones ...words/names on a computer screen are just that. Everyone using a computer screen is 10 feet tall and bullet proof but IRL, I have found the jellyfish trait often appears. It's all good ...... Time for one of us to win a lottery tonight

Comment #25

Artist77 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:25:50 GMT

There is an abuse report option and Todd is responsive. It really help keep the trolls in control.

Comment #24

Coin Toss — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:25:02 GMT

Do a search for a member named LosingJeff and check out some of his posts about the Hoosier Lottery.

(Last post was in 2009).

Comment #23

CDanaT — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:15:42 GMT

I am thinking of removing the no sugar and replace it with Who tinkled

Comment #22

Saylorgirl — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:56:10 GMT

I used to play the Hoosier Lotto which is our state game however, they raised the price to $2 and its a RNG game which I do not like at all. So I just stick with the two large jackpot games.

Comment #21

Bleudog101 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:48:39 GMT

Your lucky to get to play scratch offs in Massachusetts; I see big winners all the time on our website. Only thing I don't like about your scratchers is it says void if removed on the bottom. Here and everywhere else I've played never seen that before. Here we have to scratch to scan it to see/verify a winner. Personally don't play them @ all, dumpster dive to recheck someone else's tickets...one time it was a $200 winner

Comment #20

justguessin — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:37:41 GMT

If you can't win why play? Seriously

Comment #19

billybucks — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:33:42 GMT

the obvious solution is to not play scratch offs. going into to the right store at the right time and selecting the right type of ticket to play is a monumental task to overcome. more in favor of playing state lottery's games where you can select your own numbers or qp. nothing wrong with winning 1m-10m instead of bucking insurmountable odds that mm and powerbore offer.

Comment #18

fbird — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 14:20:50 GMT

michigan does the same thing, I hear the store owners complain about it all the time about the lottery pulling games that still have big prizes left but not those games that have none.

Comment #17

MillionsWanted — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:39:46 GMT

I can see that they make better profits this way. As soon as enough scratch offs has been sold, they can stop the sale before someone wins the big ones. That's almost like cheating the customers out of the possibility of winning the big prize, and they probably do this over and over again.

Comment #16

Bleudog101 — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:38:57 GMT

WOW!

No sugar on your Cheerios this morning?

I'm getting a little tired of personal attacks on LP. You read way too much into saylorgirl's reply.

Comment #15

Saylorgirl — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 13:23:35 GMT

Ok, hold on! I did not say that I play the scratchers regularly or would ever continue to play the scratchers. I said I rarely play the scratchers . I buy one on my birthday every year and that is it. I am a Powerball and Mega player and I don't play any other games.

I think it is terrible that they are cheating people and I am very happy that I don't spend my money to give to the Hoosier Lottery. This article is the first I even heard of it. To be honest I didn't even know that a group that... [ More ]

Comment #14

TemplarLoyalty — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 04:22:05 GMT

They have to know when the winners are printed so of course they know when to pull the game. Otherwise, how would they know if winning tickets were printed at all? I lived in Indiana for 20 years and played religiously, mostly for fun. But what IGT did and continues to do, should be illegal.

Comment #13

ckrakowski — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 02:10:13 GMT

So you play the scratchers even though it sounds to you like a total ripoff which it is.

So even though you know this is an important issue and you should vote on it you will not.

Of course they will get away with it because of people like you. People who know something needs to be done but do not want to actually do anything to get it done and expect others to do it for them.

We have a word for people like you and that word is hypocrite.

Comment #12

ckrakowski — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 02:00:09 GMT

More than 51 percent of high prize scratch-off game tickets worth more than $1 million have gone unclaimed in the five years since IGT took over.

Prior to IGT's takeover of the Hoosier Lottery, 10 percent of high-dollar scratch-off prizes weren't awarded.

Wow from 10% to 51%.

That's because the company pulled the plug on those games before about half of the tickets could be sold.

Indiana lottery officials defended the increased rate of unsold prize-winning tickets, saying... [ More ]

Comment #11

Artist77 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:29:40 GMT

Another reason why I never buy scratchers.

Comment #10

paymentplan-man — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:17:11 GMT

Of course it sounds like a winner for the state. The purpose of any lottery is to generate revenue for the state. Which means any decision they make is going to be based off of what can increase our (the states) pockets.

Comment #9

grwurston — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:14:13 GMT

They hold back the big winning prizes until the game has been out for awhile and lost it's interest. Then they cancel it based on poor sales . Sounds like a winner for the state. And bend over players.

Comment #8

noise-gate — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 23:00:05 GMT

This is classic bait switch, it is also Don t start a game and then pull the rug out from under the players who are hoping to win the top prize.

IDK, but l seriously doubt CA does that, why do l say so? -cause our lottery was put on the ballot way back got the green light from the voters to go ahead with the process without tax payers money. Since it was started to supplement education costs, it has done just so.No lottery revenues in CA goes into a General fund, thank heavens for that. It s

Comment #7

wizeguy — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 22:02:02 GMT

Don't expect me to play any IN scratchers

Comment #6

Saylorgirl — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:41:37 GMT

Way to go Indiana!! I for one am very happy I very rarely play the scratch offs. I stick only with Powerball and Mega. Sounds like a total rip off to the players.

Unfortunately, there are too many important issues to vote on so this won't enter into my decision this year in my voting. I am sure they will get away with it. It is written in black and white on the scratch offs that they can terminate the game at anytime.

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:05:18 GMT

IDK about others, but this article, even though it will never affect me, really ticks me off. To say it is unfair is an understatement.

Seriously doubt the Indiana lottery will publicize this, perhaps the media will get a whiff.

Right up there with you music*, it'll affect the poor and disenfranchised types of players who will never know about this.

Comment #4

paymentplan-man — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:24:17 GMT

Pac-Man lol sounds like a very cool game to play.

Comment #3

JADELottery — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:16:58 GMT

Scratch-Off?

Sounds more like a Rip-Off than a Scratch-Off.

We only played one Scratcher here in MN, Pac-Man... because it's Pac-Man.

However, Beyond that, we rarely play them.

Comment #2

paymentplan-man — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:11:30 GMT

Yeah I don't play scratch offs either. And no one I know is going to gift me one so it's even less likely for me to play them.

Comment #1

music* — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:10:08 GMT

I am sure that Power Ball and Mega Millions welcomes Brittany Mowell and her husband. I do not play scratch-offs except when they are gifts to me.

Hoosiers will vote with their dollars and feet after they learn these facts in this post.

I feel for the players who are poor and might not be able to find out the truth.

Hoosier Lottery often pulls plug on high-dollar scratch-off games before all prizes can be won

Lottery Post — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:48:07 GMT

Brittany Mowell and her husband purchase Hoosier Lottery scratch-off tickets a couple of times a week in hopes they'll win big.

The Indianapolis woman said she felt cheated out of that dream once she learned the lottery was pulling certain high-dollar scratch-off games off the market before all the big-money prizes could be won and paid out.

It felt so unfair she questioned whether such a move was legal.

That really ticks me off, Mowell said, and I feel ripped off.

Not only is the... [ More ]