Connecticut Lottery suspends 5 Card Cash sales after retailers found cheating

Comment #14

RedStang — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:43:30 GMT

Finally found out what was going on. When the clerk hits the Print Ticket button, there's a delay in printing the actual ticket and the machine will instantly say if the Instant Win is a winner or loser. If the Instant Win is a loser they can void the ticket before it's printed. It probably has to be done very quickly, so if you were friends with the clerk you made out well.

They removed the game so it might not come back.

Comment #13

KY Floyd — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 06:56:33 GMT

That wouldn't change the ratio of winners to losers, so that's not what's happening. The state noticed the problem because there were more winners than expected.

Comment #12

grwurston — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 05:46:15 GMT

Any one can avoid being short changed on the win. All you have to do is ask for a receipt when you cash the ticket. I would love to see the clerk squirm and stammer when after he's paid you, you say, Oh, can I have a receipt for that? And then you ask, Where's the rest of the

Comment #11

Raven62 — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 01:57:25 GMT

Temptation meets the weakness of Human Nature and the lack of Self-Control...

Comment #10

BFW577 — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 19:10:46 GMT

Posted this in the other thread. But here is how the scam works.

This is what i think is the real scam with this game.

I noticed a few months ago these tickets started having a bold text warning on the top about verifying the time your ticket was printed.

You can get an instant win with this game when its printed for matching a set number of cards. I believe lotto clerks were printing lets say 5 tickets knowing that the odds are there will be an instant win and them putting the wi... [ More ]

Comment #9

RedStang — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 06:44:26 GMT

Is this old news. https://youtu.be/JD5jPuFT9T8

Comment #8

Erzulieredeyes — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 06:02:03 GMT

Funny they can suspend a game that fast because there's too many winners but won't suspend a State when they don't pay its players.

Comment #7

Ron5995 — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:33:09 GMT

That's likely it. PA Lottery ages ago offered a terminal game Lucky for Life, which featured a $10 instant win component, which too would trigger a special sound from the terminal. Many players have difficulty with multiplay games, including instant tickets with a separate bonus play area; overlooking that part and tossing in the trash.

Fastplay terminal tickets, which many states, such as NJ, offer, come with similar dangers and can be easily gamed by a retailer. All the more reason to play... [ More ]

Comment #6

HoLeeKau — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 00:02:47 GMT

I complained about this in my earlier post about Idaho Lottery's instant win component on this year's raffle. Retailers can cheat on just about any instant win game. Some of them have the radio up loud so you can't hear. Others turn the sound off the terminal. Here in Idaho, they're not required to hand you a receipt, so you don't know how much you won. Like a previous poster already mentioned, they could hand you $5 and tell you congrats when you really won $100. You'd never know the difference... [ More ]

Comment #5

realtorjim — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:08:27 GMT

Watching the video makes me wonder if the clerks disabled the terminal speaker, i.e. reporting mechanism, so players couldn't hear the You're a winner! on winning tickets, then they would just keep the cash.

Comment #4

realtorjim — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:02:44 GMT

Shane! Say it isn't so Shane

Comment #3

Stack47 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:24:01 GMT

This cheating is probably with the second chance jackpot, but the KY version of 5 Card Cash had problems with clerks cashing instant winners without asking players. The problem was the player never knew the value of the instant win making it possible for clerks to short change players.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 19:38:57 GMT

Please...no Patel's

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:54:55 GMT

NOooooo you don't say.....

Connecticut Lottery suspends 5 Card Cash sales after retailers found cheating

Lottery Post — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:26:49 GMT

Game sales should resume next week

Includes video report

The Connecticut Lottery has halted the sales and payouts for its 5 Card Cash game after it learned some retailers might have been cheating the system.

According to Connecticut Lottery officials, some retailers might have intentionally manipulated the reporting mechanism on the lottery terminals for their own personal gain. Officials did not say which retailers or exactly how the terminals were being manipulated.

The game was su... [ More ]