At least two charged in scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery game

Comment #38

Stack47 — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 03:22:24 GMT

I live in rural KY and more than half the stores selling lottery tickets near me are owned by Asians including the county cashing agent. Some were born in the U.S. so it's not like all the stores are foreign owned. Each state lottery has different rules and regulations to put lottery terminals into stores and obviously criminal records are checked.

It's the U.S. Constitution that allows the Patel and the Hitler families to be involved in state lottery providing they follow the state lottery r... [ More ]

Comment #37

CARBOB — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:20:51 GMT

Why would the Lottery Commissioners even allow someone named Patel, be involved with the lottery? There are many incidents in many states where the Patel's have committed acts of crime involving the lottery.

Comment #36

Stack47 — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 05:33:07 GMT

I guess you forgot you went from not knowing about Faro to telling us all about it, sharing your vast knowledge.

I remember the thread where you changed the topic to Faro after another poster said Most of Coin Toss posts are also an act of deception. On page 3 you even questioned the PA Lottery annual report and you tried to create an argument where no argument existed.

There were a possible 310,000 $500 winners and any body with an ounce of sense will agree that lots of players do win .

Comment #35

Coin Toss — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 03:56:44 GMT

Stack,

You need to put your ego in park. I guess you forgot you went from not knowing about Faro to telling us all about it, sharing your vast knowledge.

Doing research on 'ancient' casino games is exactly what you did in your attempt to dazzle us. Like all pathological liar your don't have a good enough memory to pull it off.

The more you reveal that you don;t know what you are talking about the less people will listen to you.

From here on in you are not worth any more keystrokes, b... [ More ]

Comment #34

Stack47 — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 00:32:51 GMT

Comment #33

KY Floyd — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:26:48 GMT

I asked what crime they committed, not what they were accused of.

Larceny is a broad catch-all encompassing a number of different things. The only one of those things that comes close to matching the specifics of this case would be obtaining property by false pretenses. The problem with that is that they obtained the winning tickets simply by requesting and buying them. That part of it is no different than you or I walking into any lottery retailer and buying a ticket. Where's the false prete... [ More ]

Comment #32

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:29:23 GMT

Apparently CT took offense over a joke I made to Floyd about the accused being charged with inciting bigotry on LP and now wants to ask me silly questions about defunct casino games. Please tell CT the post he responded to was deleted because now his response makes really no sense.

Comment #31

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:17:47 GMT

Just come out and admit you don't have a clue about the $200 buy in.

The last time I looked the topic here is manipulating a lottery terminal, which makes whatever you're talking about way off topic. And really boring.

It was amazing how you went from 'never heard of Faro' to being the resident expert after going to a website.

Why not start a Faro thread in the Gaming Forum where you can discuss Faro strategies hoping the game makes a comeback instead of bugging me.

John Scarne... [ More ]

Comment #30

Coin Toss — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 04:06:19 GMT

Just come out and admit you don't have a clue about the $200 buy in.

It was amazing how you went from 'never heard of Faro' to being the resident expert after going to a website. John Scarne you ain't.

Your only expertise is in being an annoyance.

No go back to your book learning and being a liberal parrot.

Comment #29

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:44:12 GMT

Only you know what compelled you to respond negatively to my remarks: and possibly changed with inciting some LP members to make bigoted comments. even though my remarks were aimed at the poster calling you names.

Did you miss where that post was deleted

Comment #28

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 01:22:02 GMT

I'm still waiting for you to tell me how many chips (actually they are cheques) a $200 buy in got the player in a Faro game and how much each one was worth.

If you really try, do you think you could ask an even dumber question?

I'll play, you really ought to put your habit of highlighting other people's comments in blue just so you can make your own snide remarks on hold.

I use yellow to highlight when I'm quoting from from an article, but I reserve my snide remarks to the really ign... [ More ]

Comment #27

Stack47 — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:49:10 GMT

I thought I had the worst bracket until I looked at some of the expert brackets . The selection seeding was horrible, but at the end of the day it was all about match-ups and most the upsets were because of the match-ups. Indiana was a tough match-up for UK regardless of seeding.

It would appear that your cage match with Coin Toss is back on

Naw, I just noticed some confusion among the posters over the difference between racist and bigoted remarks and commented that it appeared like CT's... [ More ]

Comment #26

Coin Toss — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 00:00:58 GMT

Let's just sat a bank investigator knew that many people trying to run banking scams such as check kiting schemes and hanging bad paper use the name I.M. Rich.

So they have their staff take a really close look at any activity by people using that name.

Then some left leaning oh so politically correct clown says that's a really 'racist' thing to do.

Now just reread the above and substitute Patel for I.M. Rich.

Comment #25

sully16 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:14:48 GMT

Not one bigoted comment was made, thoughts

Comment #24

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:54:04 GMT

Sounds like you worked for a retailer who sold lottery games

Comment #23

ArizonaDream — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 04:59:32 GMT

You might be missing out then. I did a very quick search here for news stories about Patel. Most were store owners where winning tickets were sold, rather than scammers.

Comment #22

musiqgurl40 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 04:43:45 GMT

LOL yes use to

Comment #21

Coin Toss — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:56:05 GMT

Stack,

I'm still waiting for you to tell me how many chips (actually they are cheques) a $200 buy in got the player in a Faro game and how much each one was worth.

And by the way, Palace Station used to be the Bingo Palace but I guess you wouldn't know that never having lived in Vegas.

I'll play, you really ought to put your habit of highlighting other people's comments in blue just so you can make your own snide remarks on hold.

As for the remark about the name Patel being involved... [ More ]

Comment #20

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:12:28 GMT

Nice knowing that all is well with you Stack, how is your team doing or did during March Madness? On a side note: It would appear that your cage match with Coin Toss is back on.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:07:00 GMT

Typical liberal knee jerk reaction.

You really ought to stick those silly nonsensical casino gambling remark instead of adding more bigoted remarks to the fire.

Comment #18

Coin Toss — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:19:49 GMT

Typical liberal knee jerk reaction. If you have no real proof otherwise accuse anybody who said something you don't like of being racist.

There have been quite a few stories about lottery scams here on LP and the name Patel comes up over and over.

Have you been asleep your whole time here and never noticed that, or is your day not complete unless you call someone a racists

Comment #17

JoeBigLotto — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:02:38 GMT

Yes you right its a common name but something more lots of missing ticket and lotto fund if I see a retailer with that name goodluck won't be on my mind I run lol

Comment #16

Get paid — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:53:29 GMT

Wow seams like the Indians an jamaicans r the number 1 scamers of the lottery.

Comment #15

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:28:08 GMT

WOW

Comment #14

Stack47 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:18:19 GMT

I'm sure the lottery can revoke their ability to sell lottery tickets, but what crime did they commit?

They were charged with three felony counts of first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crimes and rigging a game. and possibly changed with inciting some LP members to make bigoted comments.

Comment #13

Nikkicute — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:56:42 GMT

It's just a common last name among Indians, nothing more.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:59:30 GMT

Mr Floyd- The movie Hunt for Red October was on the other night in this neck of the woods and there is a scene where the Admiral tells Ryan The Russians don't take a dump unless they have a plan in other words, Connery has to convince the crew that they have to get off the sub voluntarily. .and he does. Point being - the authorities are not going after these Patels unless they know they did something that is not permitted by the lottery rules. Just because you don't see it- does not mean it does... [ More ]

Comment #11

Groppo — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:42:38 GMT

Why can't people - ALL PEOPLE - move away from doing this kind of nonsense?

It's bad, and I hate it. It's dishonest, and I'm totally against it.

Why do these morons even try?

TO ALL THOSE MORONS:

Stop ripping off this and that, you won't get away with it. The lotto system in place has an incredibly large lobby, and therefore significant security. Eventually, you will be caught and SORRY. You will be made to pay!

You'll find yourself sitting in your jail cell and all the time your... [ More ]

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:38:50 GMT

Looks like Vikas Pravnav Smith are in hot water.

I'm sure the lottery can revoke their ability to sell lottery tickets, but what crime did they commit?

They took advantage of a flaw in the system to cancel tickets that were losers. Did the state legislature actually write a law making that illegal? I'm going to take a leap of faith and assume that the lottery didn't even think it was possible to find out whether a ticket was a winner or loser before it was issued.

They didn't cancel th... [ More ]

Comment #9

haymaker — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:46:41 GMT

Don't you mean you used to buy from that store

Comment #8

Genome — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:05:58 GMT

at people doing these lottery crimes always most likely having the name Patel

Comment #7

Ron5995 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:41:58 GMT

While the sales process was flawed, the bigger issue is the ability of lottery machine operators to buy tickets from their own retail location. That should not be permitted. While that wouldn't necessarily prevented this situation, it would have raised the bar somewhat.

Retailers have detailed information that the public at-large doesn't have. For example, in PA, a retailer can know whether 90% of lower tier winners have been redeemed out of an instant ticket pack. From my limited understandi... [ More ]

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:16:28 GMT

I think you meant to say rigged. Patel's again...

Comment #5

lejardin — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:47:16 GMT

Bingo

Comment #4

spartan1707 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:35:47 GMT

LOL....They even tell you the game is rig to not produce a winning ticket!!! To fool people just place it in their face they won't notice it. All computer drawings are rig period. It picks from the lowest picked numbers. This ensures high returns and more games for suckers too play.

Comment #3

sully16 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:05:45 GMT

Patel, need I say more.

Comment #2

musiqgurl40 — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:06:49 GMT

Wow thats crazy I buy from that store

Comment #1

noise-gate — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:58:01 GMT

Looks like Vikas Pravnav Smith are in hot water.

At least two charged in scheme to manipulate Connecticut Lottery game

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:47:45 GMT

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Connecticut Lottery retailers in Canton and Hartford face larceny and computer crime charges after authorities say they illegally manipulated the 5 Card Cash lottery game to produce more winning tickets.

Vikas Patel, 32, of Windsor Avenue, Windsor, and Pravnav Patel, 32, of Revere Drive, Bloomfield, each face three felony counts of first-degree larceny, first-degree computer crimes and rigging a game. Both posted $25,000 bail and are scheduled t... [ More ]