Connecticut Lottery's Fast Play instant game crashes lottery terminals

Comment #4

keeponscratchin — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:14:21 GMT

Boy oh boy I just read the rules of this game. It pays back 45% of gross sales! And that is causing such demand to cause a malfunction in the machines? Yes it does appear to be fake news here. Worse payback than a pick 3

Comment #3

SaraAnnRapp — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:36:35 GMT

This is clearly an advertisement from the CT lottery, and a cynical, low effort one at that.

Sure, there's such a demand to play this game that the system is crashing.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:43:16 GMT

If Tipton had created this game, there would be no slowing down or crashes at least not on he's watch, the guy would be making sure he's cronies friends would be making out like bandits. The Bela Lugosi of lottery crimes knew how to run a game.. until finally caught.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:26:40 GMT

Am tempted to play it here now and then, but don't. Jackpots do climb quickly from what I've seen.

Connecticut Lottery's Fast Play instant game crashes lottery terminals

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:19:47 GMT

Connecticut's newest instant game is so popular, lottery terminals can't keep up

By Kate Northrop

The Connecticut Lottery's newest game is attracting so many players that lottery terminals are slowing or shutting down.

Fast Play, the Lottery's newest instant game, was launched about a month ago. Since then, the game has attracted players across the state and generated about $5 million in sales. In fact, the game has received so much attention, that lottery terminals at retailers and the... [ More ]