{"id":12932,"date":"2026-06-07T10:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12932"},"modified":"2026-06-07T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T10:42:22","slug":"indiana-lottery-winners-lose-out-on-100k-payday-over-technical-issue-forcing-halt-in-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12932","title":{"rendered":"Indiana lottery winners lose out on $100K payday over \u2018technical issue\u2019 \u2014 forcing halt in sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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We halted the sales of the ticket to ensure the game experience upholds the integrity we strive to provide,\u201d the warning read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe title=\"Technical Issue on Lottery Stops Payment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yHHARIYYPRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The lottery warned players who had faced issues with a purchased ticket to send in a protest form along with the scratcher.<\/p>\n<p>While Fields was at the lottery\u2019s offices, he ran into several other \u201cSpace Invaders\u201d players with similar issues, but their biggest prizes were in the low thousands, FOX59 reported.<\/p>\n<p>Glendon Jones, another lottery player who had purchased Space Invaders scratchers, believed he had won $2,500 and drove to the state lottery headquarters in Indianapolis to claim his prize.<\/p>\n<p>But once he arrived in the state capital, Jones was told about the system glitch and wasn\u2019t getting the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said to come down here to headquarters and they would pay the ticket. 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