An Indiana lottery player who thought he had won a life-changing $100,000 from a newly launched scratch-off game received only $20, as officials blamed a \u201ctechnical issue\u201d for the confusion.<\/p>\n
Mike Fields, a forklift driver in Indianapolis, purchased 4 \u201cSpace Invaders Cash Invasion\u201d scratch-off game tickets while one of the cards revealed he had won $100,000, according to FOX59.<\/a><\/p>\n Fields excitedly scanned his winning ticket, but discovered that the ticket was worth $20 instead of the \u201chuge amount of money\u201d he and his wife had believed it was, Angela Ganote, a reporter for the outlet, wrote on Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n Mike Fields, a forklift driver in Indianapolis, purchased 4 \u201cSpace Invaders Cash Invasion\u201d scratch-off game tickets while one of the cards revealed he had won $100,000. FOX59 News\/YouTube<\/p>\n Fields drove to the Hoosier Lottery headquarters in Downtown Indianapolis to claim his winnings, but was turned around by officials who said the newly released game had suffered a \u201ctechnical issue.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey never told us \u2018no\u2019 they just said we wouldn\u2019t be paid today, and no other information really except that we would be informed by mail within 30 days,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n The game, launched by the Hoosier Lottery on June 2, is designed after the classic video game under the same name and challenges players to match their symbols with the winning symbols to win cash prizes.<\/p>\n One feature of the game allows players who have a rocket ship to instantly win the accompanying prize.<\/p>\n Fields\u2019 ticket showed a rocket ship with the adjoining prize amount set at $100,000.<\/p>\n The game, launched by the Hoosier Lottery on June 2, is designed after the classic video game under the same name and challenges players to match their symbols with the winning symbols to win cash prizes. FOX59 News\/YouTube<\/p>\n 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. FOX59 News\/YouTube<\/p>\n Lottery officials quickly pulled the game\u2019s tickets from service and issued an advisory for the game on its website.<\/p>\n