Lottery players react to Hoosier Lottery pulling misleading Space Invaders game

INDIANA -- The Hoosier Lottery is pulling one its newest scratch-off games.

It's known as Space Invaders Cash Invasion, and the Hoosier Lottery says it's shelving the game due to a technical glitch.

ABC57 spoke with one person who says he won big playing the game but now doesn't know if he will ever see that money.

"This would've been the biggest blessing for me and my family, and when I saw that I was thinking oh my god, this is a dream, and my hopes just started shooting and then everything started feeling like wow everything just went right back to where it came from," said Tyson Enochs, lottery player.

Tyson Enochs is an avid Hoosier Lottery player, and Tuesday felt like his lucky day, until it wasn't. 

He bought more than 20 tickets for the five-dollar Space Invaders Cash Invasion, discovering that one of his tickets was a big money winner.

But when he tried to collect his winnings, he was told the tickets were invalid.

ABC57 reached out to Hoosier lottery today, and a spokesperson said "Yesterday, we became aware of a technical issue with our recently launched $5 Space Invaders Cash Invasion scratch-off. We have halted the sales of the ticket to ensure the game experience upholds the integrity we strive to provide our players."

"That was not even five minutes. I was right there, I didn't even leave, I just kind of scratched them and then went in to get my money and I went to purchase more, and I even bought twenty more," said Enochs.

Enochs says if he does not get paid what he feels is money owed to him, he will consider taking legal action.

If you have experienced an issue with the $5 Space Invaders Scratch-off, please call the Hoosier Lottery at 1-800-955-6886 or email [email protected]