Kentucky orders shutdown of pull-tab devices due to theft, leaving Louisville charity in crisis

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The Kentucky Horse Racing & Gaming’s Office of Charitable Gaming has ordered the disabling of electronic pull-tab devices manufactured by Light & Wonder Gaming and Creative Game Technologies.

The order said the disabling is due to illegal “fishing” activities on electronic pull-tabs throughout Kentucky, which had led to the theft of tens of thousands of dollars.

Fishing involves inserting and then pulling money back out of a gaming machine using plastic lines, which leads the machine to think more money has been deposited than actually has…

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