INDIANAPOLIS -- If the financially troubled Hoosier Bingo TV Game Show returns to the airwaves, it should do so under a new name, the state's lottery agency says.

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The TV show is independently run, but many people mistakenly believe it is operated by the state-run Hoosier Lottery, lottery spokesman Andrew Reed said.

Hoosier Lottery objects to the show's name because the state has a scratch-and-win game called "Hoosier Bingo."

"We have received some phone calls ... asking some questions about this or that about the show, and we inform them that the show is not a property of the Hoosier Lottery," Reed said.

The show, which says it has temporarily stopped production because of a failed business partnership, is considering an agreement in which it would change its name, Reed said.

Under the agreement, the show also would "place a disclaimer within their program saying (the show) is not a subsidiary of the Hoosier Lottery, or no way is it affiliated with the Hoosier Lottery," Reed said.

During the show, which RTV6 aired on weekends from Sept. 6 to Nov. 15, numbers were drawn, and viewers were instructed to play along. To play, viewers needed to obtain the show's bingo cards from malls or bingo parlors.

Winners were told to mail their cards to the show's headquarters. Prizes included gasoline cards gift certificates for an electronics store.

Call 6 for Help received complaints from at least a dozen viewers who said they were winners but had not received their prizes.

Show spokeswoman Tamie Tatum acknowledged some winners have yet to receive their prizes. She said the show expects to complete a financial reorganization by the middle of January, and every winner validated by the show's public accounting firm will receive their prize.

People involved with the show hope to resume production after the reorganization, Tatum said.