Ex-lottery security officer charged with rigging more games

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By BARBARA RODRIGUEZ

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa lottery security officer convicted in July of rigging a Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot faces new allegations that he had close acquaintances cash in on lottery prizes in other states over several years, authorities said Friday.

Eddie Tipton, 52, is charged with ongoing criminal conduct in the tampering of lottery equipment, representatives for the Iowa Lottery and the Iowa Department of Public Safety said. He turned himself in to authorities and was released from a county jail after posting a $25,000 bond.

Nick Sarcone, an attorney representing Tipton, said his client has "voluntarily answered these charges and he's going to fight them."

Tipton, who was convicted in July of two counts of fraud for rigging a computerized Hot Lotto game drawing in 2010, has a brother and a friend who received winnings from lottery games in Colorado and Wisconsin, according to authorities.

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[turbinetree]

1. Great............................

so this explains why there are more winners in the Mid-West and than lets say Delaware, Maryland, the game has been rigged

[Stuart G]

2. Oh NO>>>>>>>>>>SAY IT AIN'T SO?????????

cheating//////not possible..????? wait, it is possible..ain't it???

[turbinetree]

19. It is truly amazing

that when people play they expect the commissioners to be fair, maybe I am naive but ............................it looks like a modern day ponzi scheme

[mpcamb]

10. Here's one to keep in mind...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Lotterys_luckiest_woman_Joan_Ginther_bet_flabbergasting_sums_on_scratch-offs.html

There was an original article in Harper's in 2011, July issue.

Maybe the most telling line is "the Texas Lottery has never investigated".

She repeatedly won on scratchoffs, which is random enough to defy credulity.

[turbinetree]

20. There was guy.........................

in Florida that kept hitting the games and it was reported on TV, on how he figured out how to win--------------------now it calls into question whats next----------lets have more bilking, and lets have the foxes guarding the chicken house.
The last time someone one in Delaware was around 2004 I think in the powerball

[packman]

3. Several years back they caught a guy rigging the Pennsylvania lottery

It was based on numbered Ping-Pong balls being blown up into a chamber where they were drawn and the number announced. The guy injected all but the winning balls with a minute amount of water making them heavier than the rest of the balls. Injectagate.

[FSogol]

5. Didn't he get caught when the exact number won again the following week?

Or was that another PA lottery scandal?

[Joe Bacon]

15. Yeah, ol' Nick "666" Perry

Nick and his sidekick put a drop of paint in all the balls except the 4's and 6's. I still remember Nick swearing up and down that he didn't do anything...

[packman]

18. Thanks for the reminder - I remember Nick Perry

from his TV days. Here's a Wiki article on the whole thing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Pennsylvania_Lottery_scandal

[Downwinder]

4. The numbers racket

Still organized crime?

[sofa king]

6. You can bet on it.

Recall that our nation's most criminal President nominated a Texas lottery chief for the Supreme Court.

[keithbvadu2]

7. gambling has been around for a long time.

Cheating probably started later in the same day that gambling was invented.

[MisterP]

8. heck, most of statistics comes from gambling addicts understanding how the games worked

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardano

[keithbvadu2]

9. Yeah! those who understood the odds usually

decided they were better off being the 'house'.

[MisterP]

12. he also invented the u-joint!

[FourScore]

13. Fascinating. There are numerous stories of gamblers and lottery players who have mastered this. n/t

Unfortunately, a lot of money has to be spent before it pays off.

[MisterP]

14. hence Cardano pitching into the canals of Venice in full plate armor until hauled out by the same

guy whose mansio he'd fought his way out of after his host was cheating at cards!

why does math have a boring reputation?

[Jesus Malverde]

16. Great link

Never heard of the dude. One of the crazy (smart) ones.

Thanks!

[Stevepol]

11. This guy will probably get hired by ES&S or Dominion

when he gets out of the slammer. He's definitely got the right stuff to fit right in.

[7962]

17. Dont forget the Ga Lottery guy who rigged the McDonalds Monopoly game

But it was easy to catch that idiot.

[mpcamb]

21. What a Jive-(butt) system! Originally sold as "All the $$$ goes to Education" in NYS...

In reality, only falsely holding out Hope to the hopeless.
It troubles me to see the sad cases lined up for tickets in the 'convenience'** store.

**Has there ever been a bigger misnomer?

[7962]

22. In GA it actually is the law; all lotto moneys go to scholarships & other school programs

Other states SAID that was the point, but never put it in writing

[mpcamb]

23. It's still touted that way in NYS but you'd need a battalion of lawyers, a hand picked jury and a

Bush appointed judge to prove it in this state.

[elehhhhna]

24. Same in Illinois, but they then took an equivalent amount of tax $ out

Of the school budget so it was a wash