So it seems we are just scratching the surface, hopefully this is the beginning of the end for RNG !

You got to love Priscilla's answer: "We did not get our rng from that guy."

Yeah, as if that is the only computerized drawing system on Earth that could have been hacked.

I'm with you: I wish this was the beginning of the end for RNG.  Unfortunately it doesn't appear that the states are getting it. 

Did you watch the video and notice Ms. Hargrove laughingly dismiss the possibility that the Tennessee Lottery's RNG was affected?  Rather than taking a serious tone and assuring people that the lottery is carefully investigating everything, she nearly does an eyeroll as she blows off the reporter's question.

For the life of me I can't understand the lotteries' need to cling to computerized drawings as if they are the lifeblood of the games, when in fact the opposite is true.  I can see how people could conclude that vendors of these drawing machines are "somehow" persuading lotteries to stick with them.

The Texas Lottery demonstrates on a daily basis what I consider to be some of the best, most transparent, lottery drawings, and they are done with modern robotic camera technology that minimizes the costs involved.  I can tell you that if I ran a lottery, I would absolutely adopt their approach.  Too bad the computerized states refuse.

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The Tennessee Education Lottery is cooperating with investigators as they look into one of the most elaborate lottery scams in U.S. history.

The scam was the work of Eddie Tipton, a former security director with the Multi-State Lottery Association.

Tipton has been convicted of fraud and sentenced to ten years in prison.

But his brother and his old college roommate were recently arrested as the jackpot fixing investigation expanded.

Prosecutors in Iowa say surveillance video from an Iowa convenience store shows Eddie Tipton buying a winning ticket worth $14 million back in 2010.

The Assistant Director of Iowa's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) said the scam sounds like something you would see in a movie.

"This new to me in my career. I have not seen anything like this," David Jobes said.

Investigators say Tipton used his security clearance to install software on lottery computers.

The software enabled him to manipulate winning lottery numbers in at least six states.

"We continue to work on this case. The agents keep looking at jackpots in different locations," Jobe said.

That includes Tennessee.

The President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery, Rebecca Hargrove, confirmed they provided the names of those who won certain lottery games to investigators.

They are reviewing those names to see if winners have ties to Tipton.

"We feel as confident as we possibly can that Tennessee was not impacted," Hargrove said.

But Tennessee lottery officials confirmed to Newschannel 5 Investigates that Tipton visited the offices of the Tennessee Lottery back in 2004 while he worked for the Multi-State Lottery Association.

"He had no access what-so-ever to our facilities since we started using random number generated drawings," Hargrove said.

Investigators are not focused on games like Mega-millions or Powerball because they use ball drops to pick winning numbers.

They are focused on games like Hot Lotto which use computers — called random number generators — to pick winners.

Tipton's brother actually won jackpots in Oklahoma and Colorado. An investigator was asked could anyone be that lucky?

David Jobe responded, "I wouldn't think so. I know I'm not."

Hargrove said the timing is critical — the state didn't start offering Hot Lotto until 2013 — after Tipton had been caught buying that ticket in Iowa and his scheme began to unravel.

She doubts Tennessee will be impacted by the lottery scam.

"We didn't use any random number generators from the gentleman who provided them," Hargrove said. "Our random number generators have never come from that source."

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Timeline of the biggest crime in US lottery history

The following is a compilation of Lottery Post news coverage chronicling the Hot Lotto mystery and subsequently discovered crime.

We start the timeline with a news story indicating that only 3 months remained for the $16 million Hot Lotto jackpot to be claimed.

Hargrove said the timing is critical — the state didn't start offering Hot Lotto until 2013 — after Tipton had been caught buying that ticket in Iowa and his scheme began to unravel.

Then why is MUSL wasting time investigating Tennessee Hot Lotto winners?

Tipton's brother actually won jackpots in Oklahoma and Colorado.

But can they prove Eddie Tipton rigged those drawings?