Texas man charged in Iowa lottery case contests extradition

Comment #16

VenomV12 — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:47:22 GMT

Actually I was hit by an illegal immigrant in Texas when I was last down there, another story for another day, but I am telling you it is really another country down there. Even the cops who I had to force to come down to the scene of the accident said so. They even referred to it as The Republic of Texas. I thought Texas was kind of normal and like everywhere else until that accident, then I learned not so much. If you drive anywhere near Texas, make sure you have great insurance, I did, I high... [ More ]

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 04:44:41 GMT

If you read the earlier article you'll find that it answers most of your questions. Writing a program that chooses particular numbers on a particular day is simple. Since the program's only function would be to draw those numbers on the specified day it wouldn't have any effect at all on the test drawings, which would remain a function of the correct RNG program. Installing it could be as simple as inserting a flash drive, and letting Windows do its usual autoplay to run the executable installat... [ More ]

Comment #14

mypiemaster — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:36:23 GMT

It makes you even a bigger MORON to think you can get involved with such nefarious activities and not be held accountable.

Comment #13

Lynn-Lynn — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:14:42 GMT

Wow.jail time. Lottery not playing

Comment #12

spartan1707 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:05:14 GMT

The snip ing thing is the Lottery says he used a program....how did he get in the room,plant said program,wait forever to play,They say they run test drawings before each drawing to ensure it's legit. So If it was me I'd like to have them show in court how I did it and you had drawings for weeks on end saying you tested the system. Then ask why certain numbers fail to draw. Just saying.

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Comment #11

Stack47 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:56:09 GMT

Prosecutors theorize that Tipton in November 2010 inserted a malicious software program into a computer that ran the random number generator for Hot Lotto, allowing him to manipulate the winning combination for the jackpot.

It didn't take much evidence to get a Grand Jury indictment for fraud against Tipton because they have video of him buying the ticket, but they might need more than a theory to convince a Texas court Rhodes was involved. They have phone records proving Tipton spoke to Rhod... [ More ]

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:20:28 GMT

Just take your ass down there and let the chips fall where they may.

Innocent or guilty, only a moron would willingly risk a trial if they can simply avoid it. It can cost thousands and thousands of dollars to be found not guilty.

Usually, extradition fights are between countries.

Extradition is between jurisdictions. Iowa has no jurisdiction over people who aren't in Iowa. The constitutional authority for a state to demand extradition says A Person charged in any State with Treason,... [ More ]

Comment #9

maringoman — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:20:03 GMT

What happens once happens twice. Someone else WILL rig the MUSL RNG, if they haven't already.

Comment #8

Original Bey — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:02:44 GMT

This happens more than you might realize. Especially when crooks employ high priced attorneys that argue under a particular state's legislation evidence collected would be insufficient to secure an indictment. At the end of the day, he's toast

Comment #7

Seattlejohn — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:51:16 GMT

Usually, extradition fights are between countries. I guess this Texas genius must think Texas is a country all to it's own. Good luck with that fight, moron; you don't have a leg to stand on. And good luck with your Iowa troubles; you're headed to the grey bar hotel...

Comment #6

RJOh — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:51:45 GMT

I doubt if 40 states could be convinced to join a multi-state game that used a RNG and took 32% of their sales money for the jackpots.

Comment #5

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:12:38 GMT

I never understood why MUSL would have ball drawings for PB and MM, but RNG for Hot Lotto. That doesn't make sense.

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:31:32 GMT

I don't believe for one moment that Rhodes wasn't aware of what was going on. I think he was in on the plan to rig the drawing from the beginning. I hope he gets extradited and I hope this gets Hot Lotto to finally use ball drawings.

Comment #3

Raven62 — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:16:12 GMT

Attn: Lottery Directors: Say No To RNG Drawings

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:06:32 GMT

If he goes to Iowa, he's afraid of where those chips may fall.

Who would have thought this would all go down like this when it first started.

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:54:44 GMT

What are you afraid of?. Just take your ass down there and let the chips fall where they may.

Texas man charged in Iowa lottery case contests extradition

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:33:00 GMT

A Texas businessman accused of helping a lottery security official to try to claim a rigged $14 million jackpot is out of jail while he fights extradition to Iowa.

Robert Rhodes, 46, of Sugar Land, Texas, left a county jail after posting bond April 9, three weeks after his arrest on two counts of fraud, court records show. He's expected to contest his extradition to Iowa during a May 7 hearing and is under electronic monitoring in the meantime.

Rhodes is denying charges that he worked with... [ More ]