HOT LOTTO DRAWING CHEAT CHARGED WITH RIGGING MORE JACKPOTS

Comment #45

KY Floyd — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 04:58:03 GMT

You're confused about how it works.

The drawing can result in any of the possible combinations being selected, and that combination may or may not match a combination that was played. As long as at least one combination has been played it's possible that the combination that is drawn will match it, and there will be a winner. Unless every possible combination is played (which has never happened in a jackpot game with many millions of possible combinations) a winner is never guaranteed. In mos... [ More ]

Comment #44

Technics — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 04:47:35 GMT

All while assuring the public that there is NO WAY THAT ANYONE CAN CHEAT THE GAME........OK

Comment #43

realtorjim — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:54:55 GMT

More than likely true. I believe the downfall came from someone in the know who reported it. Probably didn't get as much pie as they thought they should get or only knew someone who did get pie but they didn't and couldn't stand the thought of someone else getting dessert and they didn't. To many people in the kitchen and this always happens. Now, the real question is how many kitchens only have one cook. Thus no one to even know they made a pie let alone share it or having someone discover the... [ More ]

Comment #42

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:13:58 GMT

Maybe he didn't want people asking why does the Hot Lotto winners always come from Iowa

Comment #41

mypiemaster — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:12:35 GMT

Corky{got a snip for C but not for R}, confident and carelessness are usually the main ingredients that bring down a crook.

Comment #40

RJOh — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:41:56 GMT

Please tell us about this imaginary lottery where a winner isn't even possible.

If a lottery is run like a raffle where only the terminals pick which numbers are sold and have a drawing that picks a winning number that wasn't sold then you have a lottery that a winner isn't possible.

Lotteries with self picks also draw winning numbers that aren't sold but it was possible for someone to have picked that number.

I don't think many people would buy tickets for a lottery ran that way, I kn... [ More ]

Comment #39

RJOh — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:21:38 GMT

He should have traveled to one of those states to buy his crooked ticket or maybe he had in the past and just got lazy the last time when he got caught.

Comment #38

KY Floyd — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:21:17 GMT

If you eliminate self picks then lotteries would be exactly like the ones we have now, except that 100 of tickets would be QP instead of just 70 to 80%. People buy millions of tickets every week for lotteries where a winner isn't guaranteed. Please tell us about this imaginary lottery where a winner isn't even possible.

Comment #37

KY Floyd — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:10:19 GMT

If somebody can rig the drawing computer what makes you think they can't make a terminal spit out the numbers they want?

It's the security procedures that affect access and manipulation of the lottery's computers that matter. The problem with the Hot Lotto incident isn't that it's possible to write code that affects the drawing. It's that somebody could install that code and that it could then go undetected for more than a month. Even with those problems, the drawing computer was still far mo... [ More ]

Comment #36

Coin Toss — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:32:56 GMT

HoLeeKau,

Your post made me think of a situation where a time traveler wins a jackpot and the lottery people vet him or her.

How'd you pick the numbers?

I looked at previous results and then came back to this year.

No, seriously.

I just told you, seriously.

We can't pay you until you tell us the real deal.

Comment #35

Stack47 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:51:11 GMT

Hot Lotto is a multi-state game drawn in Iowa where Tipon worked.

Comment #34

Bleudog101 — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:20:13 GMT

Just saw the tail end of the ABC news story on this, will go on-line to see if its entirety can be found

Comment #33

RJOh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:53:42 GMT

If you eliminated self picks then lotteries would be like raffles where a winner has to be drawn from the tickets sold every drawing and the jackpots couldn't continue to accumulate after each drawing.

Why would people buy tickets in a lottery where there in no guaranteed of a winner or even the possibility of a winner?

What ever the rules are make no difference if no one buys tickets.

Comment #32

HoLeeKau — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:36:43 GMT

I don't believe anyone anywhere can claim anonymously. AFAIK all lotteries vet the winners and make sure they don't owe child support, back taxes, etc.

So the push from some of us to be able to remain anonymous (names not released to the press or the public) would not have allowed this man's cheating to go undiscovered.

Comment #31

cbr$ — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:12:21 GMT

I'm a Hoosier [snowbird] . I want to see the drawing. It makes me wonder what these Lottery Headquarter are really thinking about when they option for computerized drawing. You have not save any money if it end up with loss of credibility lawsuits. The fact that they got a warnings before it happen they could be hack or rig not listen is crazy to me. To the hacker you're just another challenge. Everything in these stories, scream stick to live drawings. Numbers not even program in to be drawn so... [ More ]

Comment #30

JADELottery — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:11:45 GMT

This wouldn't even be a problem if everyone could just claim prizes anonymously.... geesh.

It's the best controversial reason yet for Quick Picks only, people picking their own numbers is a security risk.

Comment #29

HoLeeKau — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:20:03 GMT

If it's proven he did this, he needs to spend life in prison without parole sharing a cell with Bernie Madoff. What he did eroded public trust when his job specifically charged him with gaining/keeping our trust.

Comment #28

Drenick1 — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 13:16:54 GMT

I agree with the consensus of many here to simply stay away from RNG lotteries as well as ALL slot machines. I am curious if other states that utilize RNG's are on the radar for fraudulent activities? i.e. TN.

Comment #27

LottoMetro — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:55:00 GMT

Amusingly, a few years ago I came across some $500 slot machines set to 25% payout. I couldn't figure out how the casino was getting away with it until I realized they only had to adhere to an average payout and during certain seasons they would set the machines to 110% etc.

Comment #26

Coin Toss — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 04:54:26 GMT

Edessa_Knight,

There were a bunch of bars in Vegas back in the late 1980s that were all part of a progressive Royal flush jackpot on video poker machines. All the machines were set never to hit a royal.

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This article makes the timing of Illinois going to computerized drawings very suspicious.

Comment #25

picktowin — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:55:36 GMT

I would like to know why it took them so long before they caught this guy what he was doing. I am from Wisconsin and I think they need to pay back the Wisconsin people money. All of uspiured money in and couldn't win if we wanted to with all that crap going on. Apparently the head honcho at the lottery head quarters don't know what their doing.

Comment #24

savagegoose — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:24:42 GMT

so you're paying your brother $20k a month for 20 years

Comment #23

Todd — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 01:29:01 GMT

North Carolina is one of the good guys that uses a real lottery ball drawing. Sorry things have been unlucky for you, but at least it's much better to know that the balls just aren't bouncing your way rather than having the possibility that someone is rigging a computerized drawing.

Comment #22

sincere — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:32:51 GMT

somebody please report the North Carolina lottery some fishy things are going on and we all know it

Comment #21

eddessaknight — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 23:30:32 GMT

All machines can be rigged some are, there's plethora of published news stories world wide as proof.

Eddessa_Knight

Comment #20

TnTicketlosers — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:57:55 GMT

Its sucked from the beginning tnwinner.I really knew it when they dropped tripples the worst 2 ice days of the year,they dont care to keep it hid either.Till she leaves or it's changed I wont play.

Comment #19

tnwinner — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:12:17 GMT

TENNESSEE uses a RNG. It is time for that and the top lottery executive Rebecca Paul Hargrave to leave. Tennesse draws have glitches. We had a good lottery until they started the RNG. Now it sucks

Comment #18

earthdragon72 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 18:58:58 GMT

This already happened before in Arizona.

Comment #17

butch2030 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:59:26 GMT

Tomorrow's numbers are 2, 14, 37, 6, 12, 28, 32, 18, 4, 22.

The drawing device containing 37 numbers from 1 to 37 inclusive will be a cardboard box I will select the 10 numbers by hand.

Trust me....................................................................

Oh by the way, my brother has the winning numbers on a ticket for tomorrow, so there will be at least 1 winner, maybe more, depending on who reads this.

Comment #16

butch2030 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:40:52 GMT

To view/download combinations and patterns found in the Hot Lotto Game -- Go To -- https://app.box.com/s/0dsuurqotqlzwqu9ce0n

Please advise of any questions and/or problems.

Good Luck Best Wishes To All...........................................

Comment #15

noise-gate — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:20:30 GMT

It may well be that Tipton is a Grandmaster at this- what I would like to know is where are the other Sorcerer Apprentices? Someone had to have taught him know to pull this off he in turn taught others.

Comment #14

sully16 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:23:08 GMT

I will never trust the RNG ever.

Comment #13

slurpee — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:09:39 GMT

I still can't figure out ANY good reason calotto pulled video of slp drawings!!!

Calotto had/made a statement (when they pulled video) on their slp page, that they were still conducting ball drops, and if you wanted to watch you could attend the ball drops in person at their Sacramento hq...

Recently I searched the slp page on the calotto site for that statement, and was unable to find the statement??? Did calotto quietly switch slp to a computerized draw???

Edit: I just visited the ca... [ More ]

Comment #12

TnTicketlosers — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:34:26 GMT

Mr.Investigator come on down to Tennessee PLEASE

Comment #11

grwurston — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 06:23:56 GMT

I believe you. WOW

Comment #10

savagegoose — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 04:43:54 GMT

We have a new game here, have been thinking i shouldnt play it because its the 1st ddraw here in australia that has a prize of an annuity not a cash lunp sum. and i dont want to encourage that sort of shenanigans. but this talk of RNG draws had me go to the rules and look up how the nymbers are drawn i found this

10 NUMBERS will be drawn from a drawing device containing 37 numbers from 1 to 37 inclusive.

now no mention of a ball drop, or balls just a device containing numbers... [ More ]

Comment #9

mediabrat — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 04:38:17 GMT

This thread is about games that are drawn using computerized random number generators. NY uses traditional ball sets and machines. Do try and keep up.

Comment #8

Nikkicute — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 04:00:54 GMT

What the heck!! This guy was able to do this in other states

Comment #7

ElinaSammy2081 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 03:13:27 GMT

NY Take 5 example A:

03/20/2014 03-04-31-33-35

03/13/2014 03-04-31-33-35

go check it out only seven days and the same numbers repeat themselves when there are more than five hundred thousand combinations I believe NY is rigged too.

Comment #6

djpowerball1234 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:46:43 GMT

and if you don't believe me Highlight the spaces after this text...left click and hold like you were going to copy ..,Told YOU THAT YOU Wouldn't EVEN SEE IT

Comment #5

djpowerball1234 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:37:51 GMT

If you have anything run by a computer, you can guarantee that it will be hacked or scammed . In the credit card industry which is all computers and some of the greatest computer minds in the world can not keep the criminals from getting your card numbers, what makes them think that a computer can be used to have a RNG to honestly run a multi million dollar lottery fairly. Random number generators are a myth , all they are is an algorithm that stops on a set of numbers that are generated under a... [ More ]

Comment #4

VenomV12 — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:29:15 GMT

This sure makes you trust the lotteries, doesn't it? I mean we have proof that one game can definitely be rigged, how are we sure that most if not all of them can be

Comment #3

DELotteryPlyr — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:54:04 GMT

Time to shut this game down, I played a little when in Delaware and when I go over to DE sometimes. Actually hit a bit more on this than any other jackpot game. But clearly this game is compromised. We will learn that there are alot more people involved than these. Only option is to shut it down and open a new game using balls vs computer.

Comment #2

four4me — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:21:57 GMT

great it's out in the open maybe now they will kill cmputerized drawings.

Comment #1

LottoBux — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:17:09 GMT

If It Happened Once Already,Why Can't It Happen Again.

It's Pretty Sad That This Is The State That RNG Games Are In Right Now.

WTG Todd On Your Pursuit Of The Petition for True Lottery Drawings.

HOT LOTTO DRAWING CHEAT CHARGED WITH RIGGING MORE JACKPOTS

Lottery Post — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:50:56 GMT

Computerized drawing nightmare: Colorado, Wisconsin jackpots may have been rigged

Authorities say criminal enterprise ongoing for years

Includes video report

By Todd Northrop

Authorities on Friday filed new charges against a former Iowa Lottery security officer who was convicted months ago of rigging a Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot.

Authorities are now asking the public to report any similar cases around the country.

Representatives for the Iowa Lottery a... [ More ]