Another $1.2M Hot Lotto jackpot rigged by Tipton, officials say

Comment #26

sully16 — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:16:46 GMT

Binge eating.

Binge drinking.

Binge lottery rigging.

Comment #25

rcbbuckeye — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:21:24 GMT

A new version that is not RNG.

Comment #24

DELotteryPlyr — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:16:28 GMT

They need to just shut this game down and remake a new version.

Comment #23

lejardin — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:57:37 GMT

Sad to think but I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg. Good idea checking into quit/retired/ex employees financials.

Comment #22

Stack47 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:23:46 GMT

The Iowa Lottery had plenty of time to investigate, but have very little real evidence against Tipton. Basically all they proved is how inept their security is.

Comment #21

Bleudog101 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 15:01:47 GMT

Rarely does lottery guru play RNG games.

Comment #20

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:15:33 GMT

Absolutely. There are a lot of RNG games, and it is complete arrogance on the part of lottery commissions to continue to have RNG drawings thinking it can't happen to them after all this has been going on.

Comment #19

Tialuvslotto — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 13:15:23 GMT

This whole story makes me wonder what else is out there just waiting to be discovered? There are so many RNG games now, and I am sure Tipton isn't the first to have the idea and the skills to make this fraud happen. Maybe others are just less greedy or smart enough not to get caught?

I think lotteries are going to have to start monitoring the financials of their employees that have access to RNG systems and especially look at anyone who quit or retired early.

Comment #18

RJOh — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 13:12:45 GMT

This story just proves security should check security when lottery money is involved.

Comment #17

Stack47 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 08:07:53 GMT

The story is about a Hot Lotto jackpot being rigged and the possibility of a Texan resident being in on it. Texas doesn't sell Hot Lotto tickets so there is nothing unusual about buying Hot Lotto tickets in OK. You can only buy Texas lottery tickets in Texas so there is no choice when you go there.

Comment #16

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 02:43:59 GMT

True, whenever we go to Texas we always play Texas lottery games over Oklahoma.

Comment #15

KY Floyd — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 01:04:20 GMT

Nobody discovered a problem with the computer drawings until suspicions were raised by the method used to try to collect

That's because their security procedure is apparently to have the software certified and then sit back and assume nothing bad can happen.

In the hot lotto case the alleged manipulation went undetected for something like 5 weeks. That tells us that they're not making frequent checks (and perhaps not even infrequent checks) to see if that certified software has been manip... [ More ]

Comment #14

Stack47 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:54:22 GMT

People knew that he (Tipton) had connections in Texas, Redburn said. At the time we sent them this information and we reviewed it, this person that won that $1.2 million prize was from Texas. We told them they should probably check that out since he's an out-of-state winner.

That doesn't mean every Texan that purchases Hot Lotto tickets in Oklahoma knows Tipton, but it looks like that's what they are trying to prove. They better be extra careful because those multi-million jackpot winners wo... [ More ]

Comment #13

eddessaknight — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:50:28 GMT

Absolutely, similar occurrences are on the increase, remove people programmable RNG machinery that can possibly contribute to thievery give players a break - aren't the odds enough to contend with?

Where ever big money is at stake in speculation, the predictable greed factor plays an important hand.

Eddessa_Knight

Comment #12

SooPretty — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 23:45:36 GMT

I Think the VA Lottery is rigged too. you cant see the balls when their drawn and funny how the same number comes out maye 1 or 2 days later. our roads are not fixed and why do they say they give so much to the schools.....lmao....if that were true. then why teacher always sending notes home for #supplies.....

Comment #11

michael 777 — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:58:17 GMT

when will you people wake up abolish money abolish government abolish religion

Comment #10

HoLeeKau — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:44:30 GMT

Now I see that one rigged drawing benefited Tipton's brother to the tune of less than $600K and it was NOT Hot Lotto, but was a Colorado Lotto game. He may not have gotten anything from that since it was his brother. His mistake on that one was not making sure there was only 1 winning ticket sold, so Bro had to share the JP with a couple other winners.

And the other one was worth less than a million too, I don't think this was a Hot Lotto ticket either. So I guess he probably didn't have a mi... [ More ]

Comment #9

realtorjim — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:51:36 GMT

I agree on the greed part, HoLeeKau, that's for sure. Not that what he did was right by any means, but as my signatures surmises, it's okay to be a pig, just don't be a hog. That also plays back to people saying Money is the root of all evil , when actually it is The love of money is the root of all evil . Money in itself is not evil, and I will certainly take it. I just don't need, or want, it all.

Comment #8

HoLeeKau — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:43:08 GMT

I see what you're saying. Nobody discovered a problem with the computer drawings until suspicions were raised by the method used to try to collect the 12 mil JP.

But I still think his greed was his main downfall. If he had been satisfied with his cut from the first 3, I don't think he'd have ever gotten caught. I don't remember what the other 2 jackpots were worth (has that been reported?), but the one in Texas paid out $600K which is about minimum for HL, so my guess is his cuts added up to... [ More ]

Comment #7

realtorjim — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:29:00 GMT

I guess I should have reworded it. He got caught through another person, not through the actual action of manipulation. It was through the action of the attorney, thus inquiries, and people involved in the investigation that got him busted. In my opinion someone still had to squeal to direct the attention. Of course that just my opinion and not worth a whole lot.

Comment #6

HoLeeKau — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:23:48 GMT

I thought he got caught because he tried to get an attorney to collect the last jackpot for him and the attorney refused to reveal who the owner of the ticket was. It wasn't until that happened that the lottery got suspicious and looked into things.

My guess is with the other JPs he only got half of the net as his cut and that wasn't enough for him so he tried to get an attorney to collect the last one for a much smaller cut, maybe just 25%.

I hadn't heard that someone squealed. Who was th... [ More ]

Comment #5

realtorjim — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:12:37 GMT

From what I recall the reason he got caught is because someone squealed, not because what he did was discovered. That is the very reason certain organizations wiped out all evidence of a crime. Of course this wasn't as organized and the till got tipped. Obviously RNG's are very prone to sabotage, so why do the lotteries continue with them

Comment #4

travelintrucker — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:19:12 GMT

I thought someone had won the $3.9 million jackpot. I still have a chance at it. It sucks that people try to cheat the system.

Comment #3

HoLeeKau — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 16:50:35 GMT

A greedy dud. Sounds like the maroon would have gotten away with it if he had been happy with stealing just a million or two. But he needed that last 12 mil and got caught.

Comment #2

tnwinner — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 16:29:32 GMT

This is why random number generators for lotteries should be outlawed. There is too much of a chance for fraud reguardless of the state it is played in

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:53:03 GMT

Man, this guy is a dud.

Another $1.2M Hot Lotto jackpot rigged by Tipton, officials say

Lottery Post — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 13:02:36 GMT

Ticket was sold in Oklahoma

A $1.2 million jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Oklahoma in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of a multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states, a lottery official said Friday.

Oklahoma Lottery Director Rollo Redburn said a criminal investigation in Iowa has been expanded to include the winning ticket sold at the Miki Mart in Idabel in November 2011.

Eddie Tipton, a former security director of th... [ More ]