Lottery scandal unlikely to affect New Mexico, official says

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:54:58 GMT

I'm still not sure what point you're trying to make.

You can't guarantee a win without picking both the winning combination and the combination on your ticket. That means that even if you know what the winning numbers will be you have no advantage if you buy a QP. That means that nobody who won with a QP won as a result of knowing what the winning numbers were going to be. Since only one winner in NM wasn't a QP that's the only person who could possibly have played the winning numbers because... [ More ]

Comment #8

Stack47 — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 02:05:02 GMT

When I watched the ticket buying video I didn't see a play slip, the ticket was for five draws, and didn't indicate it was a QP. The New Mexico Lottery is saying only one of their jackpot prize winners was a self pick meaning that's the only drawing Tipton could win.

Comment #7

Cruzincat — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:09:54 GMT

How can they say it didn't affect their lottery when their players bought tickets that were won in another state where Tipton's surrogates took the money out of the pool

Comment #6

RJOh — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:20:59 GMT

I took it to mean the only way to win picking your own numbers was to cheat, the winning numbers weren't picked completely randomly. Tipton knew that and took advantage of it. The RNG had a designed flaw to get a desired result.

Comment #5

sully16 — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:48:03 GMT

Wow, so if you picked your own numbers and won, you are a suspect.

Tipton screwed the real winners as well.

Comment #4

realtorjim — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:24:15 GMT

I think what they are saying is that Tipton knew what numbers to play because of the software that was installed, therefore only jackpot winning tickets with player opted picks would be susceptible to possible fraud connected to the scheme, likewise, subject to inquiry within the investigation.

Comment #3

lolive58 — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:33:22 GMT

I've always wonder what happen to these lottery numbers. Georgia Lottery is the worst. They are so corrupted you can never know who really won the jackpot. Don't even think about playing cash 3 and cash 4 in GA. They played repeat numbers over and over and over such a BS. I actually think GA lottery need to be investigated for SCAM. Don't waist your money if you leave in GA go to Florida, South or North Carolina or even Tennessee. What a BS

Comment #2

RJOh — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 20:28:39 GMT

He said only one Hot Lotto jackpot won in New Mexico involved a person who selected numbers as opposed to using quick pick numbers selected randomly by lottery computers.

Sounds like he's saying players who picked their own numbers only ever won the jackpot once, could it be their RNG had software to avoid picking such numbers too. I always had the impression that a fair drawing didn't favor either.

Comment #1

Stack47 — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 19:59:59 GMT

Iowa prosecutors alleged that Tipton, 52, used his access to random-number generators the computers that randomly pick winning numbers to surreptitiously install software programs that let him know the winning numbers in advance. The stealth software then disappears without a trace.

How do they know or can prove that Tipton installed the stealth software if it disappeared without a trace?

The real question directed at MUSL should be if you know there is a stealth software that does all the... [ More ]

Lottery scandal unlikely to affect New Mexico, official says

Lottery Post — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:35:27 GMT

The expanding investigation of a former security chief for the national association that operates Powerball, Mega Millions, Hot Lotto and other lotteries is unlikely to affect New Mexico at this point, state lottery CEO David Barden said this week.

State officials, however, have been in touch with Iowa investigators, cooperating with them and providing requested data on some local jackpot winners.

Eddie Tipton, who worked for the Des Moines-based Multi-State Lottery Association since 2003