US Senate panel demands info in lottery scandal

Comment #19

Winners — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:52:53 GMT

I wish they went back to having people draw the balls live.that's the only way I will believe it is not rigged . Especially in Ohio. I truly feel the lottery is rigged. Same number combination back to back and always one off your w choice of numbers. Too much coincidences

Comment #18

Winners — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:48:48 GMT

Comment #17

Think — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 02:49:57 GMT

Well we can all thank the Senator and hope that something comes of his inquiry.

Comment #16

Bleudog101 — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:02:54 GMT

'They' would never address the fact lottery winners are taxed on a voluntary tax--buying lottery tickets. Too bad we couldn't follow the lead of other industrialized nations and stop this practice. The IRS has the most voluminous rules and regulations of any country; over 500 pages last I knew and certainly is much larger now.

Comment #15

music* — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 22:33:09 GMT

Criminals should know about Tax Evasion. Another crime they commit because they cannot be honest about where the money came from.

As for the previous poster in this thread that taxes are too high on lottery winnings. Contact your Congress member and Senator. Vote accordingly.

Comment #14

HoLeeKau — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:56:31 GMT

My guess is he wouldn't have been caught. I assume his other accomplices gave him part of their winnings. His downfall was greed. His share of the others wasn't enough, he had to go for more. And he was too greedy to share it with a frontman on the last one so he bought it himself.

Had he stopped after he had accumulated a few million and called it good, he almost certainly wouldn't have been caught. If he had shared the last 12 mil ticket with a frontman, he still probably wouldn't have bee... [ More ]

Comment #13

LiveInGreenBay — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:29:58 GMT

If they could tax it at 100 percent....They would.

Comment #12

TnTicketlosers — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:37:18 GMT

So that tells me that TIPTON fixed the Tennessee computers when he visited in 2004,,,why no one ever wins or shown on line as winners......interesting....I cant wait till it all goes down..and certain people are caught.

Comment #11

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:59:18 GMT

I can not take the credit. It wasn't an educated reply, it was GOOGLE

Comment #10

mypiemaster — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:58:27 GMT

The biggest fraud that is perpetrated on the lottery, which should actually be A BIG SCANDAL, is the taxation of lottery wins. I bet nobody in the senate wants to talk about that.

Comment #9

music* — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:37:04 GMT

Thank You for your educated reply.

We can learn from the ancients and do not need to re-invent the wheel. So to speak.

Comment #8

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:31:56 GMT

I wonder if Eddie Tipton had not purchased the winning ticket himself, would he have been caught

Comment #7

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:28:57 GMT

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase found in the work of the Roman poet Juvenal from his Satires (Satire VI, lines 347 8). It is literally translated as Who will guard the guards themselves? , though is also known by variant translations.

Comment #6

music* — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:18:55 GMT

The ancient Romans would say, Who guards the guards? . In Latin or Greek.

Comment #5

LiveInGreenBay — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:27:28 GMT

Who's watching the watchers

Comment #4

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:15:12 GMT

When Terry Rich was on here a few months ago he made it pretty clear that RNG draws were not going away.

Maybe now that will change after all.

Comment #3

music* — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 03:01:28 GMT

I hope that MUSLA has changed the policy of who can access the computers. But, I am with Todd when he says, Stop the RNG games.

Comment #2

Stack47 — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 02:41:57 GMT

Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said the allegations of fraud in lottery games offered for sale around the country raise serious concerns. Yet he said it's not clear what the Multi-State Lottery Association, an Iowa-based nonprofit that administers the games, is doing to address them.

It happened almost five years ago and the last time I looked the Hot Lotto game uses the same RNG. We all would like to know why MUSA did nothing about it (and... [ More ]

Comment #1

music* — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:48:53 GMT

Thank You, Todd Northrop, for keeping us updated and informed about the latest news on this crime.

I know it is serious when the Federal Government gets involved.

This could influence RNG's in our games. Will they be halted and replaced

US Senate panel demands info in lottery scandal

Lottery Post — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:21:00 GMT

A U.S. Senate oversight panel demanded Wednesday to know how state lotteries are increasing their security measures after an insider allegedly rigged jackpots for years to enrich himself and associates.

Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said the allegations of fraud in lottery games offered for sale around the country raise serious concerns. Yet he said it's not clear what the Multi-State Lottery Association, an Iowa-based nonprofit that admin... [ More ]