Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action, affecting 7.2 million tickets in 19 states

Comment #21

KY Floyd — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:02:20 GMT

One of the required elements in a lawsuit asking for damages is being able to prove the damages. Dawson's problem is that he can't prove that he would have gotten all the money if it weren't for Tipton. It might be unfair not to give him something, but the law doesn't always do what's fair.

OTOH, all the people who lost in the rigged drawings can prove that their chance of winning was probably reduced to zero (Tipton's scheme allowed a couple of hundred possible combinations, so a few players... [ More ]

Comment #20

noise-gate — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:02:39 GMT

Good read Floyd. I for one, seriously doubt Larry will get millions more. He can try, but ultimately the powers that be could turn around tell Dawson that because of Eddie's machinations, he, larry benefited from that draw.Kinda like those folks who can't hold their liquor, leave the bar, get into an accident then turn around and blame the bartender, who was only doing his job, by not doing it, for overserving him or her drinks.

* In other words: Everything was great, until it was not so grea... [ More ]

Comment #19

KY Floyd — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:57:51 GMT

I guess $9 mil is not good enough for Ol Lucky Larry.

I'm pretty sure that everybody who doesn't work for the lottery thinks the $16 million that Tipton tried to claim is prize money that the lottery shouldn't be keeping. There's absolutely no doubt that if Tipton didn't have a fraudulent ticket with numbers that wouldn't have come up if he hadn't rigged the game that money would have gone to a different player (or players) in that or a future drawing.

That means there's also absolutely n... [ More ]

Comment #18

Bleudog101 — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:59:43 GMT

Costco had a class action lawsuit against one of their vendors for LED bulbs. Had no idea until a check came, it was either for $24 or $48 can't remember, they went by how many you bought. Now these guys like you said duckman will get $1.05 each if they even win that is.

Comment #17

noise-gate — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:55:20 GMT

Hilarious Stack. I did a search on this guy Dawson, and it turns out he took the bulk of his $9 mil expanded his business. I guess when word got out that fast Eddie was doing a fast one he figured that he could get a 2nd bite at the lottery apple. Culler on the otherhand spent $63.00 on two games, but somehow interprets his investment covers him for 9 years. You couldnt make this stuff up, even if you tried. You remember that episode where a woman played the penny slot machine it rang her up tha... [ More ]

Comment #16

Stack47 — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:53:00 GMT

Eddie affected so many lives.

Just like when MM and PB draw numbers 94% don't have. Maybe we should all non jackpot winners should sue. Without the melodrama, if any lives were actually affected, the blame should be on the people who hired Eddie and the lottery he worked for. Is the Multi-State Lottery Association responsible for paying all the affected lives if the Hexham Investments Trust can't?

Even though the numbers Tipton picked were the only numbers that could win the jackpot, play... [ More ]

Comment #15

duckman — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:47:36 GMT

Don't be surprised if once the case is settled, the law firm handling the class action suit gets something like $10 Million and each class participant gets $1.05 each.

Comment #14

noise-gate — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:30:16 GMT

l guess the government does not feel that they were personally gipped by Eddie. They seem to have washed their hands, given that it s been reported that Eddie has paid hardly anything back thus far.Probably hoping to dig up his stash when he gets released.

Comment #13

noise-gate — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:24:31 GMT

You thinking of Larry Dawson rcb- that guy won $9 Mil but said that it should have been $ 26 mil had not Eddie screwed around with a prior drawing. I guess $9 mil is not good enough for Ol Lucky Larry.

Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:13:52 GMT

I can't recall if it was Culler or not, but wasn't there a Hot Lotto winner right after Tipton winning his jackpot? That person would have won the won the money that Tipton tried to get.

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:02:58 GMT

Good point. Doesn't the government seize money launderers and drug king pins monies as well as their assets such as houses, boats, airplanes etc.? Seize and sell

Comment #10

noise-gate — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:56:18 GMT

l am surprised the courts haven t attacked his bank accounts. What are they waiting for

Comment #9

noise-gate — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:47:53 GMT

Eddie affected so many lives. He probably thinks, not according to him, given that it s a game of chance.I also wonder how much Culler thinks HE should be getting in this settlement, a million dollars or more

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:18:11 GMT

I just want to see restitution from those two Brothers. They seem intent and not paying back the judgment against them.

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:12:06 GMT

LP will probably get at least one new member asking for losing tickets from the states and time framed mentioned.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:50:00 GMT

Comment #5

noise-gate — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:48:37 GMT

l doubt it s that simple TMM. These folks joining this class action lawsuit better have containers of losing stashed away. Simply saying l played and lost while Eddie was up to no good, won t cut it.lf it was that easy, panhandlers could come forward saying they played the lottery as well, but threw away their tickets when they read Sorry, not a winner.

Comment #4

brees2012 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 19:48:45 GMT

The only persons who's going to benefit from Class Act Suits , will be the Attorney(s) !!!

NOT the people who bought the Tickets

Comment #3

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:37:37 GMT

There are so many ways to join a class action suit. All they have to do is say they were affected and they'll get a piece of the settlement.

Comment #2

music* — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:42:34 GMT

Eddie Tipton affected so many lives. He was a person in authority and abused that position.

It will be interesting to watch this class action lawsuit. No one knows where it will end.

Comment #1

Kingofearth — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:32:51 GMT

Culler says games in the following states are affected: Iowa, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Dakota, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Delaware, Maine, Vermont, Tennessee and Washington, D.C.

My state isn't listed

Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action, affecting 7.2 million tickets in 19 states

Lottery Post — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:24:15 GMT

By Jason Clayworth

A judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that claims people who purchased at least 7.2 million lottery tickets in 19 states were scammed by a former national lottery IT director who worked in Iowa.

Eddie Tipton, the former IT director for the Multi-State Lottery Association in Urbandale, added a secret code to random number-generating computer software in 2005 that allowed him to narrow the drawing's winning odds from as great as 5 million to 1 down to 200 to... [ More ]