MUSL paid $1.5 million to settle lawsuit over rigged jackpot

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KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:22:13 GMT

The paid him because they figured a jury might award him even more money.

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Stack47 — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:55:35 GMT

Hadn't Tipton rigged that drawing the jackpot would continue to grow and someone probably would have won before Dawson. MUSL paid Dawson because he was the next jackpot winner.

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Cruzincat — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:19:56 GMT

Given the odds that someone else might have won the jackpot before Dawson, that is probably a fair amount.

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MsBee18 — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:14:57 GMT

Even after legal fees he should clear a good million. He's not doing too bad.

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cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:01:44 GMT

Hats off to the press for finding a work around to the NDA. Doesn't say they also covered his legal fees, so I assume no.

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music* — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:28:36 GMT

The wheels of Justice grind slowly here in the U.S.A

MUSL paid $1.5 million to settle lawsuit over rigged jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:42:53 GMT

A national lottery group agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Iowa man who claimed that a $9 million jackpot he won in 2011 would have been bigger if the previous one hadn't been fixed by an insider.

An email released Friday shows that the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) informed its directors on Oct. 9 that it had agreed to pay Larry Dawson $1.5 million as a full and final settlement of his claims.

The association had refused to release details of the settleme... [ More ]