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Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich to answer lottery player questions live Monday eveningNews Story
Lottery Post will host event at 8pm EST By Todd Northrop Lottery players from across the United States and around the world will have the chance Monday evening to ask questions about the Eddie Tipton computerized drawing rigging scandal to Terry Rich, Iowa Lottery CEO, who was instrumental in discovering the crime. In December 2010 a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $16 million was won on a ticket purchased in Iowa. One year later, with just two hours to spare before the ticket was to expire, a
Jan 11, 2016, 10:39 am - Lottery News

Tipton granted delay in next trial until JulyNews Story
A judge has delayed the trial for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in several states. Former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton had been scheduled to stand trial Jan. 6 in Des Moines, Iowa. But Tipton waived his right to a speedy trial last week, and his attorney asked for a delay. Judge Jeffrey Farrell last week reset the trial for July 18. Tipton has pleaded not guilty to charges of ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering. This
Dec 29, 2015, 6:24 pm - Lottery News

MUSL CHIEF OUSTED OVER JACKPOT-RIGGING SCANDALNews Story
Key industry official has run Powerball from its inception Bret Toyne appointed interim executive director A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed from his 28-year post leading the Multi-State Lottery Association after a jackpot-fixing scandal inside his organization got bigger, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. Charles Strutt, executive director of the association since its 1987 founding, was stripped o
Dec 23, 2015, 2:39 pm - Lottery News

Prosecutors say Tipton rigged two jackpots he purchased tickets for in KansasNews Story
MUSL computerized drawing scandal now confirmed in 5 states, still looking for more The former security chief for a national association that operates lotteries personally bought two tickets that won jackpots in Kansas, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have rigged lottery drawings. Investigators recently linked Kansas jackpots won in 2010 to Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, Iowa assistant attorne
Dec 21, 2015, 7:58 pm - Lottery News

Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteriesNews Story
The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance. He enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. And they enrich themselves for years until a misstep unravels their high-tech scheme. Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been accused of tampering with drawings in four states over a six-year pe
Dec 18, 2015, 4:33 pm - Lottery News

Iraqi's Oregon jackpot raises questions on lottery salesNews Story
The man from Baghdad showed up unannounced this month in a state office building in Salem, Ore., with a piece of paper in his hand that he said was worth $6.4 million. He politely asked that his name be kept quiet, then told state officials that he had set up a local bank account into which they should deposit money annually. And then he went away, richer and more mysterious than when he arrived. It was not an ordinary day at the Oregon Lottery. The story started with small details, lotter
Dec 13, 2015, 3:34 pm - Lottery News

Another $1.2M Hot Lotto jackpot rigged by Tipton, officials sayNews Story
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
Nov 21, 2015, 8:02 am - Lottery News

HOT LOTTO DRAWING CHEAT CHARGED WITH RIGGING MORE JACKPOTSNews Story
Computerized drawing nightmare: Colorado, Wisconsin jackpots may have been rigged Authorities say criminal enterprise ongoing for years Includes video report By Todd Northrop Authorities on Friday filed new charges against a former Iowa Lottery security officer who was convicted months ago of rigging a Hot Lotto game so he could win a $14 million jackpot. Authorities are now asking the public to report any similar cases around the country. Representatives for the Iowa Lottery a
Oct 9, 2015, 8:50 pm - Lottery News

In lotteries, lucky numbers will only win you lessNews Story
It goes without saying the chance of winning the lottery is minuscule. But if you play the numbers, you should know that certain tactics commonly used to make picks reduce the likelihood of collecting the maximum payout. Grab a pencil, and we'll try it out. Let's say a $1 lottery ticket allows you to choose six numbers between 1 and 75. Write down your choices and make a mental note regarding the significance of each one. If you are like many people, you picked numbers with personal mea
Oct 9, 2015, 10:59 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket printer grants rare peek at operationsNews Story
For about 30 minutes this afternoon, Pollard Banknote took the unusual step of stopping its new, instant-lottery ticket press so it could show it off. We're halting production for a few minutes, not withstanding the fact we've got to get tickets out the door still to pay for this sucker, Doug Pollard, the company's co-CEO with his brother John, said as the din of the press in Ypsilanti was quieted. But we'll fire it back up after. A mostly family-owned company based in Winnipeg, Canada,
Sep 22, 2015, 9:15 am - Lottery News