Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Tommy Tipton in lottery rigging case

Comment #13

CashCrown — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:29:07 GMT

I am not surprised at all. This is going on in every State, or almost all. Why? No one is watching the 'watchers'. Rigged Lotto means no one will play.

I have said forever that the Texas Lotto uses the Store address and the zip code to go with the winning numbers - how do they decide AHEAD of time, since it is usually a Quick Pick? I mean, what are the odds of a store's address and zip code figuring into a QP? It would have to be BEFORE the supposed ball drawing. Want an example? Got one for... [ More ]

Comment #12

Think — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:40:36 GMT

We should all just start calling these pickers what they are and that is TNGs which of course is short for Tipton Number Generators.

They are all rigged until proven otherwise but of course there is no absolute proof. It is much easier to tell if ball drawings are rigged and that is why they got away with the TNG scheme multiple times.

Comment #11

sully16 — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:33:49 GMT

Family reunion will be a hoot.

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 05:39:56 GMT

Investigating drawings up until Tipton's manipulations were discovered would be sensible. The only reason to investigate drawings after that date would be more security shortcomings. If they're not complete morons (a possibility I won't discount) they would have immediately stopped using any RNG that could possibly have been compromised, thereby preventing future issues. If they did that then there's no rational reason to worry about subsequent drawings on those dates.

I see only two possibil... [ More ]

Comment #9

RJOh — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:35:26 GMT

It's a B movie plot where security (Tipton) places a self-destructing rootkit into the RNG computer.

Did it self-destruct or go into hiding because in an article I read all drawings on two dates every year since were being investigated. Sounds like the RNG program is flawed in such a way that the results of the drawings on those dates may be predictable.

Comment #8

Stack47 — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 19:09:00 GMT

It's a B movie plot where security (Tipton) places a self-destructing rootkit into the RNG computer. Tennessee's RNG probably still has the same program that prevented non-repeat digits in their pick-3 and pick-4 games.

The solution to both potential security problems is to use the player popular live ball drawings.

Comment #7

KY Floyd — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 05:51:57 GMT

Any incidents involving Tipton rigging the draw were a problem with security, not with the RNG. Those problems can be easily fixed by good security, but I'm not holding my breath.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:59:39 GMT

Prosecutors recently revealed they believe his brother, Tommy, was also a key player in the scheme and possibly others outside of Iowa.

Saying they believe and proving it are two different things. Eddie Tipton is still out on bail waiting appeal so their evidence can't be that overwhelming.

IMO, because MUSL is still using the same RNG, they are doing absolutely nothing to prevent players from being cheated again and prosecuting the Tiptons won't change that.

Comment #5

Artist77 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:49:17 GMT

What

Comment #4

LOTTOKING2016 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:02:34 GMT

I would laugh at all white criminals

Comment #3

rca1952 — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:59:32 GMT

There are a lot of states using the random number generator systems like this one to call their number's. And until some one files a law suite against the use of them instead of the number ball's, it's going to continue this way! Washington State is a good place to start looking for other states who play with R.N.G.'s and the way that do! The number balls was a much better way for the player's!...

Comment #2

music* — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:08:10 GMT

It has been said, Where there is one roach then there must be plenty of others .

Comment #1

LiveInGreenBay — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 14:39:23 GMT

I'd like to slap the smirk right off that guys face

Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Tommy Tipton in lottery rigging case

Lottery Post — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:53:13 GMT

The latest case in a large-scale lottery rigging scheme is headed to the courtroom next week.

Tommy Tipton turned himself in earlier this month after being charged with ongoing criminal conduct.

Tommy's brother is former Multi-State Lottery Association employee Eddie Tipton, who is currently serving prison time for tampering with lottery equipment.

Police say Eddie rigged the Hot Lotto game electronically to win him a jackpot for $16 million in December of 2010.

Prosecutors recently... [ More ]