Investigators find another friend of Tipton who cashed rigged lottery prize

Comment #15

OneTrickpony — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:51:15 GMT

Like Baretta used to say, If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime .

(Too bad Robert Blake didn't follow his characters' advice...

Comment #14

Groppo — Fri, 13 May 2016 04:04:07 GMT

Mr. RJoh,

Amazing how greed will feed on itself.

I thank Jehovah God that He's not allowed me to stray into such murky waters.

I do other things I shouldn't, like play lotto in the first place. Sometimes, online, I play poker, but I rarely feel lucky.

But, I don't want to be the guy sitting in jail right now, with 10 years to go, thinking

Why did I do it? Why? WHY?. . . .

And then the cell mate from the next cell Hey FOOL, Keep it down . . . . . . .

Jail/Prison has to be... [ More ]

Comment #13

RJOh — Fri, 13 May 2016 01:17:27 GMT

Eddie Tipton got away with this for six years with the help of friends and relatives and smaller winning amounts. Being in security, he should have known a jackpot of $15M would be investigated more closely. He got greedy and went for the big one which he planned to keep it all for just himself.

Comment #12

haymaker — Fri, 13 May 2016 00:51:22 GMT

Good one. LOL

Comment #11

Groppo — Thu, 12 May 2016 23:39:36 GMT

To Everyone:

I sure am glad I've never ever got myself involved in any sort of crime. And now, this white collar type of crime,

where I'd be lost. I wouldn't even know the how or what associated with such crimes.

Why can't these people, like in the RNG thing just STOP AND THINK, before going any further?

Before it becomes too late, and the next thing they know, they're doing 10 years?

What the heck people?

So, if you find yourself involved in some kind of complicated situation,... [ More ]

Comment #10

luckyshoes — Thu, 12 May 2016 12:50:41 GMT

Who better to take the money than DeMoney ........the lure of easy money has a very strong appeal.

Comment #9

sully16 — Thu, 12 May 2016 11:29:40 GMT

Exactly.

Comment #8

JoeCanWin — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:34:40 GMT

I get the impression that Miss DeMoney came forward willingly. If she did, she will probably get off. We shall soon see. Poor Eddie, doesn't he know yet that there is no such thing as the perfect crime? You can outsmart people and computer stuff, but you can never outsmart karma.

Comment #7

Tialuvslotto — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:26:59 GMT

The investigators have a rule: Follow DeMoney. So they did

Comment #6

maximumfun — Thu, 12 May 2016 04:49:57 GMT

I guess what surprises me is that this stayed a secret for so long.

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 12 May 2016 02:25:43 GMT

I wonder if she really thought it was an engagement gift when a friend who works for the lottery gives her a winning lottery ticket to cash that he can't because of his job and offer to split the after tax amount equally. I wonder how many such gifts Tipton offered other friends.

Comment #4

DELotteryPlyr — Thu, 12 May 2016 02:24:31 GMT

I am sure there will be more 'friends' like this that come forward.

ANY state that thinks RNG is good has got to be NUTS after this

Comment #3

music* — Thu, 12 May 2016 01:36:52 GMT

Thank You, Todd, for keeping us updated on Lottery Post.

You can expect any secret to get out when you tell one other person. This applies to lottery winners as well.

Comment #2

sully16 — Wed, 11 May 2016 23:50:02 GMT

Seems like there are going to be more people who knew, who will be the first to cut a deal

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 11 May 2016 23:23:49 GMT

the prisoner had another definition of RNG: Really nice guard

Investigators find another friend of Tipton who cashed rigged lottery prize

Lottery Post — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:54:40 GMT

Scandal goes beyond jackpots to smaller prizes too

A friend of the former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association who is implicated in a jackpot-fixing scandal was given a winning Kansas Lottery ticket worth $15,000 in 2011 as an engagement gift, she said Wednesday.

Iowa prosecutors had Amy DeMoney testify Wednesday in a hearing for Eddie Tipton, who faces trial in July for ongoing criminal conduct and money laundering charges for games he allegedly fixed in Colorado, Kans... [ More ]