Iowa court reverses part of Tipton's lottery fraud conviction

Comment #12

LiveInGreenBay — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:40:16 GMT

I may take heat for this post but (in a small way) you have to admire what Tipton did. He scammed the scammer's. Do away with pre-tests and I may change my opinion. Pre-tests serve only one purpose...To hide trends from people who follow them.

Comment #11

Sunglasses — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:32:24 GMT

You don't know whistling

Comment #10

Kingofearth — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:14:50 GMT

? What about a whistle

Comment #9

Sunglasses — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:49:12 GMT

Whistle

Comment #8

Sunglasses — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 14:48:03 GMT

Mr Tipton said that he was going to do it. He did. So what now? Where is the won money? How exactly did he cheat? Too many questions! At least, nobody was killed or injured

Comment #7

Kingofearth — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:10:45 GMT

6 figures makes it even more ridiculous what he did. Even the lowest 6 figure amount (100,000) is enough to be well off in a low cost of living place like Iowa.Plus what could he really do with the money if he was able to get away with it? I'm sure such a high position would get audited and scrutinized a lot and he can't exactly put it down on his tax returns as gambling income.The more you look into the nitty gritty and less into the movie style big picture, the more ridiculous and bird-brained... [ More ]

Comment #6

helpmewin — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 18:06:53 GMT

Comment #5

LiveInGreenBay — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:12:11 GMT

Found a daily beast article that states he received a six figure salary as director of security.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/07/inside-the-biggest-lottery-scam-ever.html

Comment #4

Kingofearth — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 05:02:10 GMT

I checked most of the links but i don't see his annual salary from his position anywhere. Does anyone know what it is? I know it doesn't make much of a difference but it does put things in perspective if he was making say $50,000 at such a high job or make it even more ridiculous if he was paid say $700,000. I made both of these up at the top of my head if anyone asks where I'm getting them from.

Comment #3

music* — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:32:52 GMT

He has ruined his own life. He has to fight more court battles. Eddie Tipton.

Comment #2

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:21:33 GMT

With today's judicial system, sometimes the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

Comment #1

haymaker — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:36:08 GMT

Ok, 9 years and 9 months for tampering with the machine/computer

Iowa court reverses part of Tipton's lottery fraud conviction

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 12:23:45 GMT

An Iowa appeals court on Wednesday upheld a former lottery employee's conviction for rigging the computer system to generate the winning ticket in a $16 million jackpot, but reversed a conviction for attempting to cash in on the ticket.

The conviction stems from Eddie Tipton's work for the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, or MSLA, which produces computers that generate random numbers for lotteries in multiple states. As an employee of the association, Tipton was barred from playing... [ More ]