Memo: Iowa Lottery kept selling games after security warning

Comment #7

hurley1333 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 22:48:28 GMT

You are right Coin Toss. The practice stopped April 16, 2014 when Iowa started using its own drawings for the two games I read on their web site that Iowa Pick 3 and pick 4 used illinois drawings continuosly since 1998 and 2003 respectively

Comment #6

Coin Toss — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:03:59 GMT

Iowa was using Illinois' numbers then, not separate drawings.

Comment #5

hurley1333 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 03:20:16 GMT

If I recall correctly, Pick 3 and Pick 4 had the same drawings for both Illinois and Iowa around this time. If Iowa was affected, Illinois was

Comment #4

DELotteryPlyr — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 23:44:23 GMT

YES it was a good story. You are the first person to mention that story, thought I was the only one on LP who saw it.

Comment #3

Sarge0202 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:52:39 GMT

Well the first sentence explained it all and why. Iowa Lottery kept marketing four popular games

I am shocked, just shocked, that a corporation would keep selling an unsafe product just to increase profits!

/sarcasm

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 20:01:57 GMT

Sounds like they tried to get the horses back in the barn after someone left the gate wide open.

Game Show Network ran excellent story on Tipton his Brother; if it ever airs again be sure to watch it.

Comment #1

noise-gate — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:56:10 GMT

It just goes to show that people who run the business of selling lottery tickets to the general public, simply don t care. Something has to happen to stop them in their tracks before taking action.Let s blame Eddie, why? Because we do not want to accept responsibility for doing what we should have done at the very beginning.

Memo: Iowa Lottery kept selling games after security warning

Lottery Post — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:27:08 GMT

A newly unsealed memo shows the Iowa Lottery kept marketing four popular games despite an August 2015 warning from its security chief that their integrity was compromised.

The memo was written following the trial of Eddie Tipton, who was convicted of rigging a Hot Lotto jackpot worth $16 million.

Steve Bogle, its vice president of security, recommended that the lottery immediately suspend sales of Hot Lotto, Pick 3, Pick 4, and All or Nothing. He told CEO Terry Rich, we cannot allow the ci... [ More ]