MUSL settles lawsuit with man who won Hot Lotto jackpot marred by rigging

Comment #16

noise-gate — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 21:11:52 GMT

Comment #15

Artist77 — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 13:34:46 GMT

I agree! We should all be pro player. There was no double dippimg. The but for causation was there on multiple levels.

And the case where the New Hampshire woman sued for the right to reman anonymous (she had signed the ticket with her name and the lottery officials would not allow her to elect another option) , started the ball rolling towards anonymity in multiple states.

Comment #14

noise-gate — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:16:02 GMT

What the frell are you on about Willis? l was talking about the distribution of the so called settlement.

Comment #13

cottoneyedjoe — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 05:53:33 GMT

Did Larry sleep with your wife and run over your dog?

Any time an individual player extracts a settlement from a lottery entity, or prevails against one in court, it's a win for all players. Does it matter that Larry's claim is a bit of a stretch? MUSL is paying for their sheer stupidity regarding Tipton.

Comment #12

noise-gate — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:18:13 GMT

Right. That thinking is often found in the jungle. For instance Lions do not tolerate Hyenas African painted dogs hunting in their territory. They they alone should be the predators, which is why lions will kill them on sight, after all- they are the only legitimate players in that vast field..

Comment #11

zephbe — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:20:08 GMT

He was the only legitimate winner so the whole jackpot should have been his.

Comment #10

KY Floyd — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 00:59:56 GMT

it seemed he had a sound case had it gone to trial.

He didn't have bad case, but it wasn't a great case, either. If the prize had rolled over more tickets would have been sold between the rigged drawing and the one that he won, and that means there's a chance (that can be calculated accurately) that somebody would have won in between the drawings, and that could have resulted in his prize being smaller rather than bigger.

We may never know because the settlement terms are confidential, bu... [ More ]

Comment #9

user34 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:14:43 GMT

Also the fact that it wasn't their personal/business money it made no difference financially to the people who represented the MUSL. It kept everything behind closed doors as a trial would be public record.

Comment #8

user34 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:09:08 GMT

Why was Tipton's software not analyzed by multiple third parties before being put into use? Why was one guys software put into place, unquestioned and unchecked?

The people who chose Tipton to write the software had responsibility to oversee and vet the product they were getting from Tipton, yet they did not do that. It's like the honor system was used. It's crazy when you think about it. The guy was just given blind trust to create and implement the software.

Comment #7

Stack47 — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 22:49:05 GMT

When I read the article yesterday, I thought there was more to the story because Larry validated his ticket before Shaw made his infamous appearance at lottery headquarters. There were a few other cases where winners sued over unclaimed jackpot prizes, but those results for some reason are seldom published. By sealing the exact details to the Dawson settlement, it will be difficult for anyone to use that as a precedent.

Comment #6

noise-gate — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:52:17 GMT

Larry is lucky, l mean when was the first time you had a lottery player double dipping. He initially won $6 mil, complained that it should have been a lot more- and then they settled. The players in general from my POV, got screwed. How so you ask? Well first off, the Musl settled the previous lawsuit- same game awhile ago where a couple million dollars was to be spread out to the playing public, well as it turns out ONE player along with the attorneys made off with the lion's share of that sett... [ More ]

Comment #5

cottoneyedjoe — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:03:01 GMT

Congrats to Larry.

Comment #4

JADELottery — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:02:17 GMT

The MUSL I'm sure settled for reasons that litigated precedence would have not worked in the Industry's favor.

Caveat Emptor is your only friend.

Good Luck.

Comment #3

konane — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:56:51 GMT

I hope it was a good settlement for him because it seemed he had a sound case had it gone to trial.

Comment #2

gy65 — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:46:26 GMT

Fortunately there are now safeguards in place to deter future Tipton-like random-number-generator malfeasance . . at least until the next time

Comment #1

Raven62 — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:52:56 GMT

Mums the Word, but Inquiring Minds Want to Know

MUSL settles lawsuit with man who won Hot Lotto jackpot marred by rigging

Lottery Post — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:10:25 GMT

A national lottery group rocked by an insider's jackpot-rigging conspiracy has settled a lawsuit brought by an Iowa grandfather who said a $9 million prize he won in 2011 should have been far larger.

The Multi-State Lottery Association and Larry Dawson informed a judge of the settlement this month, canceling a trial that had been scheduled to begin next week in Des Moines.

Dawson's lawyer, Nicholas Mauro, said that the terms of the deal are confidential but that his client is relieved that... [ More ]