Eddie Tipton released from prison on parole

Comment #24

Unlucky-Kenny — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:36:09 GMT

If he wrote a book I would read it for sure.

Comment #23

L J1 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:31:49 GMT

Who knows...

Maybe there's a new book in the works?

It could reach the best sellers list.

Comment #22

Cassie8620 — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:54:48 GMT

I hear ya. That' would be interested, but yea, TBH(to be honest?) I doubt it. I think, being only his upper late 50s, he can get his people, or some 1 he trust i.e., family member(s) to a pal, to go into a store or two, to get him lottery tickets, and scratch-offs, but that would be great. I doubt it though, jj the prince.

BTW, good luck with your lottery games, this winter's month, in February. Be safe out there. Good night.

Comment #21

EdG1955 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:19:31 GMT

The Tipton case shows that claiming in a hinky way draws extra scrutiny from lotto security departments.

Comment #20

DELotteryPlyr — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:55:26 GMT

Watch him get hired by a state lottery or lottery tech company to evaluate/test there system to see if he can 'get in' ect.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:00:40 GMT

A case could be made Massihzadeh had a winning ticket because the drawing was rigged. He was even interviewed by Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents though they should known his ticket was a QP.

IMO, Tipton's supervisors should be accountable too.

Comment #18

KY Floyd — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:17:46 GMT

Unfortunately the lotteries didn't willingly pay this guy or the guy that won the first Hot Lotto jackpot after the one Tipton rigged allegedly rigged. It's a bit awkward for the prosecution to argue that Tipton cheated others out of money when the lotteries say everyone else got as much money as they were entitled to.

Comment #17

fatcat38 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 03:12:06 GMT

wonder if part two story

Comment #16

Cassie8620 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:47:20 GMT

Now, i don't know about this one, as to 1 bad app, as i am pretty confident more exist in diff states, who knows, feasibly all. when it come to cash.

shrugs *shoulders tonight. it's just pathetic, how he got out IMO(in my opinion) so soon,but it is what it is.

Or as some would say:

That's the American way.

Comment #15

sdw1000 — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:40:15 GMT

Justice system is a joke in this country.

Comment #14

Cassie8620 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:46:15 GMT

Cotton, yep.

LOL

yyyep I'm not going to hate on the crook, either. IF i was him, i am sure iwould be inking a deal if it's the right one profitable for me$$$ (i'm sure he is thinkin of that.) Only Late 50s, so that is still MIDDLE AGE Not OLD man yet. i know he happy he got off. Wow. smh

i mean, let's be serious. . . why not?He is out so why not. #smdh

He got off real easy from others in for, well, Marijuana so i do not support it, or a crime one committed Decades,

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Comment #13

Cassie8620 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 23:41:58 GMT

Yep.ASSETS? I'm not going to be surprised if he has some green cash $$$ somewhere the feds did not locate.

A comfy-cozy jail.prison cell, commissary fill up, wit all kinds of goodies, pen pals heck, did u know you're able allow now to um sit back relax, video visit to phone calls day/night in the cell wit' a tablet, for video jail calls, several visits face-2-face on tablets etc., that's a umm

REAL PUNISHMENT. #I don't think so ...

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Comment #12

Artist77 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:43:36 GMT

I wish he got 20 years but when the prior story popped up about his new claims, I posted that he had a point. I do not think it had anything to with his guilty plea but a procedural issue/error on the restitution. Releasing him now saved embarrassment on that issue...assuming he drops his new case.

Comment #11

cottoneyedjoe — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:33:22 GMT

More likely a NetFlix series. Hopefully they do not gloss over the Bigfoot hunting side plot. That's my favorite part.

Comment #10

Think — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:49:11 GMT

I smell a book deal...

Tiptons tips on a how to RiNG in a lottery jackpot prize...only 49.95.......

Comment #9

QuickDrawDude — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:15:00 GMT

Let's hope that Tipton is a rare bad apple and that most lottery security officials have integrity in maintaining a lottery free of corruption.

Comment #8

Mata Garbo — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:56:41 GMT

Someone should remind Eddie that if you are caught committing a crime, and you then explain exactly how you committed the crime along with your co-conspirators. You cannot come back later and claim that someone forced you to admit guilt. No one believes you.

Comment #7

TheGameGrl — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:41:33 GMT

While collar crime. So tired of how leniency is delved out.

The prosecutor only wanted the verdict not the sentencing. Seems he stopped short of his civil duty.

Tipton is guilty. Always was.

Comment #6

jjtheprince14 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:21:20 GMT

Some people here will actually be happy he is being released bc he won

I hope he's banned from all lotteries

Comment #5

Todd — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:51:03 GMT

Actually, this guy would disagree with you about no money being taken from any one person.

Comment #4

noise-gate — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:33:21 GMT

Not in the least surprised really. Unlike scam artists that take real money from his or her victims, the parole board could have determined that no money was literally taken from any one person. It's simply an assumption of what if's.

Comment #3

CDanaT — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:13:04 GMT

Kinda puts a whole new meaning to Criminal Justice Reform by serving just a smidge over 1/6th of the imposed sentence.

Comment #2

MsBee18 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:02:18 GMT

5 years sounds like an injustice. Of course he's not a threat to himself or anyone else so that's the threshold for release? How much of his restitution has he paid back? Did he forfeit any assets? Ludicrous

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:55:41 GMT

Wise guy thinks he's so smart taking parts of the Fourth Amendment. Cruel and unusual punishment? No, that would be sentenced to hard labor. He had three hots and a cot and now got over IMHO.

It's OK, nothing he has done or will do will only affect him. If his record, hopefully not, gets expunged, then good luck finding any decent job.

Eddie Tipton released from prison on parole

Lottery Post — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:44:09 GMT

Convicted lottery rigger continues to plead innocence

By Kate Northrop

Lottery rigging mastermind Eddie Tipton has been released on parole after serving a prison sentence for 4 years.

In 2017, Eddie Tipton, 58, was sentenced to a maximum 25 years in prison for rigging multiple computerized lottery drawings in several states so he and other accomplices could collect multi-million-dollar jackpots.

In a plea deal, the former lottery security chief also agreed to pay about $2.2 mil... [ More ]