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Lottery scam victims finally get $12.5M jackpotNews Story
They had to wait seven years, but seven Ontario men each collected checks for more than $2 million Thursday, their share of a lottery win originally awarded to a woman now facing fraud charges. The men, all friends and former co-workers who lay cable for a living, will each receive $2.1 million their share of the original $12.5 million jackpot plus $2.3 million in interest for a total of $14.8 million split seven ways. The men bought the ticket jointly while working together at a construct
Jan 28, 2011, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

The 5 lottery jackpots Tipton and his friends stoleNews Story
Eddie Tipton, the now-infamous former security chief at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), is accused of installing software on Random Number Generators that allowed him to predict winning combinations for drawings that occurred on three dates every non-leap year Nov. 23, Dec. 29 and May 27. So far, Tipton and his associates have been linked to winning tickets in five states between 2005 and 2011. Here are the details: Colorado, Nov. 23, 2005: Tipton's brother Tommy Tipton, a Tex
Jun 20, 2017, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.C. Lottery trial: prosectutor calls ex-commissioner 'crafty'News Story
Former lottery commissioner Kevin Geddings is a very crafty individual who chose to deliberately withhold information about his work for a lottery company, a prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments in Geddings' federal fraud trial. His duty was to the public and not to himself, Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy told jurors, who received their instructions Wednesday afternoon and were scheduled to start deliberations Thursday. During his 90-minute statement, Duffy describe
Oct 12, 2006, 2:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

DeceptionReply
5-7-12-18-30 no 20's more 30's for eight straight drawings. two singles but NOT THE two I picked they made sure of that multiple played with power up. 18 straight drawings no single-single-20's-20's it's like it isn't even a combination any more I played 1-3-11-20-22, 9-20-21-22-29,1-3-4-11-20, 2-3-9-11-20 with power up no 20's is that a co incident being that all my tickets had the majority. They went all around my picked singles making sure I didn't get a match multiple times with power up.
Apr 18, 2018, 8:33 pm - stanyslaww - Pick 5 Forum

All The BrainsReply
CT: Hope you're not offended at being made a Partner in Crime! First of all, if we're talking about a mechanical ball machine draw, cracking codes is not relevant, IMO. In the case of computerized draws, saying that, the lotteries just might have people employed to make sure the code can't be cracked... is implying that there is a conspiracy at the Lottery which is producing a series of draws that could conceivably be deciphered and predicted by unraveling, or cracking some aspect of th
Jun 1, 2011, 10:01 pm - jimmy4164 - Lottery Systems Forum

Iowa Lottery requires winners to sign ticketsNews Story
On the heels of a similar announcement from the Ontario Lottery, the Iowa Lottery has imposed a new rule aimed at reducing the possibility of retailer fraud. Starting March 15, 2008, Iowa retailers will only be able to check and cash lottery tickets if they have first been signed by the ticketholder. The lottery also reinforced that players are responsible for the accuracy of their tickets before leaving the store, and for determining if their ticket is a winner. Under current rules, re
Mar 10, 2008, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

California man turns in lottery scammersNews Story
When Daniel Larsen of Pleasanton got a letter from a Canadian company called Saatchi Saatchi, he thought he had hit the jackpot literally. Enclosed in the envelope was a check for $4,900 and a letter saying this was just the start of a much bigger payday. It said I had won $250,000, said the 45-year-old painting contractor. And the ($4,900) check looked so real, I really thought I may have for a minute. However, as Larsen continued to read the letter, the company explained how h
Feb 28, 2006, 1:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Eddie Tipton released from prison on paroleNews Story
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
Jan 31, 2022, 7:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

Wisconsin Republicans to hold hearing on lottery privacy billReply
Apparently I made a major mistake asking you a simple question that you never answered BTW. You said: Fraud and harassment are major hazards that if reduced could see more players for the Lottery's bottom line. We do not know how many players do not play because of threats. You said nothing about huge jackpot winners and it sure looks like you were saying more people would play but won't because if they beat 300 million to 1 odds, they might get threats. There is a huge difference betwee
Jul 10, 2019, 7:57 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Lottery-scamming brothers avoid asset seizures by transferring property to their motherNews Story
By Jason Clayworth Two brothers who were behind the largest lottery scam in U.S. history and owe more than $2.3 million in unpaid restitution and court fees recently transferred several properties they owned to their mother. The transfers from Eddie and Tommy Tipton have raised further questions about why four states Oklahoma, Kansas, Wisconsin and Colorado have yet to seize their properties. It has been about two years since the brothers admitted their role in a scam that hijacked lott
Apr 29, 2019, 9:50 pm - Todd - Lottery News