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Best friend to testify against Tipton at July lottery rigging trialNews Story
It took Texas businessman Robert Rhodes more than a year to turn against his good old boy best friend after he realized that Eddie Tipton would not do a deal and tell prosecutors about how he had created an elaborate system to rig lotteries in five states. But despite fear for his safety, Rhodes is poised to give testimony at a trial scheduled for July 10 in Des Moines that prosecutors hope will finally put Tipton behind bars a decade after launching a scheme that netted $2 million in jackpot
Mar 31, 2017, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa Supreme Court hears lottery rigging caseNews Story
The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether purely circumstantial evidence was enough to convict a former lottery employee of rigging Iowa's Hot Lotto game to win a $16.5 million jackpot. Eddie Tipton was convicted of tampering with Iowa's Hot Lotto game and attempting to cash a ticket in early 2015, but an appeals court reversed his conviction on the charge of attempting to redeem the lottery ticket, finding it was barred by the three-year statute of limitations. The Iowa Sup
Feb 14, 2017, 4:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Amazing Blackaple and Georgia lottery 1/18-1/21
Suppose I told you Digit 1 or 9 will fall in the first position or second position within 3 days...would you believe me? __________________ Suppose I told you Digit 4 or 6 will fall in the first position or second position within 3 days...would you believe me? ___________________________________ __________________ I told you Root sum 1 or 9 will fall within the same 3 days...would you believe me? _________________ I told you Short sum 1 or 9 will fall within thesame
Jan 18, 2017, 5:37 pm - Blackapple - Pick 3 Forum

British Columbia Lottery taking bets on US electionReply
Trump did a fine job. I was happy with the debate. In the next one I'd like to see him dig deeper and press harder on Hillary's personal weak points. Hillary did what she was good at, forcing herself on us. She referred to the rich being served by Trumps tax plan..but...she is rich, does she think we all forgot that? She brought up his taxes again and again then proceeded to break down the figures. She's multi-functional... accountant, commander-in-thief, laughing clown with a r
Sep 27, 2016, 3:04 pm - dr65 - Lottery News

Prosecutors say 2 more men may be linked to lottery riggingsNews Story
Prosecutors in the case of a former lottery insider convicted last year in a national Hot Lotto jackpot-rigging scandal are seeking to subpoena records from two attorneys they believe could be tied to the plot. Documents filed on Tuesday by the lead prosecutor in the case, Assistant Iowa Attorney General Rob Sand, seek to subpoena records from Texas attorneys J. Thad Whisenant and Luis Vallejo. Authorities assert that immediately after investigators attempted to interview Whisenant about t
Aug 24, 2016, 6:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama lottery plan could face uphill battleNews Story
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, who said a year ago that lotteries were as old-fashioned as leisure suits, now says they are the best remaining option to boost funding for important state programs, especially Medicaid. State lawmakers return to Montgomery on Monday for a special session to consider the governor's proposal for a lottery to raise money for the state budget. Previously, Bentley has said he did not oppose a lottery proposal going on the ballot for voters, but was not a proponent
Aug 13, 2016, 9:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

Alabama Gov. releases legislation for lotteryNews Story
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has released the legislation for his proposed lottery to support the state budget. The three-page bill, a proposed constitutional amendment, says lottery proceeds would go to the state General Fund. A copy of the bill is linked in the Related Links section below. It also calls for the establishment of a lottery commission to run the lottery. The commission would have seven members. They would be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate. The
Aug 8, 2016, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa court reverses part of Tipton's lottery fraud convictionNews Story
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
Jul 28, 2016, 8:23 am - Todd - Lottery News

June 19, 1865 - "JUNEETENTH"Reply
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impac
Jun 20, 2016, 3:09 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum

Star Signposts By The WeekReply
Star Signposts: Week of New SolLunar Cycle October 12-19 New Moon Earthy Dusk photo by Lyn Dalebout I just returned from a mini-retreat in Yellowstone where I captured this moment, captivated by the colors of dusk in the sky mirrored exactly in the sunset of this bubbling hot spring, creating new earth out of ancient volcanic waters. It truly is magic, what goes on in Yellowstone, day in, day out, for eons. By late autumn, much of the human hubbub is gone so the great silence rising up
Oct 12, 2015, 11:23 pm - Harve$t Moon - Mystical Forum