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Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries
Washington Post ^ | 12/18/15 | Ryan J. Foley and David Pitt

Posted on 12/21/2015 7:17:58 AM PST by jalisco555

DES MOINES, Iowa — The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs undetectable software giving him advance knowledge of winning numbers, then enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. And they secretly enrich themselves for years — until a misstep exposes them.

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been convicted of fraud for fixing one jackpot in Des Moines, but prosecutors say his high-tech scheme extended far beyond Iowa. He’s accused of tampering with lottery drawings in four states over six years, and investigators are expanding their inquiry nationwide.

Investigators have asked states to review jackpots produced by the number-generators Tipton had access to, and whose winning numbers were specifically requested by the ticket buyer. They hope to talk with anyone aware of such payouts being collected by someone other than the person who ends up with the money, said Rob Sand, a state prosecutor in Des Moines who is leading the probe.

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To: csvset

Come to find out the security on those machines was zilch !

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Gee, almost like it was planned that way....


21 posted on 12/21/2015 7:58:39 AM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: jalisco555

I wonder if it had anything to do with Whitey Bulger’s win in Massachusetts.


22 posted on 12/21/2015 8:00:12 AM PST by Fido969 (of Obama na dthe left.)
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To: jalisco555
I thought this article was about the Fed and the Stock Market.


23 posted on 12/21/2015 8:08:58 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Bigg Red

“You know, comrades,” says Stalin, “that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how.”


24 posted on 12/21/2015 8:13:37 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Raycpa

If thy rigged the lottery, why not votes?

I know old news.


25 posted on 12/21/2015 9:27:06 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Yep! And the “Man of Steel” is a hero for our leftists.


26 posted on 12/21/2015 10:40:16 AM PST by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: IncPen

The govt is pissed that someone managed to out steal them in the lottery.


27 posted on 12/21/2015 10:44:08 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: PAR35
Saw a show on "How Things Work", and the host cut open an old mechanical slot machine. The thing turned out to be rigged never to jackpot by means of a bolt blocking one of the jackpot slots on one of the wheels.

They put up a disclaimer at the end claiming they didn't know nothing about the provenance of the machine.

28 posted on 12/21/2015 10:55:31 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Fido969
... Whitey Bulger’s win...

Nah. The legitimate winner was probably in Bulger's sphere of influence, and was made to see the wisdom of "selling" the ticket for some untraceable cash. IOW, money-laundering.

Bulger wins by getting a source of legal income, and the winner wins a bonus by not having long lost friends and relatives suddenly turning up on his doorstep when his good fortune would otherwise have been made public.

29 posted on 12/21/2015 11:09:34 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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