Tommy\u2019s Windfall<\/strong><\/h2>\nTommy Tipton won $568,990 on the Colorado Lottery in November 2005. He had a friend claim the prize on his behalf, in return for a portion of the winnings, telling authorities that he didn\u2019t want his wife to know about the windfall, because they were planning to divorce.<\/p>\n
Eddie Tipton was caught after he was recognized by fellow lottery workers as the man seen purchasing the Iowa ticket at a Des Moines gas station in surveillance footage released by police.<\/strong><\/p>\nIowa lottery officials had become suspicious after a law firm that claimed to be acting on behalf of a client who they said wished to remain anonymous repeatedly attempted to claim the prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The brother of Iowa Hot Lotto scammer Eddie Tipton has been charged with ongoing criminal conduct, thanks to a new forensic breakthrough in the case. Tommy Tipton, 51, a former justice of the peace and reserve police officer from Flatonia, Texas, was arrested for his role in claiming fixed jackpots in Colorado and Oklahoma that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":35099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Iowa Hot Lotto Fraudster\u2019s Brother Arrested, New Details of $1.2M Scam Emerge<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n