Investigators analyzing the RNGs in the wake of Tipton\u2019s arrest found that they contained two extra bits of deep-lying coding that instructed them to generate Tipton\u2019s numbers on just three days of the year.<\/p>\n
All six jackpots claimed by Tipton or his associates occurred either on 23 November or 29 December between 2005 and 2011. Tipton confessed to fixing games in Iowa, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas and Oklahoma with the help of his brother, former Texas judge Tommy Tipton, and\u00a0Texas-based businessman Robert Rhodes.<\/p>\n
Tommy Tipton is serving a 75-day jail sentence after pleading guilty in June to conspiracy to commit theft by deception. Rhodes has pleaded guilty to a computer crime and will be sentenced Friday.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe scheme unravelled when lottery officials became suspicious about various aborted attempts to anonymously claim a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket that had been purchased at a Des Moines convenience store in 2010.<\/p>\n
All claimants had been stool pigeons organized by Rhodes at the behest of Tipton.<\/p>\n
Caught on Camera<\/strong><\/h2>\nTipton\u2019s colleagues at MUSL recognized him as the man buying the ticket after video surveillance footage from the store was released by police.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is indeed unfortunate that you did not use that intelligence to prosper by legal means,” said District Court Judge Brad McCall during sentencing. “Instead you chose an illegal path.”<\/p>\n
“I certainly\u00a0regret,” Tipton had previously told the court.\u00a0“It\u2019s difficult even saying that. With all the people\u00a0I know behind me that I hurt and I regret it. I\u2019m sorry.”<\/p>\n
It’s uncertain how many years Tipton will actually serve. While he has been sentenced to a maximum of 25, he could be paroled within\u00a0three or four. His attorneys had argued that, despite being the brains behind the operation, he had only profited by around $350,000 out of a haul of several million. Some of his associates walked away with more money, they said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Tipton, the man who fixed the lottery six times in several states, was sentenced to \u201cno more than\u201d 25 years prison by an Iowa judge on Tuesday. He will also pay $2.2 million in restitution to state lotteries. The former head of security for the Multi-State Lottery (MUSL) pleaded guilty to theft and computer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":57191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,21,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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