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Prosecutors say they have evidence indicating the former head of computer security for a state lottery association tampered with lottery computers prior to him buying a ticket that won a $14.3 million jackpot, according to a media report.
Eddie Raymond Tipton, 51, may have inserted a thumbdrive into a highly locked-down computer that's supposed to generate the random numbers used to determine lottery winners, The Des Moines Register reported, citing court documents filed by prosecutors. At the time, Tipton was the information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association ), and he was later videotaped purchasing a Hot Lotto ticket that went on to fetch the winning $14.3 million payout.
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Prosecutors Suspect Man Hacked Lottery Computers to Score Winning Ticket
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(Score: 2) by pkrasimirov on Thursday April 16 2015, @08:54AM
Downside is when the bum decides he can go without you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:54AM
huh?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @10:27AM
The lonely nights of anguish....
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:15PM
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday April 16 2015, @04:00PM
Bum walks out of the store, give him two 1.75l bottles of cheap vodka in exchange for the tickets.
The bum idea isn't awesome though because there is the risk he'll be found, interviewed, and pissed that a lifetime supply of booze was missed.
I don't know if it would work out better, but a confederate with whom you will split the money might be a plan. Prior to buying tickets, you'd make mutually incriminating videos. The friend would win and then fork over half. If he renegged, you'd self-destruct taking him with you by releasing the videos.
The risk here is that one side could threaten MAD in a gambit to get more of the proceeds.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @04:35PM
The other danger is that you might be wrong on the level of incrimination by the video. For example, say they both are married, and they film each other having sex with a prostitute, with the proviso that the video is distributed to the other's wife should he not fulfil his part of the deal. After having collected the money, that other person tells you "by the way, I told my wife about the thing with the prostitute; she is absolutely OK with that, so feel free to send her the video. You should also know that I've decided to keep all the money; and in case you should plan to do something about it, remember that I've still got the video of you …"
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday April 16 2015, @06:15PM
By incriminating I meant"
LottoGuy: OK, here is the plan, I'll rig the machine to spit out a certain number, I'll tell you that number, and then you buy the ticket using that number. When that ticket wins, you will collect the winnings. You'll select the lump sum option, put half the post-tax winnings in an offshore account, and then transfer that account and my half of the winnings to me.
Friend: Yes -- that is our plan and I agree to it.
LottoGuy: I agree to it to.
Now they are both co-conspirators in the fraud.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:49PM
lol
there are some dumb ACs on here
the first AC not smart enough to realize you would collect the ticket from the bum as soon as he walks out of the store
and now this AC who thinks you were talking about making a sex tape
I bet its the same dummy
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 17 2015, @01:29PM
Bum walks out of the store, give him two 1.75l bottles of cheap vodka in exchange for the tickets.
You still need someone to cash the tickets. What probably gave the scheme away in the first place was the shell corporation which held the winning ticket.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jcross on Thursday April 16 2015, @01:39PM
Presumably the smart thing would be to get the lottery tickets back from the bum *before* the results were announced, when their expected value is outweighed by the value of the liquor.