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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-feeling-lucky? dept.

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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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday April 16 2015, @06:15PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday April 16 2015, @06:15PM (#171679) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:49PM (#171706)

    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