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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 Mr Big in the Pants on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:46PM

    by Mr Big in the Pants (4956) on Thursday April 16 2015, @07:46PM (#171705)

    You weren't there. That is the only thing you wrote that is factual.

    When spending money is involved, some managers tend to get blustery and willfully ignorant - especially when its coming out of their budget or to accept it would accept truisms to be false.

    If YOU haven't been there before I doubt you have been to many important meetings..

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