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Mastermind
Eddie Tipton is easily someone who orchestrated one of the biggest lottery scams ever done in the US totaled more than $24 million dollars in cash. The mastermind behind the scams was a self-professed computer geek with a criminal past.

Criminal Past
Long before Tipton started working for the lottery, this computer programmer had actually pleaded guilty in 1982 for his role in a warehouse burglary. He was only 19-years-old when he faced up to 20 years in prison for his felony conviction.

A Second Chance
But his crimes didn’t matter. Not to lottery officials anyways. Tipton actually never expected he’d even be granted an interview with the lottery association when he applied. But he must have thought why not, let’s give it a shot.

Multi-State Lottery Association
The Multi-State Lottery Association is an American non-profit, government-benefit association based in Iowa. It’s owned and operated by agreement with 34 different lotteries.

Rigging the Lottery
As the head of the Multi-State Lottery Association's IT security, Tipton apparently felt underappreciated and overworked. According to IndyStar, he was working 50 to 60 hours per week, and he was often in the office late into the night.

Love of Games
Tipton loved playing games in general. He grew up playing the fantasy game, Dungeons and Dragons. But why did he decide to rig the lottery the way he did it? The only reason he rigged the lottery according to him was because it was just a puzzle.

Right Conditions
It was after this conversation in 2005 that Eddie wrote a piece of self-deleting software designed to hijack the random number generator algorithm. Here were the conditions that a lottery had to meet.

Other Associates
Tipton also decided to involve his younger brother Tommy in his lottery plan. Tommy Tipton was a former sheriff’s deputy in Texas. Luckily for Eddie, Tommy was in Colorado at the time of a lottery that met his conditions.

Wisconsin MegaBucks
In 2007, Eddie approached former colleague and close friend, Robert Rhodes. They ended up partnering up on a Wisconsin Megabucks drawing that met Eddie’s conditions.

The Dumb Move
In 2010, another lottery in Iowa met the same conditions Eddie set. This time the jackpot was worth sixteen and a half million. Everything was the same this time except for one thing. Tipton made the dumb move that ultimately exposed his scheme.

11th Hour
On December 29th, 2011, a local attorney representing a local trust showed up to claim the win with less than 2 hours to go before the deadline. And THIS was planned ouT all along by Rhodes. However, the Iowa state lottery doesn’t allow anonymous winners under any circumstances.

The Investigation
After three long years of investigation, lottery officials still had trouble connecting anyone to the lottery. So they decided to release the footage of the person buying the winning ticket.

Aftermath
On January 15, 2015, Tipton was charged with two counts of felony fraud. The first count was for fraudulently redeeming a lottery ticket and the other one was for influencing the lottery through fraud, deception, or tampering with official lottery equipment.

Tipton Sentencing
On June 12th, 2017, Eddie Tipton pled guilty to his two felony counts and also for computer crime. He was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison, but according to prosecutors, he’ll most likely only serve 3 to 5 years.

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