Lottery ‘winner’ facing 25 years in prison for rigging jackpot

The New York Post reports:

Disgraced computer programmer Eddie Tipton admitted in June to masterminding a multistate lottery-rigging scheme that let him pick winning numbers and rake in $2 million.

Tipton, 54, who was arrested in 2015, is scheduled for sentencing Tuesday.

“The depth of his deceit is dumbfounding,” Iowa Assistant Attorney General Rob Sand said in court filings seeking the 25-year term. “Such crimes cannot be answered without a prison sentence.”


Tipton admitted to fixing the lottery six times in five different states between 2005 and 2011.

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