Man Scams USA Lottery system.

[patrick123]

Think winning the lottery is pure luck? If your name is Eddie Tipton, you certainly don’t. The former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association has already been convicted of fixing the lottery (and then winning it) in Iowa, but now, authorities believe that Tipton may have been involved in many more scandals across many more states. Investigators are now looking into whether or not Tipton tampered with lotteries in a whopping 37 other states or territories over the last 12 years.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/man-fixed-lottery-jackpots-may-fixed-lot-first-thought/

 

[MickeyD]

Sounds like the book "The Winner" by David Baldacci....

 

[ponder]

Sounds like the book "The Winner" by David Baldacci....

Was thinking exactly the same thing.

 

[Monsta Graphics]

I don't get it... lottery's are done live with real balls, not determined by some program on a computer.

Who would buy tickets determined by a digital system?

 

[Flowerhat]

I don't get it... lottery's are done live with real balls, not determined by some program on a computer.

Who would buy tickets determined by a digital system?

The current system isn't infallible.

 

[bekdik]

Tipton’s long-running scheme involved the installation of a piece of malicious software known as a root kit, which allowed the gambler to determine the lottery’s winning numbers beforehand.

This implies that the lotto results are predetermined.