Man behind largest lottery scam in U.S. history paroled from Iowa prison
BPC Staff Jul 18, 2022 | 3:44 pm
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79 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and Culture, Statewide NewsAxios Des Moines: Eddie Tipton, the mastermind behind the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history, was released Friday from the Clarinda Correctional Facility, a spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Corrections said. Tipton hijacked multiple state lotteries in his former job as head of IT security at the Multi-State Lottery Association in Urbandale. The case exposed how a widely used random-drawing computer software system could be manipulated. Tipton was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison in 2017.
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