Eddie Tipton ultimately confessed to rigging lottery drawings in Iowa, Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Oklahoma. Also involved in the scheme were his brother and former Texas justice of the peace Tommy Tipton, and Texas businessman Robert Rhodes.

Mar 15, 2018 · After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their involvement to state agents as a condition of...

Jul 18, 2022 · A former executive of the Urbandale-based Multi-State Lottery Association has been paroled after serving more than five years in prison for the largest lottery scam in U.S. history.

Jul 18, 2022 · Eddie Tipton — the mastermind behind the biggest lottery scam in U.S. history — was released Friday from the Clarinda Correctional Facility, Nick Crawford, a spokesperson for the Iowa Department of Corrections, tells Axios.

Aug 23, 2017 · Eddie Tipton, 54, who was a computer programmer in Multi State Lottery Association in Iowa, messed with the system to allow him and his brother Tommy to win jackpots in several states, according...

Nov 26, 2023 · The illegal scheme by Eddie Tipton began in December 2010 when he was captured on CCTV footage purchasing a ticket for a $16.5 million jackpot.

Feb 18, 2018 · Eddie Tipton, a former employee of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) in Clive, wrote the code to allow him to predict the randomly drawn numbers of multimillion-dollar jackpots in as...

Nov 12, 2021 · In 2017, Eddie Tipton was found guilty of stealing millions of dollars by altering computers to secure lottery wins for himself, friends and family in what became known as the Hot Lotto fraud...

Feb 2, 2022 · Eddie Tipton, a man who lead a lotto scam across four states, was granted parole but must pay required restitution if he wants to stay out of jail. Tipton, 58, served five years of a...

Jan 27, 2022 · An Iowa man convicted of rigging the lottery to fraudulently claim millions in jackpots has been paroled after four-and-a-half years behind bars. The Iowa Board of Parole has approved the release of Eddie Tipton, the former information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association based in Urbandale.