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How brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton allegedly …
Apr 7, 2016 · Police are investigating two brothers who may have pulled off the most elaborate lottery scams ever. Tommy Tipton, a former Texas justice of …
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Brothers who scammed lotteries for millions keep expensive …
- Eddie Tipton — the mastermind of the "random number" scam and former security chief of the Urbandale, Iowa-headquartered Multi-State Lottery Association — remains in prison serving a 2017 sentence that could last up to 25 years. His brother, Tommy Tipton — a former justice of the peace from Flatonia, Texas, who admitted helping his brother hijack t...
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Eddie Tipton reveals how he pulled off the biggest …
Mar 15, 2018 · After brothers Eddie and Tommy Tipton were caught perpetrating the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history, they meticulously outlined their …
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Lottery-scamming brothers avoid asset seizures by transferring …
Tommy and Eddie Tipton pleaded guilty to felony crimes related to the rigging scheme in June 2017 and agreed to repay $2.2 million in restitution plus other costs to Colorado, Kansas,...
'Hot Lotto' scammer Eddie Tipton paroled after 5 years …
Jul 18, 2022 · Using computer code he developed starting in 2005, Tipton and his brother, Tommy, rigged winning drawings for lotteries in at least five states, including Iowa, worth a combined $24 million, in...
Ex-lottery worker who rigged winnings gets 25 years in …
Aug 23, 2017 · Tipton's brother Tommy, a former judge in Texas, is currently serving a 75-day sentence in Texas for a misdemeanor theft charge and deferred judgment on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit...
Brother of Jackpot Rigger in Massive Lottery Scandal …
Apr 6, 2016 · Tommy Tipton, 51, who was hit with a felony count of "ongoing criminal conduct," turned himself into Iowa authorities early Wednesday, and was released on a $25,000 bond, officials said. He's...
Brothers who scammed lotteries in 5 states have repaid …
Dec 27, 2018 · Eddie Tipton, mastermind of the "random number" scam and former security chief of the Urbandale, Iowa-headquartered Multi-State Lottery Association, remains in prison serving a 2017 sentence that...
The 'secret code' that two brothers used to carry out a …
Aug 8, 2024 · In one of the most daring lottery frauds in U.S. history, Eddie Tipton, his brother Tommy, and associate Robert Rhodes pulled off a scheme that shook the lottery world. Their ‘Hot Lotto’ scam from 2005 almost let them …
