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Lottery ‘winner’ facing 25 years in prison for rigging jackpot
As throngs of hopeful lottery players prepare for Wednesday’s $650 million Powerball jackpot, the second largest in US history, a former state lottery worker in Iowa is getting ready himself — for up to 25 years in prison for fixing games. 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 ... (full story)
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