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 term. “Such ... (full story)