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07 Apr 16
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/eddie-tommy-tipton-brothers-accused-of-multi-state-lottery-scheme/
Police are investigating two brothers who may have pulled off the most elaborate lottery scams ever.
Tommy Tipton, a former Texas justice of the peace, was arrested Wednesday in Iowa. He and his brother, Eddie, are accused of taking part in a conspiracy, allegedly rigging six lottery jackpots in five states to try to gain more than $19 million, reports Josh Elliott of CBS News' digital network, CBSN.
"This is new to me. In my career, I have not seen anything quite like this," said Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director David Jobes.
After Eddie Tipton was convicted in July, police received a tip about his brother Tommy, who purchased winning tickets in Colorado in 2005 and Oklahoma in 2011......
Police are investigating two brothers who may have pulled off the most elaborate lottery scams ever.
Tommy Tipton, a former Texas justice of the peace, was arrested Wednesday in Iowa. He and his brother, Eddie, are accused of taking part in a conspiracy, allegedly rigging six lottery jackpots in five states to try to gain more than $19 million, reports Josh Elliott of CBS News' digital network, CBSN.
"This is new to me. In my career, I have not seen anything quite like this," said Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director David Jobes.
After Eddie Tipton was convicted in July, police received a tip about his brother Tommy, who purchased winning tickets in Colorado in 2005 and Oklahoma in 2011......
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It appears one of the brothers helped build the computer used to generate the numbers
He built in his own hack That certainly is the way to win the lottery Only worked when numbers were generated by computer, not on the machines that use balls |
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Greed may have been their undoing, they **** 6 jackpots in 5 states
Perhaps they should have just stuck to one |
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The fact they were brothers was also a weak link in their plan
They needed to find someone they could trust who was not related Makes me wonder if all lotteries are not fixed, no wonder I never win  |
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masterminds the criminal tv show on tru tv had a similar crime - guy formed a team to stand in front of fruit machines in vegas. he would slip a new chip onto the inner motherboard of the computer. it would then start to pay out more. raked it in until one of his team who decided they were not getting enough, yopped on the scam. Millions in payouts. love that tv show.
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appears one of the brothers helped build the computer used to generate the numbers
He built in his own hack That certainly is the way to win the lottery Only worked when numbers were generated by computer, not on the machines that use balls unless one uses mini drones within the balls  |
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You have cracked it BB...I just have to smuggle them into the Camelot balls now
and I am rich  |