Jackpot-fixing investigation expands to more state lotteries

Eddie Tipton looked over at his lawyers before the start of his trial in Des Moines, Iowa on July 15. The former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, accused of tampering with lottery drawings to rig jackpots in four states, was convicted of fraud in the attempt to claim a $16.5 million jackpot in Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa The allegations read like a movie plot: a lottery industry insider installs an undetectable software program in the computers that pick winning numbers so he can know them in advance.