Lottery Programmer’s $24M Scam

The biggest lottery scam in U.S. history was orchestrated by Eddie Tipton, head of IT security for the Multi-State Lottery Association. Feeling underappreciated and overworked, he wrote code that altered the odds from 5 million to 1 down to 200 to 1. Over the years, he won drawings in five states totaling $24 million before his arrest.

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