Monroe Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Anybody following this possile rigging of a big lottery game called Hot Lotto using a USB drive with a "root kit" on it to have his numbers come out for a $14.3 million jackpot prize. He had access to the equipment ... so are these lottery games trustworthy ??? "Authorities believe Tiptop used a USB flash drive to install a self-deleting computer program to give him the numbers he needed to win big. Tipton was “obsessed” with these kinds of programs, known as root kits, co-workers told prosecutors." Lottery Employee Rigged $14.3 Million Win for Himself on Iowa Ticket http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lottery-employees-rigged-14-3-win-officials-article-1.2185601 ... this is from another article at Lottery Post ... "Prosecutors countered this motion by claiming they have a "prima facie," or at first glance, case that Tipton tampered with lottery equipment. In their reply to the defense's motion, prosecutors argued that Tipton's co-workers said he "was 'obsessed' with root kits, a type of computer program that can be installed quickly, set to do just about anything, and then self-destruct without a trace." The prosecution claimed a witness will testify that Tipton told him before December 2010 that he had a self-destructing root kit." BOMBSHELL: MUSL employee Might Have Rigged Hot Lotto Computerized Drawing http://www.lotterypost.com/news/288274 ... so this guy got caught but have other "computerized" drawings also been rigged ??? Edited April 15, 2015 by monroe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinifera Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 all I know I never won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Who's running a purely computerized lotto? The respectable lottos I know of have physical air-floated balls and bonded witnesses to the drawing. For the computerized games, it seems to me the chance of a random person choosing the very same numbers that the "fix" will choose is just as good as any other. You'd just have to share the prize with the hacker of the day. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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