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<blockquote data-quote="quad" data-source="post: 16671528" data-attributes="member: 17952"><p>A major <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/09/the-company-that-runs-powerball-had-a-16-5-million-jackpot-rigged-by-a-former-employee/" target="_blank">scandal recently rocked the Multi-State Lottery Association</a>, resulting in jail time for a former security director who allegedly fixed an Iowa game to win the $16.5 million jackpot. Edward Tipton allegedly used his position to his advantage, installing undetectable, self-destructing software to rig the numbers in his favor. A further investigation revealed that Tipton reportedly might have done the same thing in four other states. He was found <a href="http://www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/pib/Releases/2015/10-9-2015_DCI_LottoInvestigationPressRelease.html" target="_blank">guilty of tampering with lottery equipment</a> and sentenced to 10 years in prison. <a href="http://wqad.com/2015/01/16/iowa-man-charged-with-fraud-after-trying-to-illegally-cash-in-on-lottery-ticket/" target="_blank">Tipton denied that he had purchased</a> the ticket.</p><p></p><p>Despite catching Tipton (and the fact that his conviction had to do with <a href="http://gawker.com/is-the-1-3-billion-powerball-rigged-1752171704" target="_blank">computer-generated numbers, not physical numbers</a> on balls like the Powerball has), not everything is rosy for those playing the lotto. Due to the fact that the choice of numbers rose from 59 to 69 options, the odds of winning are now even worse. That might not matter if you buy into any of these conspiracy theories, however.</p><p></p><p>Bustle has reached out to Powerball officials for comment on the legitimacy of the game.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bustle.com/articles/135495-is-the-powerball-rigged-6-conspiracy-theories-that-claim-the-game-isnt-what-it-seems[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quad, post: 16671528, member: 17952"] A major [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/09/the-company-that-runs-powerball-had-a-16-5-million-jackpot-rigged-by-a-former-employee/']scandal recently rocked the Multi-State Lottery Association[/URL], resulting in jail time for a former security director who allegedly fixed an Iowa game to win the $16.5 million jackpot. Edward Tipton allegedly used his position to his advantage, installing undetectable, self-destructing software to rig the numbers in his favor. A further investigation revealed that Tipton reportedly might have done the same thing in four other states. He was found [URL='http://www.dps.state.ia.us/commis/pib/Releases/2015/10-9-2015_DCI_LottoInvestigationPressRelease.html']guilty of tampering with lottery equipment[/URL] and sentenced to 10 years in prison. [URL='http://wqad.com/2015/01/16/iowa-man-charged-with-fraud-after-trying-to-illegally-cash-in-on-lottery-ticket/']Tipton denied that he had purchased[/URL] the ticket. Despite catching Tipton (and the fact that his conviction had to do with [URL='http://gawker.com/is-the-1-3-billion-powerball-rigged-1752171704']computer-generated numbers, not physical numbers[/URL] on balls like the Powerball has), not everything is rosy for those playing the lotto. Due to the fact that the choice of numbers rose from 59 to 69 options, the odds of winning are now even worse. That might not matter if you buy into any of these conspiracy theories, however. Bustle has reached out to Powerball officials for comment on the legitimacy of the game. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bustle.com/articles/135495-is-the-powerball-rigged-6-conspiracy-theories-that-claim-the-game-isnt-what-it-seems[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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