US Politics | Strange link between Bigfoot and one of the largest $24million lottery scams in the US
THE man responsible for one of the biggest lottery scams in US history carried a surprising link to Bigfoot \- but it didn't spare him jail. Eddie Tipton, 59, pulled off the $24million scandal over five years by rigging lotto computers and sharing the spoils with his family and friends. 
APFormer lottery computer programmer Eddie Tipton speaks during his sentencing hearing in 2017 '/ ' 
GettyA sasquatch, or big foot, in forest coming towards camera arms out, light and fog around monster '/ ' The ex-lottery employee, from Iowa, was almost caught when his brother Tommy tried to exchange $450,000 in sequentially marked bills, Grunge.com reports. The move was reported to the FBI, but when officers went to interview Tommy he was in hospital \- having broken both his legs falling out of a tree during a hunt for Bigfoot. Tommy regularly searched for the sasquatch in his spare time and also benefited hugely from his sibling's mega cash scandal. In 2010, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MSLA), created a lottery game that relied on a random number generator to spit out numbers. Read More US News 
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FIGHT OF HIS LIFE Bigfoot-hunting ex-boxing champ, 49, drafted into Russian army by Putin Eddie, who worked for the company, was able to play the system \- planting computer code that generated winning numbers and rigging lottery draws in Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. His first success came in 2005 when he landed a $4.8million jackpot. And he achieved several more wins to reach a total winning value of $24million before law enforcement caught up. When cops went to interview Eddie's brother about his questionable cash, Tommy told them he had won it through the lottery \- but failed to let slip Eddie's involvement. Most read in The US Sun 'FIND HIM' Dad claims clues in case 'linked to JonBenet Ramsey murder' dismissed by cops IN THE RED Serena Williams' stepmom's debts revealed amid crumbling childhood home battle SKIMMING IT I'm plus-size with 38DDD boobs …I tried the viral Kim Kardashian Skims bodysuit WEIGH TO GO I was world's fattest boy who weighed 30st - now I'm unrecognisable & handsome HIDDEN DANGER Family horrified by spotting deadly beast hidden in photo… can you find it? OUCH! Kim Kardashian's stylist posts unedited pics and fans distracted by 'painful' detail The FBI investigation into Tommy was dropped and Eddie's scheme, which became known as the ...Hot Lotto' scandal, continued. But it all began to unravel in 2010 when Eddie Tipton bought the winning ticket himself instead of having someone else buy it for him. Tipton then asked a friend to claim the $16.5million prize. It took three years for investigators to link Tipton to the lotto scandal. He pleaded guilty to ongoing criminal conduct in 2017 and was ordered to repay $2.2million in winnings from lotteries in Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Oklahoma. He told the judge at his sentencing hearing in 2017 he ...wrote software that included code that allowed me to understand or technically predict winning numbers, and I gave those numbers to other individuals who then won the lottery and shared the winnings with me.... Read More on The US Sun 
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'NEED HELP' Gabby's parents make plea to Musk for Twitter feature that could 'save lives' His brother Tommy was also ordered to pay some of the cash back and served a 75-day jail sentence in Texas. Tipton was released on parole in July this year after serving five years of a 25-year sentence. 
APEddie's brother Tommy Tipton pictured in the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa '/ ' 
APFILE – Former lottery computer programmer Eddie Tipton is taken into custody after his sentencing hearing in 2017 '/ '
APFormer lottery computer programmer Eddie Tipton speaks during his sentencing hearing in 2017 '/ ' GettyA sasquatch, or big foot, in forest coming towards camera arms out, light and fog around monster '/ ' The ex-lottery employee, from Iowa, was almost caught when his brother Tommy tried to exchange $450,000 in sequentially marked bills, Grunge.com reports. The move was reported to the FBI, but when officers went to interview Tommy he was in hospital \- having broken both his legs falling out of a tree during a hunt for Bigfoot. Tommy regularly searched for the sasquatch in his spare time and also benefited hugely from his sibling's mega cash scandal. In 2010, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MSLA), created a lottery game that relied on a random number generator to spit out numbers. Read More US News PARANORMAL RANGERS Bizarre pics reveal clues into string of Bigfoot & UFO sightings FIGHT OF HIS LIFE Bigfoot-hunting ex-boxing champ, 49, drafted into Russian army by Putin Eddie, who worked for the company, was able to play the system \- planting computer code that generated winning numbers and rigging lottery draws in Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. His first success came in 2005 when he landed a $4.8million jackpot. And he achieved several more wins to reach a total winning value of $24million before law enforcement caught up. When cops went to interview Eddie's brother about his questionable cash, Tommy told them he had won it through the lottery \- but failed to let slip Eddie's involvement. Most read in The US Sun 'FIND HIM' Dad claims clues in case 'linked to JonBenet Ramsey murder' dismissed by cops IN THE RED Serena Williams' stepmom's debts revealed amid crumbling childhood home battle SKIMMING IT I'm plus-size with 38DDD boobs …I tried the viral Kim Kardashian Skims bodysuit WEIGH TO GO I was world's fattest boy who weighed 30st - now I'm unrecognisable & handsome HIDDEN DANGER Family horrified by spotting deadly beast hidden in photo… can you find it? OUCH! Kim Kardashian's stylist posts unedited pics and fans distracted by 'painful' detail The FBI investigation into Tommy was dropped and Eddie's scheme, which became known as the ...Hot Lotto' scandal, continued. But it all began to unravel in 2010 when Eddie Tipton bought the winning ticket himself instead of having someone else buy it for him. Tipton then asked a friend to claim the $16.5million prize. It took three years for investigators to link Tipton to the lotto scandal. He pleaded guilty to ongoing criminal conduct in 2017 and was ordered to repay $2.2million in winnings from lotteries in Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Oklahoma. He told the judge at his sentencing hearing in 2017 he ...wrote software that included code that allowed me to understand or technically predict winning numbers, and I gave those numbers to other individuals who then won the lottery and shared the winnings with me.... Read More on The US Sun CUTE PICK American Pickers' Mike cuddles girlfriend Leticia Cline in rare photo 'NEED HELP' Gabby's parents make plea to Musk for Twitter feature that could 'save lives' His brother Tommy was also ordered to pay some of the cash back and served a 75-day jail sentence in Texas. Tipton was released on parole in July this year after serving five years of a 25-year sentence. APEddie's brother Tommy Tipton pictured in the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa '/ ' APFILE – Former lottery computer programmer Eddie Tipton is taken into custody after his sentencing hearing in 2017 '/ '
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