Oklahoma lottery official says $1.2M jackpot in 2011 linked to convicted Iowa lottery vendor
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The head of the Oklahoma Lottery says a $1.2 million jackpot won in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of an Iowa-based multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states.
Oklahoma Lottery Executive Director Rollo Redburn confirmed Friday that a criminal investigation in Iowa has been expanded to include a winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Idabel in November 2011.
Eddie Tipton, a former security director of the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, has been convicted of fraud in connection with the attempted claim of a 2010 lottery jackpot in Iowa. Since then, Iowa prosecutors have filed new criminal charges connected to jackpots claimed in Colorado, Wisconsin and Oklahoma.
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Iowa prosecutors say Tipton helped build the random-number generator equipment used in the jackpot drawings.