Programmer «won» millions in the lottery, changing the random number generator

Programmer «won» millions in the lottery, changing the random number generator

A former employee of the American Multi-State Lottery pleaded guilty in the criminal scheme, which allowed him to win millions of dollars in the lottery in four States.

Eddie Tipton of Iowa, worked as the Director of information security has changed and developed software so that the random number generator allowed him to learn winning — the Associated Press reports.

Eddie was involved in a fraudulent scheme also his brother Tommy and friend of the businessman from Texas by Robert Rhodes. All of them will have to pay $ 2.2 million in «winnings» they received in Colorado, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Kansas.

Prosecutors of Iowa please 25-year prison sentence for Eddie Tipton.

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