but eddie tipton was on the inside. and it was nearly a year before the manipulation of the rng was ever found. that only happened after his clumsy attempts to claim the money. eddie tipton was a first rate geek, but a very poor criminal. 38:48 you know, a lot of observers have said that if he just didn't try to claim it himself, he might have gotten away with that. is that true or not true? throughout this case there's been a lot of speculation. and i learned very early on that if i speculated on what might happen publicly, i was wrong. and so we try to only deal with facts." 39:11 they're focusing on how tipton was caught, and on the future. because lottery leaders know, now more than ever, they have to prove their security to customers every day. 34:38 it's an optional purchase, they don't have to buy one. they have to think that it's fair, that it's secure and that they can win. 34:44 jack: and the charges against eddie tipton keep piling up. already convicted of fraud in the iowa charged earlier this month with ong

that dream was shared by this man, eddie tipton. the problem is, tipton worked for the multi state lottery association. it runs many drawings nationwide, including the grandaddy of them all -- powerball. (nats of powerball drawing) but behind the action, tipton worked as a security director for the organization, and is known to most iowans through this video. that's him buying a winning 14 million dollar hot lotto ticket at a des moines quik trip in 2010. he already knew the ticket was a winner because he'd already hacked his company's computers. clip 2155 36:55 well this, hands down, was a breach of trust. 36:57 it was an employee who was hired by a vendor organization who took advantage of a secure key that he had to try to perpetrate fraud on the iowa lottery. 37:06 as ceo of the iowa lottery, terry rich's priority is to hold up the integrity of the games in the wake of the tipton case. he makes it clear that tipton was not an iowa lottery employee but rather a vendor. and -- 36:14 it's important to note that in iowa, we never pai

that dream was shared by this man, eddie tipton. the problem is, tipton worked for the multi state lottery association. it runs many drawings nationwide, including the grandaddy of them all -- powerball. (nats of powerball drawing) but behind the action, tipton worked as a security director for the organization, and is known to most iowans through this video. that's him buying a winning 14 million dollar hot lotto ticket at a des moines quik trip in 2010. he already knew the ticket was a winner because he'd already hacked his company's computers. clip 2155 36:55 well this, hands down, was a breach of trust. 36:57 it was an employee who was hired by a vendor organization who took advantage of a secure key that he had to try to perpetrate fraud on the iowa lottery. 37:06 as ceo of the iowa lottery, terry rich's priority is to hold up the integrity of the games in the wake of the tipton case. he makes it clear that tipton was not an iowa lottery employee but rather a vendor. and -- 36:14 it's important to note that in iowa, we never pai

you missed it last night, local 5 took an in-depth look at the iowa lottery in the wake of the eddie tipton case. he's the former employee of the multi state lottery association who tried to scam 14 million dollars from the iowa lottery's hot lotto game. he rigged computers to pick the numbers he wanted. tipton was caught and convicted of fraud after he tried to get others to collect on the ticket. "38:48 you know, a lot that if he just didn't away with that. is that true or not true? throughout this case there's been a lot of speculation. and i learned very early on that if i speculated on what might happen publicly, i was wrong. and so we try to only deal with facts." 39:11 " jack: if you want to "inside the just head com. you can also facebook page. coming up on local 5 news at six... what's the worst candy for your kids' teeth? and....how hard is it to fix a pothole? chief brad edwards laced up his find out. "your watching local 5 jack miller, stephanie forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we ar

tonight, i'll go inside the lottery to investigate just how far the scam went, and how eddie tipton was caught. plus -- how safe is your money each time you buy a lottery ticket? that's tonight at 10. brad/wxhang weather adlib: put script here in green today was a pretty typical fall day with some morning sunshine and afternoon clouds rolling into the picture. we will keep the clouds around tonight, but will likely have some showers rolling in from the south by morning. a large system coming from the gulf of mexico will pull some rain up into iowa for tuesday with the heaviest amounts expected over the eastern half of the state where more than 1" could fall before ending late tuesday night. stephanie: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. jack: we are working hard on another great newscast for 6pm. watch for we're proud to say we are iowa... >>> tonight, the eye-opening new cancer warning. hot dogs, processed mea andnd bacon, now put in the same category as cigarettes and asbestos. the world health organization and their new findings. dr. besser is stand big with the bottom

tonight, i'll go inside the lottery to investigate just how far the scam went, and how eddie tipton was caught. plus -- how safe is your money each time you buy a lottery ticket? that's tonight at 10. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your chief meteorologist brad: "today was a pretty and afternoon clouds picture. we will keep tonight, but will likely have some showers rolling in from the south by morning. a large system coming from the gulf of mexico will pull some rain up into iowa for tuesday with the heaviest amounts expected over the eastern half of the state where more than 1" could fall before ending late tuesday night. temperatures were a little above average today, but we are going to be cooler the rest of the week with highs only in the 50s through friday. wednesday will be our chilliest day with a strong nw wind helping to put a little bite in the air! by friday we are looking at another chance for rain, which is not good news for beggar's night participants. however, it does look like the rain will be moving out saturday morning for a dry halloween night. then sunday is loo

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