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Settlement payment plan reached in Multi-State Lottery scam

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September 10th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) — The lawyers representing a group of players who sued the Multi-State Lottery Association say a settlement payment plan has been reached. The players had filed a class action lawsuit involving the scam by Eddie Tipton — the former I-T director for the Multi-State Lottery Association — who rigged lottery drawings in at least five states so Tipton and his associates could collect the winnings.

The settlement has a fund of four-point-three million dollars to reimburse the cost of losing tickets for a set of drawings between November of 2005 and November 2013. Those who have a claim can go to: LotteryGameSettlement.com. Tipton is serving a 25-year prison sentence for setting up the lottery scam.