Topic - Multi-State Lottery Association

The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by agreement of its 33 member lotteries (see below.) MUSL was created to facilitate the operation of multi-jurisdictional lottery games, including Hot Lotto, Mega Millions, Powerball, video lottery, and instant (scratch) tickets. - Source: Wikipedia

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Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson addresses the House State Affairs Committee at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The panel killed legislation that would have allowed the Powerball game with multi-million dollar jackpots to continue in the state. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)

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This May 9, 2011 photo provided by the Iowa Lottery shows Larry Dawson and his wife, Kathy, claiming their $9.09 million Hot Lotto jackpot in Des Moines. A national lottery group rocked by an insider’s jackpot-rigging conspiracy has settled a lawsuit brought by the Iowa grandfather who said the $9 million prize he won in 2011 should have been nearly three times as big. The Multi-State Lottery Association and Dawson informed a judge of the settlement this month, cancelling a trial that had been scheduled to begin next week in Des Moines, Iowa. (Iowa Lottery via AP)

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, former Multi-State Lottery Association security director Eddie Tipton leaves the Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Tipton, who admitted to masterminding a scheme to rig lottery games that paid him and others $2 million from seven fixed jackpots in five states, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Mastermind of lottery fraud faces 25-year prison sentence

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Eddie Tipton, the cyber security expert and brainpower behind a lottery rigging scandal that netted $2 million in illegal winnings from five state lotteries pleaded guilty Thursday, June 29, 2017, to a felony charge of ongoing criminal conduct charge at the Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Tipton and his brother, Tommy Tipton will repay $3 million in prizes they improperly claimed as part of a plea agreement they’ve reached with prosecutors in Iowa and Wisconsin. (Rodney White/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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FILE - In this July 15, 2015 file photo, Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, looks toward his lawyers before the start of his trial in Des Moines, Iowa. Tipton is charged with installing software on lotteries' random number generators that allowed him to predict winning numbers on three days of the year. The scheme allegedly lasted for years. A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the Multi-State Lottery Association on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, argues that thousands of lottery players who were allegedly cheated by the insider's long-running scheme should be reimbursed for their losing tickets. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

Lawsuit: Lottery players should get refund for rigged games

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FILE - In this July 15, 2015 file photo, Eddie Tipton looks over at his lawyers before the start of his trial in Des Moines, Iowa. The former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, accused of tampering with lottery drawings to rig jackpots in four states, was convicted of fraud in the attempt to claim a $16.5 million jackpot in Iowa. Investigators are now looking at payouts in 37 other states and U.S. territories that used random-number generators from the Iowa-based association, which administers games and distributes prizes for the lottery consortium. (Brian Powers/The Des Moines Register, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

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