The ringleader of the Hot Lotto scandal was Eddie Tipton, who was the information security director at the Multi-State Lottery Association. Eddie was also a gamer geek and highly skilled with ...

A winning Hot Lotto ticket worth $16.5 million was purchased at a convenience store-and then sat unclaimed for nearly a year. Just hours before it was set to expire, a mysterious figure emerged to ...

In December 2010, a single winning ticket for a multi-state lottery game called Hot Lotto was sold at a small convenience store in Des Moines, Iowa. The jackpot was worth $16.5 million.