Rigged lottery losers eligible for refunds

The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has settled a lawsuit brought on by players who bought tickets for a series of drawings that were, essentially, rigged by its former IT director Eddie Tipton. Under the terms of the settlement, the MUSL has set aside $4.5 million to pay off the class-action suit that was filed after Tipton’s scheme to tilt lottery odds in his favor was revealed.
Under the terms of the settlement, players who bought tickets for drawings in a series of five lotteries in Colorado, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma can file claims. Each player can receive up to $10 in refunds for the money they lost in the rigged games. (If you bought more than two tickets for each one you’re just a sucker who wasted money on a rigged game, apparantly.)
Though the drawings were held in the five aforementioned states, players from 33 different states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were all eligible to purchase tickets. The MUSL is setting up a site to assist victims of the rigged lottery.
The drawings in question were fouled by the MUSL’s former IT Director Eddie Tipton. Starting in 2005, Tipton inserted a line of code into MUSL’s random number generator, the one used for lottery draws, that decreased the odds of choosing a winning number from 5 million-to-1 down to 200-to-1. He then had confederates purchase multiple tickets across state lines and split the winnings with them.
Tipton’s scheme was eventually revealed and he’s now serving a 25-year prison sentence.
Players filing claims do not need to have their old tickets, but the MUSL reserves the right to request documentation in cases of suspected fraud.