Let me begin with a confession (You'll be shocked, I'm sure): I don’t trust power. Not the kind that comes from a badge and a gun, a gavel, or a government. And certainly not the kind that comes from a lottery machine. The lottery, my friends, is the opiate of the masses, a glittering lie sold to the desperate, the hopeful, and the mathematically illiterate. It’s a tax on the poor, a playground for the corrupt, and a carnival of statistical improbabilities that would make even the most hardened gambler blush. And yet, here we are, in a country where the lottery is as American as apple pie, baseball, and white-collar crime. So, let’s dive into the murky waters of lottery fraud, where the odds are always stacked, the regulators are often complicit, and the house always wins. The Eddie Tipton Scandal: A Masterclass in Greed and Hubris If you’re looking for a case study in how to rig a system, look no further than Eddie Tipton, the security director of the Multi-State Lottery Ass...
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