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. Tommy Tipton, Eddie's brother, is at left. Eddie Tipton on Thursday admitted for the first time that he manipulated the computer software he helped design, allowing him to pick winning numbers. 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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