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The Lucky Winner

Eddie Tipton / Triple Six Fix

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01: The Lucky Winner

An unclaimed, jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket purchased in Iowa leads to a cross-continent search for the winner and the uncovering of the largest lottery fraud in American history.

Prelude: Nick Perry, a local TV celebrity in Pittsburgh, rigs the Pennsylvania lottery in a scandal known as the “Triple Six Fix.”

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  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Pennsylvania_Lottery_scandal
  2. http://www.tubecityonline.com/history/perry.html
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  26. https://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/default/files/news-media/6.12.17_Tipton_PleaAgreement.pdf
  27. https://www.doj.state.wi.us/sites/default/files/news-media/12.22.2016_Lottery_Charges_Complaint.pdf
  28. https://www.iowaappeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Tipton-Appellant-Brief.pdf
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  30. http://www.nacsonline.com/Media/Member_News/Documents/LottoTFPR073015.pdf
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