DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Attorneys for a former lottery worker accused of rigging a Hot Lotto game have rested their case in the man’s fraud trial.
The defense for 52-year-old Eddie Tipton presented testimony Thursday for about an hour before resting their case. Closing arguments are scheduled Friday.
Tipton, a former information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association, is accused of installing a computer program to pick numbers for a December 2010 Hot Lotto drawing. Prosecutors say he bought a ticket with those numbers and unsuccessfully tried to get others to cash the $14 million prize.
Tipton faces two counts of fraud. He denies the accusations.
Des Moines television station KCCI reports (http://bit.ly/1M8Ccmk ) Tipton’s three siblings testified that a hooded man featured in a video of the ticket purchase is not their brother.
