The trial of a former Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) employee accused of rigging a random number generator to win a Hot Lotto jackpot has started after a three-month delay. Prosecutors allege that Eddie Raymond Tipton, the former security director for the organisation, used a rootkit to override the machine that generates the winning numbers for Hot Lotto draws so that he could program a specific set of numbers to be selected on a certain day. As a lottery employee, Tipton was barred from buying tickets. He is now facing two counts of fraud, both of which are felonies punishable with prison time if he is convicted.
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