10 Lottery Winners Who Were Hunted By Their Own Governments

The man hired to protect America's lottery system was secretly rigging it from the inside. For nearly a decade, Eddie Tipton used self-deleting software to predict winning numbers across five states while serving as the cybersecurity director of the Multi-State Lottery Association. He was sentenced to 25 years. And he's just one of the lottery winners on this list who got hunted by their own government. From a woman who won $83.5 million and had to sue Texas just to get paid, to an undocumented immigrant whose boss stole his winning ticket, to a Michigan lottery winner arrested for collecting food stamps after winning $1 million — these are 10 lottery winners who learned the hard way that winning the money doesn't mean keeping it. The government monitors it, taxes it, seizes it, and sometimes refuses to pay it out at all. Cases featured in this video: Armando Lopez Jr. – Lottery winnings seized for a debt he says he never owed (Florida) LeRoy Fick – Won $850K, kept food stamps legally, triggered new legislation (Michigan) Amanda Clayton – Won $1M, arrested for welfare fraud (Michigan) Denise Rossi – Hid $1.3M lottery win from husband, judge awarded him 100% (California) Jaafar Family – $20M "ten-percenting" tax fraud scheme, IRS convicted all three (Massachusetts) Americo Lopes – Tried to steal $38.5M from coworker lottery pool (New Jersey) Jose Antonio Cua-Toc – Undocumented immigrant fought to reclaim stolen $750K ticket (Georgia) Kristen Moriarty – Won $83.5M, Texas refused to pay for 5 months (Texas) Robert Rhodes – Claimed rigged lottery prize, used payout in offshore tax scam (Wisconsin) Eddie Tipton – Rigged lottery RNG in 5 states as security director, sentenced to 25 years (Iowa) #lottery #powerball #megamillions #lotterywinner #jackpot #taxfraud #IRS #government #lotteryfraud #lotteryscam #welfarefraud #legalfight