This is absurd.  I hope the winner some way, some how prevails.

Iowa's Lucky Larry Dawson's case may suffer the same fate. Both were cut checks, and both claimed they were jipped out of millions. We shall see...

They should appeal and file charges against the lottery for perpetuating the original fraud.

Anyone who's not a moron should understand that the only reason this guy won anything was because his numbers were fraudulently selected as the winning numbers.

That means that the court reached the reasonable decision, but they got there the wrong way. The lottery and Massihzadeh both entered into the contract believing that the drawing, and therefore the winning and distribution of the prize, was fair. As we now know that belief was a mutual mistake, unless one of the parties knew at the time that the drawing hadn't been fair. It's a well-settled matter of contract law that mutual mistakes about a material issue make a contract voidable, and the belief that the drawing and subsequent awarding of the jackpot was fair is very clearly a material issue.

"Iowa's Lucky Larry Dawson's case may suffer the same fate."

Dawson's circumstances are different (Dawson won legitimately), but his case will be heard by a different court and he's presumably not using the same lawyers as Massihzadeh.  Like Massihzadeh, he and the lottery both entered into the prize contract in the mistaken belief that the previous win had been legitimate and that Dawson was receiving the correct prize amount.

If the Colorado drawing could have been fraudulent in the first case, due to the fraud perpetrated by Tipton, then Massihzadeh was not necessarily entitled to win anything in the first place [b/c the winning numbers would not have been chosen but for fraud], and he should be thankful for the prize that he was allowed to claim.

Well, that's total BS.

Pay the man.

I'm a fan of claiming anonymously and/or creating a trust, but had Clifford Shaw been allowed to collect the jackpot prize on behalf of the Hexam Investments Trust, Massihzadeh, Dawson, nor Steve Bogle would know the drawings were rigged.

Was looking at the "report card" in several states the only true lottery drawing they offer are multi jurisdiction games like MM and PB. The Dakotas get a "B" (80% true lottery) because they only have one state RNG drawn game. And there are 17 other lotteries getting a "C" or "D" with no state true lottery drawings.

It's easy to understand why games like 5 Card Cash are RNGs drawings, probably 4 minute Keno and possibly All-or-Nothing too but after proving that RNG drawings can be rigged why are that many lotteries still using RNGs drawings?

"Dawson's circumstances are different"

Indeed and more so because Dawson claimed and collected his prize before Tipton's ticket expired. Should make for an interesting discussion next year.

Just a thought, but maybe Tipton hoped there would be multiple winning tickets on the drawing he rigged making collecting the winnings easier for Shaw and the trust. The fact they waited until the last minute using Shaw to collect for the trust makes one wonder how many other plans on how to collect or to let it go they discussed.

I'm not a moron and I disagree with your premise that the only reason he won is because Tipton rigged the drawing. What we do know is the drawing was rigged; what we don't know is what the winning numbers would have been if it was not rigged- despite overwhelming odds against it, there is still a possibility that Massihzadeh's numbers would have been drawn on that drawing and he would have been the sole winner given the other tickets were fraudulent.

This whole thing makes me think of Rhett Butler in the end of 'Gone with the Wind'.   My sentiments exactly.

Amir had better weigh his options, the longer he had these attorneys, the deeper they going to dig into his finances. The guy is 0-2, going to the State Supreme Court may not be “ 3rd time is a charm.” Dawson and Amir’s cases are different, but l still think Dawson has a semi uphill battle in getting paid out in millions more. Has anyone ever successfully sued a State lottery & won? Just asking.

noise-gate, correct me if I'm wrong.  Didn't your state lottery pay out millions to someone who could not produce the winning ticket?  That still irks me somewhat to this day.  Not sure if it was a lawsuit or not.

I agree 110%. When he signed the claim forms, he did not have full knowledge. You cannot waive  what you didn't know at the time nor was it forseeable.

l read about that situation here on LP BD, only after those CA lottery security guys were let go. Those guys had said that against their better judgment, the CA lottery paid a substantial amount to a player who did not produce a ticket. l have no idea how much that payout was for & did not research the thing. What l do know is that they refused to pay a guy who could not produce the winning ticket, although they agreed that it was him purchasing the ticket after reviewing surveillance footage. Double standards if you ask me.

The only way that happens, is probably if the governor is your Uncle or you have footage of a senior member of the lottery commission caught with a hooker behind a dumpster after midnight.