Powerball exec Charles Strutt quietly quits post as nationwide investigation into lottery rigging grows

Former lottery security officer Eddie Tipton was convicted of trying to steal a $16.5 million jackpot.

Strutt, 63, retains support among some board members and hopes to return to his position when the Tipton case concludes, said Dawn Nettles, a Texas-based lottery watchdog who said she spoke with Strutt about his leave in October.
“The truth is, the lotteries voted Chuck out. They’re holding him accountable for the actions of that security guy,” Nettles said. “But they don’t want anybody to know.”
Strutt was its first employee when six states formed the association to offer the nation’s first multi-state game, Lotto America. The group launched Powerball in 1992, and the game has since generated some of the world’s largest jackpots and billions of dollars in revenue for 44 states that now participate. Strutt also helped establish the association’s other games, which collectively surpass $5 billion in annual sales.
Nettles, a fierce lottery critic, said she’s known Strutt for years and found him to be the most honest, open lottery administrator in the country.
“I’d be disappointed for Chuck’s career to end on this note,” she said.

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