article_snippet.sent: Authorities had been trying to identify the winner of the $14.3 million Hot Lotto ticket since a New York lawyer tried to claim the prize shortly before the one-year deadline in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: When attorney Crawford Shaw tried to claim the jackpot with the winning ticket in attorney Crawford Shaw hands, lottery officials confirmed the $14.3 million Hot Lotto ticket was valid, but lottery officials refused to pay because attorney Crawford Shaw wouldn't name anyone involved with the purchase and handling of the $14.3 million Hot Lotto ticket.
article_snippet.sent: attorney Crawford Shaw later withdrew the claim and said attorney Crawford Shaw didn't know the winner's identity.
article_snippet.sent: Then, authorities released a convenience store video in October which purported to show the mystery winner, in an attempt to help identify attorney Crawford Shaw, at which point a former co-worker of Tipton's subsequently contacted authorities and tipped which point a former co-worker of Tipton's subsequently contacted authorities off.
article_snippet.sent: Detectives then analyzed the ticket purchaser's voice in a convenience store video in October which purported to show the mystery winner, in an attempt to help identify him, at which point a former co-worker of Tipton's subsequently contacted authorities and tipped them off and matched a license plate in the parking lot of the convenience store to Tipton.
article_snippet.sent: Authorities say Tipton contacted two men in Texas asking for help to claim the jackpot anonymously.
article_snippet.sent: clear attorney Crawford Shaw had used attorney Crawford Shaw computer skills to make certain attorney Crawford Shaw won.
highlights_snippet.sent: Police became suspicious after the winner of the jackpot waited until the last moment to claim Police're prize and would not reveal Police identity .
  