Men who bilked lottery sentenced in Pennsylvania
March 10, 1982
Harrisburg, Pa.
The two men who rigged the Pennsylvania Lottery in 1980 were sentenced to prison and ordered to return part of the more than $1 million bilked from the state.
Former Pittsburgh TV personality Nick Perry was sentenced to three to seven years in prison, fined $3,000 and ordered to make restitution totaling $35,000. Former lottery official Edward Plevel received a two-to-seven-year sentence, was fined $1,000, and was ordered to pay $2,500 to the state.
The two were convicted of rigging a publicly exhibited contest, perjury, conspiracy, and theft after masterminding a record $3.5 million payout.