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PRESIDENTIALRACE CHARLESREXARBOGAST—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a rally at the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee. By Steve Peoples TheAssociatedPress WASHINGTON Republican Donald Trump signaled a shift toward "more meat on the bone" in his policy speeches Wednesday amid new signs of campaign dis- cord, a day after his sting- ing Wisconsin defeat em- boldened his critics and pushed the GOP closer to its first contested national convention in four decades. Democrat Hillary Clin- ton, meanwhile, embraced a tougher approach with liberal rival Bernie Sand- ers, who beat her in Wis- consin. Still, Sanders' string of recent primary victories has done little to erode the former secretary of state's overwhelming del- egate lead as the 2016 pri- mary season lurches to- ward a high-stakes contest in two weeks in New York. "The core issue in his whole campaign doesn't seem to be rooted in an understanding of either the law or the practical ways you get something done," an aggressive Clinton de- clared in an interview on MSNBC. She suggested Sanders "hadn't done his homework" on specific pre- scriptions needed to ad- dress economic inequality. As the Democratic front- runner tried to under- cut Sanders' recent mo- mentum, Trump's grasp on his party's presiden- tial nomination appeared far more tenuous. Senior Trump adviser Barry Ben- nett shrugged off the Wis- consin loss to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, but he also said the billionaire businessman would soon begin to deliver a series of "presidential, substantive" speeches on his policy priorities. That list likely includes immi- gration, trade, defense and taxes. "That's coming," Bennett said of the shift. "There will be more and more meat on the bone as we go forward." At the same time, Trump's team quietly worked to resolve prob- lems with its young dele- gate outreach operation, a critical tool as the primary campaign speeds toward the possibility of a contest convention. The tension centers on campaign man- ager Corey Lewandowski, whose management style has alienated some would- be allies on the ground in key states. For example, the cam- paign over the weekend fired the person running its Colorado operation ahead of the state's con- vention on Saturday. The move was confirmed by a person with direct knowl- edge of the staffing situa- tion who spoke on the con- dition of anonymity to dis- cuss internal deliberations. The issues come as lead- ing Democrats and Repub- licans acknowledge a grow- ing likelihood that Cruz could wrestle the presiden- tial nomination away at the GOP national convention in July. While Trump main- tains a big delegate lead, Cruz took a big step for- ward with his win in Wis- consin. The senator has no realistic path to claim the nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7, but he might force a con- tested convention by block- ing Trump from getting a majority of delegates in the state-by-state voting. Trump must win 57 per- cent of the remaining del- egates to clinch the nomi- nation before the conven- tion. So far, he's winning 46 percent. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who hopes the year will play out in Cruz's favor, said the Republican race was "very likely" headed to an open convention. "Ted Cruz will win on the second ballot if not on the way in, and he will unite the party," Walker said on WTMJ radio in Milwaukee. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, asked if she's coming around to the idea of Cruz as the nominee, said, "I'm coming around to more like, 'It looks like it will be a very interesting convention.'" Trumpeyesshi topolicy 'meat' as convention fight looms By Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press IOWA CITY, IOWA New digital evidence reveals how a lottery insider ma- nipulated drawings to en- rich himself and his asso- ciates, Iowa investigators said Wednesday as they charged his brother with securing jackpots in Okla- homa and Colorado worth $1.2 million cash. Tommy Tipton, a for- mer justice of the peace and reserve police offi- cer in Texas, turned him- self in Wednesday to face a charge of ongoing crimi- nal conduct. Authorities allege he conspired with his older brother, Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association who was con- victed last year of fixing a $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot. He's also await- ing trial on charges link- ing him to lottery prizes in several other states. The jackpot-fixing al- legations have rocked the Multi-State Lottery As- sociation, an Iowa-based nonprofit that adminis- ters Powerball and other games for dozens of states. Prosecutors have al- leged Tipton tampered with random number gen- erators that he built and installed for use by state lotteries. But their case had been based on cir- cumstantial evidence be- cause the computers he worked on at the associ- ation had been erased or destroyed, and Tipton's de- fense repeatedly cited the lack of evidence as a rea- son why charges should be dismissed. But in what investigators called a sig- nificant break, court doc- uments filed Wednesday show Wisconsin author- ities were able to recover the random number gener- ator used for a $2 million jackpot Megabucks jackpot paid out to Tipton's best friend in 2008. A forensic examination found that the genera- tor had unauthorized seg- ments of code that were installed after it had been reviewed and verified as legitimate by a lottery se- curity firm. That code di- rected the generator not to produce random numbers on three particular days of the year when they fell on certain days of the week. Instead, numbers on those days would be drawn by a "multi-variable algorithm" that Tipton could predict based on his knowledge of how it worked, according to an affidavit by Iowa Di- vision of Criminal Inves- tigation agent Don Smith. All six prizes linked to Tipton so far were drawn on either the days of Nov. 23 or Dec. 29 between 2005 and 2011. "Upon re-creating the draws according to the al- gorithm, forensic examin- ers produced the very same 'winning numbers' from the program that was sup- posed to produce random numbers," Smith wrote. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Rob Sand, who has overseen a lengthy inves- tigation into Eddie Tip- ton, said Wisconsin inves- tigators "are due credit for these welcome devel- opments in electronic ev- idence." Eddie Tipton was charged and fired last year after authorities released surveillance footage of a person buying the win- ning ticket for a $16.5 mil- lion jackpot and hot dogs at a Des Moines gas station in 2010. Colleagues identi- fied the buyer as Tipton, a computer whiz who had unparalleled access to lot- tery software. OKLAHOMA, COLORADO Lo tt er y ins id er 's b ro th er arrested in jackpot-fixing scandal CHARLIE NEIBERGALL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Former lottery security officer Eddie Tipton leaves the Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, a er his sentencing in a jackpot-fixing scandal. | NEWS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 4 B