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Steven Beard woke up on October 2, 1999, in horrible pain. His stomach was split open. His intestines were exposed. When he called 911, he couldn\\u2019t tell the dispatcher what had happened \\u2014 he could only say that he desperately needed help. It didn\\u2019t take investigators long to discover that Steven had been shot in his sleep. But who would want him dead?

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\\nThen Kristin tells us a story that, at first glance, makes no sense. A man walked into a QuikTrip, bought a couple of lottery tickets, and despite the overwhelming odds against him, won $16.5 million. Great, right? Not so much. He refused to claim the prize money. Iowa lottery officials were stunned. Who wouldn\\u2019t want $16.5 million? Months passed. The man still refused to come forward. Lottery officials smelled something fishy.

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\\nAnd now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

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\\nIn this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\\n\\u201cCourt says Iowa lottery rigging investigation took too long,\\u201d Associated Press
\\n\\u201cJust a dollar and a scheme,\\u201d episode of American Greed
\\n\\u201cThe man who cracked the lottery\\u201d by Reid Forgave for the New York Times

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\\nIn this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\\n\\u201cMarriage, Money and Murder: Steven and Celeste Beard\\u201d by David Krajicek, crimelibrary.com
\\n\\u201cCeleste Beard Johnson\\u201d episode Snapped
\\n\\u201cMarriage, Money, and Murder\\u201d by Bill Hewitt, People Magazine