I too have been having issues with Tapped Out and freezing as soon as I log into Origin (only with my user ID, it works fine if I play as anonymous). I've tried uninstalling/re-installing multiple times,deleting apps to make additional space on the ipad3, shutting down the app, logging out and restarting/logging back in, shutting off the wifi/re-establishing connection, turning off the ipad, etc. Still no luck. Am hesitant on swiping device clean and rebooting from last saved session but may need to do that for last resort (still not certain how a bug in a game would fix itself if everything on ipad was deleted). Any help is greatly appreciated!
(P.S. I did not purchase any gold tickets. The game just stopped working. When I uninstall and re-install, the game does a massive update, but still freezes after I log in to my Origins account).