I don't know where to stand on this one? But it's interesting . I mean on the one hand he should have know better but even then he should have been smart and get someone else to cash it for him cuss you know the Court's are going to take it all. But here is the thing I don't know about Mass. but here in Idaho it is illegal to Gamble.The state has even went so far as to try and outlaw bingo in churches but then if they could tax it, it's not gambling then. We have a state lotto and scratch tickets but the profits go to the schools so it is OK it's not considered gambling if the state runs it.So I guess you'd say he wasn't gambling. But I am quite sure the state will take the money. I bet it doesn't go to the schools either.
I don't know what do you think.I know he was not to buy lotto tickets but then you got to feel sorry for the guy!
Lottery Winner Wasn't Supposed To Gamble
BOSTON, Nov. 28, 2007(AP) The winner of a $1 million lottery scratch ticket may not be so lucky after all: He's a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to gamble. Timothy Elliott faces a Dec. 7 court hearing over whether he violated his probation when he bought the $10 ticket for the $800 Million Spectacular game at a supermarket in Hyannis.Elliott was placed on five years' probation after pleading guilty in October 2006 to unarmed robbery for a January 2006 heist at a bank on Cape Cod. Under terms of his probation, he "may not gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted, including restaurants where Keno may be played."Elliott, 55, has collected the first of 20 annual $50,000 checks from the Massachusetts lottery commission. A picture of Elliott, holding his first check, was posted on the lottery's Web site Monday, though it was removed by Wednesday.As part of his sentence, Elliott was put under the care of the state Mental Health Department and sent to a hospital for treatment, and state officials refused Wednesday to say whether he was still being treated.A telephone number for Elliott could not immediately be located Wednesday, and it was not clear whether he had a lawyer.
The lottery routinely cross references the names of winners with the state Revenue Department to see if they owe back taxes or child support, lottery spokesman Dan Rosenfeld said. In those cases, winnings go straight to the Revenue Department.
But in this case, it will be up to the court to determine what will happen with Elliott's winnings.
"This is kind of new territory," he said.
I bet the state and courts take every penny of it
