Heard about the bank robber who won a million dollars but can't have it?
By tiffhannah
@tiffhannah (89)
United States
November 29, 2007 1:56pm CST
The winner of $1 million lottery scratch off ticket collected his first $50,000 annual payout and it was taken back two days later because he is convicted of bank robbery in late 2006. He was put on five years probation long before he won the lottery.
It's not determined if he would keep his money or not but if it were me I would hurry up and invest it in a 10 to 20 year CD account this way I will have more of it by the time I get off probation or if the government tries to take it.
What do you think or what would you do if you were in his place?
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@xleslieanne (692)
• United States
29 Nov 07
i heard about that and at first i thought that he should get to keep it because a lot of people have commited crimes in their past. then i became a bit more skeptical about it when i read he was a bank robber. but then i read that, as part of his probation, he was forbidden to do any sort of gambling - including buying lottery tickets. after that bit of information i think that they did the right thing by taking away the money. he went against his probation, he doesn't deserve the money.
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@tiffhannah (89)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I agree! He knew better than to buy a lottery ticket but maybe he thought buying a scratch-off wasn't gambling. LOL!
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@AeroChickie (459)
• Canada
30 Nov 07
I agree that if it was a condition of his probation, then he should not get to keep his winnings. If he's violated a condition of his probation, will he be subject to further punishment such as jail time?
@xleslieanne (692)
• United States
30 Nov 07
i think he should face jail time. or some other like punishment. obviously probation doesn't work for him.
@wifeofharvey (1156)
• United States
29 Nov 07
I agree that because he violated the terms of his probation he should not be allowed to keep the money. Personally I hope it it put into a victims of crime program.
