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Lottery Winner Wasn't Supposed to Gamble
By MARK PRATT
Associated Press Writer

BOSTON — 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."






This photo released by the Massachusetts State Lottery shows Timothy B. Elliott in the Lottery's Braintree, Mass., office Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, after he won a $1 million prize playing the Lottery's $800,000,000 Spectacular. He's in trouble because he's also a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to be gambling. The state probation commissioner's office has scheduled a hearing for December 7 to determine whether Elliott, 55, violated his probation when he bought the $10 ticket. (AP Photo/Massachusetts State Lottery)
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.


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I think this is bullshit! The guy could use the money and start his own business with the winnings, and turn his life around.

It isn't gambling, he did not go into a casino and bet his life savings.

What if he'd won a tv at a church raffle? Is that gambling, too?

Unfortunately, it was spelled out in the terms of his probation--



No margin for misunderstanding that. Sorry for sounding like G-Man...

Is that you,Jerry?

No! My beard is not that grey... yet!
And I am probably 80 pounds lighter than that guy. ( I weigh 180. )

I still think the guy ought to be allowed to keep the Money!

He could start his own business and turn his life around and would not have to rob banks anymore, or do any other stoopid shit like that.

Getting money doesn't make someone a good person. Thats why most the tards that win the lottery end up broke.

Robber on Probation Can Keep $1M Jackpot

By MATT PITTA, AP
Fri Jan 18, 1:17 PM EST
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.

A lawyer for Timothy Elliott, 55, called the violation minor, and the Massachusetts lottery commission previously has said there was no basis for withdrawing the prize.

Barnstable Superior Court Judge Richard Connon on Friday approved the probation department's agreement that he could keep the winnings. The only change is that Elliott now must pay a monthly $65 probation supervisory fee, previously waived because he had been indigent.

Elliott declined to comment Friday. He lives in Bourne under the supervision of the Department of Mental Health.

Probation department spokeswoman Coria Holland would not comment further on the case.

In October 2006, Elliott pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery for a heist at a bank on Cape Cod and was placed on five years' probation. The terms required him to not "gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted ..."

The jackpot was won on $10 ticket for the "$800 Million Spectacular" game that Elliott bought at a supermarket in Hyannis. He already has received the first of 20 annual $50,000 checks from the lottery commission.