Oregon Lottery winner goes to jail

Comment #7

onenumber — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:06:30 GMT

When i tried to use my card to buy gas and lottery tickets, the clerk told me I couldn't use my card to buy the lottery tickets.

Comment #6

qutgnt — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:44:54 GMT

Yes unless the woman bought the tickets with the card the money is rightfully hers even though I am sure she probably is 100% guilty in using the dead woman's credit card.

Comment #5

stavros — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:07:39 GMT

Can you use a credit card to purchase lottery tickets? Again. not condoning what she did. just wondering how they can prove she bought the ticket with stolen money.

Comment #4

JackpotWanna — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:54:55 GMT

I think the reasoning behide it is if she had her own money, why would she steal the money.

Comment #3

stavros — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:23:12 GMT

How can they prove she used money from the credit card to buy the ticket? While not condoning her behavior, I do feel that she won the lottery and that the state has no claim against her.

Stavros

Comment #2

JackpotWanna — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:12:11 GMT

What a sad story!

Most likely the Oregon lottery gets the money or goes to the state. I thnk her boyfriend should get the money.

Comment #1

justxploring — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:47:10 GMT

So who got the money

Oregon Lottery winner goes to jail

Lottery Post — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:15:29 GMT

A White City woman accused of using a dead woman's credit card to buy an Oregon Lottery ticket that won a $1 million prize has been jailed for violating her probation on a methamphetamine possession charge.

Christina Goodenow, 39, was sentenced to six months in custody for violating her probation in a 2003 methamphetamine case.

Meanwhile, she remains in a dispute with authorities over the lottery proceeds.

Authorities say Goodenow spent about $11,000 using the card of the mother of a lo... [ More ]