Court: Police can collect $1M lottery prize

Comment #34

haymaker — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:28:52 GMT

Try this logic when hiding teenager's christmas presents.

put them in the back of the pickup truck,

no self respecting teen would look back there, cause there might be work in there. LOL

Comment #33

maximumfun — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:06:20 GMT

you could do what my sister does... she actually has rented a storage unit... where she keeps her 'purchases'... i have LONG given up trying to figure out this logic...

Comment #32

dallascowboyfan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:30:28 GMT

LOL Ridge; I'm not as slick as I use to be in my younger years, I use to hide them in the boys room my hubby decided to help them clean there closet(a girl can't get a break) I need to come up with a better hiding place I was thiinking about the attic but he would really call for an intervention

Comment #31

time*treat — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:47:11 GMT

Why should the proceeds of a legitimate prize won with a legitimate ticket go back to the lottery?

Because if the prize is not legitimate enough to be awarded to someone, the money should go back to where it came from.

If she had bought a car or a house with money gained from a crime the state gets to take it.

The states are regularly using/abusing these same laws to steal cash, cars, and property from people who AREN'T criminals. They take property and declare it guilty until prov... [ More ]

Comment #30

KY Floyd — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:56:39 GMT

Why should the proceeds of a legitimate prize won with a legitimate ticket go back to the lottery? There was nothing wrong with the ticket. It was the money used to buy the ticket that was a problem. The lottery was paid for the ticket by the store that sold it, and the store, assuming they accepted the card in good faith, was paid by the credit card company. If she had bought a car and the dealer was paid would you think the dealer was entitled to take the car back and sell it again at a 2nd 50... [ More ]

Comment #29

rdgrnr — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:35:38 GMT

It takes a while sometimes, dallas, but eventually we catch on to the hiding stuff in the trunk routine, lol.

Comment #28

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:28:29 GMT

LOL... haymaker I once bought some shoes was trying to sneak them in the house I left the in the trunk of my car not thinking my hubby would ever look there.... well he did he told me I need an intervention

Comment #27

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:24:19 GMT

LOL.... my husband can relate with you RL- some women love chocolate some women love shoes ...

Comment #26

haymaker — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:45:10 GMT

Be glad she throws them in the closet, mine leaves em all over the house,

I always tripping over em.

Comment #25

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:57:16 GMT

DCF

Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world. Marilyn Monroe

My wife would agree, the problem is that I am beginning to thein the right

pair might not exist. She looks, she buys, she throws them in the closet.

I am going to suggest she click her heels three times at the store before

she buys them.

RL

Comment #24

RL-RANDOMLOGIC — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:51:37 GMT

I have purchased tickets using a credit card, I fill up with gas grab a few items plus a scratcher and pay with a

credit or debit card, no problems. The woman was a thief and should have to repay all the money back to the

lottery and the credit card company should get back the dollar or however much the ticket cost and the police

should get a pat on the back for catching the thief even though it took them quite a while. The police should

not get to keep anything because they are bein... [ More ]

Comment #23

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:28:19 GMT

In some states You can use your debit card as long as you enter your PIN

Comment #22

maximumfun — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:18:38 GMT

You aren't suppose to be able to buy lottery tix with cc'ds in RI... but there are some clerks that let you. I have no idea how that works out but I suppose that they balance out when they close out their drawers at the end of their shifts maybe

Comment #21

tntea — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:17:10 GMT

Probably used the card at an ATM machine.

This whole paragraph doesn't seem right..

Oregon allows police to keep money seized in criminal activity. The winnings were awarded to the police when Christina Elizabeth Goodenow, 45, pleaded no contest to using the card that belonged to her boyfriend's mother said.

Comment #20

VenomV12 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:34:19 GMT

I thought that was strange too when I first read it because in my state you have to buy tickets with cash. I just assumed that maybe in that state you could do it. If indeed you can't then that would be a good defense against the loss of the winnings.

Comment #19

mcginnin56 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:21:30 GMT

No retailer is allowed to accept anything but cash for lotto purchases. Must have been an uniformed or careless clerk.

Comment #18

kyokushin187 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:09:08 GMT

When were you able to buy tickets with credit cards

Comment #17

JAP69 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:51:07 GMT

bought with a dead woman's credit card

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If the withdrawl from the dead persons credit card did not create an overdraft or denied payment the ticket and winnings belongs to the deceased persons estate.

Comment #16

rdgrnr — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:32:18 GMT

The stupidest thing ever allowed was when they gave Police Departments the right to confiscate money and property for their own use.

Officer Krupke: Hey, I really like your car! Mind if I search it

Comment #15

rdgrnr — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:27:22 GMT

If the money was gotten illegally, it was gotten illegally from the Lottery and should be given back to them and added to prizes won by the people who provided that money in the first place - the lottery players.

Comment #14

Cletu$2 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:25:54 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong,but isn't Oregon one of our most liberal states?Nuff said.

Comment #13

maringoman — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:44:51 GMT

I'm with the majority here. I dont know why the police get to keep this money. It belongs to the dead womans family and the thieving woman belongs in jail.

Comment #12

RedStang — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:03:20 GMT

Why do stupid people always win. It's becoming a epidemic.

Comment #11

VenomV12 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:49:43 GMT

First of all there is no evidence that would have happened. Who is to say the police would still have not tried to keep the money and been awarded it regardless?

Secondly if the woman was still alive there would be no estate you know due to the fact that she was alive

A half decent attorney should argue that even though the money was stolen, past returning the initial amount plus interest, the woman should not be entitled to anything more than that due to the fact that she would not b... [ More ]

Comment #10

Littleoldlady — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:36:42 GMT

Me too.

Comment #9

Littleoldlady — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:35:47 GMT

If she would have stolen the card while the woman was still alive, then it would go to her estate.

Comment #8

Littleoldlady — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:34:03 GMT

If she would have had the lump sum,. she could have burned through it. The lottery was not interested in recouping the money. There would have been very little left for the police.

Comment #7

dpoly1 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:32:13 GMT

Screw the Police and the Government ............ it should ALL go to the estate of the deceased

Comment #6

maximumfun — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:21:11 GMT

I'm glad the criminal did not get to keep the desserts of her felonious activities.

Comment #5

VenomV12 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:59:17 GMT

That is BS, this is outright theft on the part of the police. The money belongs to the estate of the boyfriend's mother whose funds were used to purchase the ticket. I don't see why the police should be entitled to a dime of the money past the normal fines. Even though it was purchased with stolen funds, I think a 50/50 split with this woman and the estate would be fair.

This is what happens when you have a broke government, they find all sorts of ways to steal the property of the people. I... [ More ]

Comment #4

time*treat — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:55:52 GMT

If they were going to take the money, it should have gone back toward prizes for legit players.

Giving it to the cops is only going to aggravate a very unpleasant trend in them looking for excuses to take/keep property.

Comment #3

mcginnin56 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:54:29 GMT

The police would have taken the lump sum also. Six of one, half dozen of another.

Comment #2

mcginnin56 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:52:59 GMT

Had she not continued to use the stolen credit card after she won the cool million, she'd have been sitting pretty.

Greed is what gets them in the end. It distorts any good judgement. Stupid is as stupid does.

Comment #1

Littleoldlady — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:52:52 GMT

If a lump sum payment was ever needed..it was needed for this one

Court: Police can collect $1M lottery prize

Lottery Post — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:45:24 GMT

The police in Medford, Oregon, can collect much of a $1 million prize from the Oregon Lottery that came from a scratch ticket bought with a dead woman's credit card, Oregon's appeals court has ruled.

Oregon allows police to keep money seized in criminal activity. The winnings were awarded to the police when Christina Elizabeth Goodenow, 45, pleaded no contest to using the card that belonged to her boyfriend's mother said.

For starters, Chief Tim George said, the windfall will be used to ex... [ More ]