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Aug 11, 2007, 9:21 pm (15 comments)
A White City, Oregon, woman must turn over her lottery winnings after a judge said she won them illegally.
Prosecutors said Christina Goodenow, of White City, used a credit card that belonged to her then-boyfriend's dead mother to buy a winning $1 million Scratch-It ticket in Oct. 2005.
Goodenow asked lottery officials to keep her win quiet, claiming to be a victim of domestic violence. But police learned of the crime about two weeks later, as Goodenow continued to use the stolen credit card.
On Thursday, Jackson County Judge Ray White ruled that the winnings were the proceeds of illegal activity and must be forfeited under Oregon law.
Goodenow pleaded no contest to forgery, cheating and aggravated theft.
Besides stripping Goodenow of her winnings, White sentenced Goodenow to a month in jail. But White gave her credit for the six months she served earlier this year for possessing methamphetamine.
Goodenow, who maintains she bought the winning ticket with cash from her own pocket and said she plans to appeal, must spend two years on probation.
AP
A very bad girl............
Well another destiny stolen from the lottery playing public. Someone else could have had a life-changing win. Now, it goes to the government.
poor baby=========================whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa
She continued to use a stolen credit card 2 weeks after winning a million dollars?
Sure hope she never has kids, because stupid like that needs to be out of the gene pool.
If she just would have spent her pocket change on the tickets instead this would not have been an issue.
Instead she is now named and shamed in the media. And prosecuted and jailed. If she used the card in the shop she bought the tickets she got no case.
LOL ! Since she was on possession of meth, she's probably a drug addict also, so she never would have been able to manage to hang onto whatever was left after taxes anyway.
And what's with the retailer allowing a credit card to be used for lottery tickets? I thought that was pretty much illegal in all states.
YES.......jeffrey^^^^^^^^^^^^
We have lottery winner's who have been SHOCKED if they WIN!!!!
We have lottery winner's who take it in....STRIVE>> if they WIN!!!!
Now WE have a judge (state or local) and the credit card LOBBY....
TAKE IT IF YOU......................................................................WIN!!!!
WHERE is Lottomike when U need a pollester??
LOL ............if or when????????????????????????????? you WIN!!!!
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
I'm disappointed that Mrs. Goodenow had to give up $1 million scratch ticket.
So you condone and / or approve of criminal behavior ?
credit card operator's R HONEST
student loan operator's R HONEST
LOAN COLLECTOR's are.........??????
Law maker's & loan legislation.........r really honest (lobbist r honest....tooo)!!!!!!!
U OWE.......U OWE......OFF........U SLAVE's U GO.......(to D pur house)!!
Dee LOTTERY.................will ^^^^^^^^^^^
SET US FREE^^^
LOL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WE need-IT!!!!!!
This case should go all the way to the Supream Court ;
The judges Ruling Over-steped his Jurisdiction ;True the woman stole a credit card that was illegal and she should pay for her decession but to strip her of the money was Impropper and beyound the scope of justice ;
returnig the money to the credit card and a jail sentence but not a lottery-ticket because it would have left a trial of reciepts , which in this case there was only a ticket ...which won a million and this individual was robed of her winnings;
You have totally massacred the English language!
Computerhead- Please go back and re-read the article in its entirety. You are missing some important legal infractions that played a MAJOR part in this judges ruling.
Let me put it to you in kindergarden terms: Johnny stole money from his sisters' piggy bank. Johnny goes and buys lots of candy with it. Momma comes home and finds that Johnny broke into his sisters piggybank. Momma says Bad Deed Johnny, for that you are grounded and have to give all the candy back .