[traditional1]

He obiously is mentally impaired.

All he needed to do was have someone trusted cash in the ticket, and arrange to have them give him the money (less a small handling fee, of course).

A surrogate winner would have solved his problem, although I don't see how buying lottery tickets (as dumb as that is) is somehow a "parole violation".

[SoldierMedic]

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.

The winner of a $1 million lottery.... he "may not gamble, purchase lottery tickets

I should think that is pretty self explanitory. This is a waste of time and resources. He violated probation.

[RockinRight]

I’ll take it off his hands...

[NonValueAdded]

At least he can afford a decent lawyer this time.

[CindyDawg]

I’m figuring he didn’t understand or know. What does lottery tickets have to do with robbing banks though?

[mysterio]

He won. Give him the money.

[Sacajaweau]

This man wasn't sentenced to prison. He was sent to a mental health facility. It sounds like gambling might have been one of his problems.

It was an "unarmed" robbery and it sounds like someone said "stop" and he surrendered.

I find the "no lottery clause" to be "cruel and unusual"....a whim of the judge. Give the man the money.

He simply did no wrong. Violating probation? Happens every day!! Find me 10 people that were forced to turn over a million dollars because they violated probation. Find me one!!

[DManA]

Buying a lottery ticket is gambling? My state tells me it’s just fun, fun, fun.

[YourAdHere]

A bank robber? Give his winnings to the bank.

[CougarGA7]

But I thought the lottery was just a tax on the stupid, not gambling.

[jiggyboy]

The big question I have is, what are the “or else” terms of his probation? I’d be very surprised if it explicitly states that winnings will be confiscated. I’d take a deal where I have to back to jail but get to keep the cash.

[jetson]

Illegals buy lottery tickets and win so why not let a legal criminal a piece of the pie?

[Gay State Conservative]

Queston #1...will he go back to the slammer for having violated probation? And #2...if so,for how long? If he goes back for say,six months,I'd say that that's a pretty good deal...if he's allowed to keep the money.

I'd probably be willing to do 6 months in the slammer for a million bucks.But upon entering,I'd make sure that my lawyer informed the Department of Correction that they'd be sued...big time...for every single assault that I suffered at the hands of another prisoner.

And then I'd keep my fingers crossed!

[Froufrou]

"D-oh!"

[G Larry]

Ok, No sympathy for bank robbers....but....His defense could easily be, “It’s just my way of donating to the state parks fund.” or whatever the state claims it pays for.