Woman must forfeit lottery winnings

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Woman Must Forfeit Lottery Winnings

 

POSTED: 7:27 am PDT August 10, 2007
UPDATED: 2:27 pm PDT August 10, 2007

 

A local 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. 
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Comments

Avatar spy153 -
#1
they tell me all the time "you can't buy lotto tickets with a credit card," so she may be telling the truth.
Avatar tnlotto1 -
#2
that is bad that she pretended to be a victim of domestic violence just to cover her tracks of buying the ticket illegally. domestic violence is nothing to joke about so im glad they caught this liar
Avatar justxploring -
#3
Spy, I've heard that some states allow credit card purchases of lottery tickets.

So who gets the money? Shouldn't the boyfriend? If there is a winning ticket, someone should get the money, right?
Avatar pacattack05 -
#4
I think the cop's aunt gets the money. The aunt got the cop his job.

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