SEX OFFENDER WINS LOTTERY "SHEEPLE" GREEN WITH ENVY

Mass. sex offender wins $10 million from scratch ticket
2/11/2008, 3:01 p.m. EST
By DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — A man listed as one of the state's most dangerous sex offenders has won $10 million in the state lottery, and his newfound notoriety may have landed him in trouble with authorities.

Daniel Snay, 56, of Uxbridge, had been living and working in Massachusetts since 2004. In January, he paid $20 for a "Billion Dollar Blockbuster" scratch ticket at a Hopedale convenience store and hit the jackpot.

When a publicity photograph of Snay picking up his first of 20 annual checks for $500,000 Jan. 30 was posted on the Lottery's Web site, residents called the Massachusetts Lottery Commission about his background.

Lottery officials say he gambled legally, but Snay's story caught the attention of police in neighboring Connecticut, where Snay had lived for several years and allegedly had not alerted authorities that he was moving out of state, as required by law.

Connecticut Trooper William Tate said Snay could face up to five years in prison if convicted of failing to notify authorities of his change of address, a felony in that state. Snay hasn't confirmed his address for the Connecticut registry since May 2004, even though that state requires address verification every 90 days, Tate said.

"We're trying to determine when he moved, why he didn't register with us and whether any charges are warranted," Tate said.

Snay first registered on the Connecticut sex offender list on Feb. 28, 2002. The last address he gave was a multifamily home in the Moosup section of Plainfield.

Snay's lawyer, Joseph Fabbricotti, said when Snay moved from Connecticut, he believed he had to register only in the state he was moving to, Massachusetts.

"If that is incorrect, we'll have to fix it," Fabbricotti said. "He wasn't running. He's been living here (in Massachusetts) for four years."

Snay, a divorced father of five, was convicted several times of indecent assault and battery from 1974 to 1987. Two of the assaults were on a child under the age of 14. He is classified in Massachusetts as a Level 3 offender, those deemed most dangerous or most likely to re-offend.
Uxbridge Police Chief Scott Freitas said Snay's lottery winnings have caused some "conversations" in town, but not an uproar.

"In this particular case, he isn't forbidden from gambling," Freitas said. "He played the ticket and he won."

Snay works as a truck driver for Certified Sales Inc., a boat dealership in Mendon. A message left for him there wasn't immediately returned Monday.

Brian Bethel, one of the company's owners, said Snay has been dedicated and hardworking since being employed there on and off for 40 years. Bethel said he thinks it's unfair that some people are questioning Snay's right to the lottery money.

"This is a ticket that is sold to the public, and as a working citizen in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he can purchase the ticket," Bethel said.
"He has paid the piper for what he has done. He's gone over 20 years now (without a conviction)," he said.

Bethel said Snay plans to use the money to pay for his children's education.
"He could have taken the money and left, but he's still working," Bethel said. "He hasn't changed his habits. He works every day."

Officials at the Massachusetts Lottery Commission did not know Snay's background until they were contacted by Uxbridge residents.

"The vast majority of our players are regular, law abiding, hardworking individuals," spokesman Dan Rosenfeld said. "We regret any difficulty this may have caused."

This is the second time in recent months that a convicted felon has won the lottery in Massachusetts. Last month, a Barnstable Superior Court judge approved an agreement to allow convicted bank robber Timothy Elliott to keep a $1 million lottery prize even though he was prohibited from gambling under the terms of his probation. ___
EDITORS' NOTE — Denise Lavoie is a Boston-based reporter covering the courts and legal issues. She can be reached at dlavoie(at)ap.org.

{I’m sorry but this story just plain pisses me off, especially the Mass lotto "dickhead" apologizing to the public that a so "called sex offender" had won the lotto and about how the vast majority of our players are "regular" Hard working law abiding individuals?

For gods sake LETS NOT GIVE GAMBLING A BAD NAME!!!

Things must be different In Mass then they are here in Ohio. I often go down to the local store and get trapped behind compulsive "gamblers" who hold up the line as they order 1 of these type scratch off's 3 of those 7 of these then go out to their cars to scratch them off ,often re entering the store to repeat the process.

I would say that the "VAST MAJORITY" of scratch off lotto players are people that are being taken advantage of by their state governments who know that there is a huge population of people with gambling issues and better THE SKIM goes into the state coffers then into the pocket of a bookie.

More "SAVING THE CHILDREN" thru lotto profits? Sure has not panned out that way in my state.

I also saw another story on FOX with the usual Bullshit reports about how he is wanted in CT and then the usual leading interviews asking the ASSHOLE "SHEEPLE" on the street about how "THEY" Think this mans winnings should be spent WITH THE PREDICTABLE sound bites about how he should give the money to the "victims" he hurt 20 years ago.

I think that ALL lotto winners should be "FORCED" to give their winnings to another group of "victims"
The wives and children of the compulsive gamblers in our society for all they have had to suffer thru.
Not to mention the "VICTIMIZATION" by our government against the members of our society that can least afford it.

This story makes me want to vomit. He won fair and square and the Jealous Hoople heads are just going to have to "SUCK IT UP".

The Lottery is "GAMBLING" with most losing all to the "house" and a very lucky few that win.

GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR THE "HOOPLE HEADS" OF OUR COUNTRY this "ex offender" is a WINNER!!! }

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