Once a guy is released from jail, you cannot stop him playing the lottery, period. you also can't stop him betting on the races, whatever. pracically it would be impossible to police, quite aside from the ethical issues about sentences which have been spent.

the point about this guy is that he was still under sentence. he happened to be at a bail hostel and bought a ticket. it's prohibited for persons serving sentences to play the pools, for example (for all y'all not in the UK, the pools is a game in which you try and predict the nationwide football scores), but the lottery is not yet prohibited.

that's what the government is proposing to change, not a blanket ban on ex-criminals or ex-lifers playing the lottery.

what happens to the cash in this instant will depend on civil suits and any judgments in that regard. i strongly, strongly doubt the government could get away with freezing the money, using the guillotine procedure to rush through a change to the law and then make the change retrospective.

kendogg said:

That ain't always the case.

Groot gezin miljonair door Zomerkanjer

zondag 31 augustus 2003

MOORDRECHT (ANP) - Een Moordrechts gezin met zestien kinderen is in een klap miljonair door de Zomerkanjer van de Nationale Postcode Loterij. De familie kreeg zaterdag ruim 1,6 miljoen euro.

This Dutch family with 16 children won 1,6 miljon Euro last year.

subhuman09 said:

i dont think he will ever be reformed and its a sad, pathetic law system we have over here , the peeps that do the crime go to prison and come out with qaulifications and money and get set up again, so its like hey if u comit a crime hey no worries we send u 2 prison, six months or whatever, when uve got fit in our gym, watched all the latest dvds and listened 2 all the new music and got educated enough 2 get a beta job then we will unleash u back 2 the community and u have paid nothing for all u have gained, the people that pay are the victims.

so yep ur damn rite our justice system is pants and a contradiction in words itself JUSTICE!!lmfao.....ok sorri about that , just had 2 vent it..


love and peace

damnedifido said:

So very, very true, and really sad and frustrating. I mean the tax payers pay for criminals to get degrees in prison and yet they cant afford to send their OWN children to university! WTF? Something isnt right here...

REDFEATHERS said:

I was a chilled peep and try not to think to much on this and other rididulous stories that have arisen over the years, because the law here is absolutely absurd, it makes me so angry and upset, so many times that I have thought of emigrating with my little girl because u always want best for them , but then I think well all countries have thier bad points so where do I go,
im with you ...makes me wanna start a campaign group, and save the world.

If I could elect a new leader party I would start 1 called P org. and it would be full of p fams cos in 17 years I havent met a truely nasty 1, that doesnt have feeling. love and passion for others.WE WOULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 5:54:52 2004 by damnedifido]

damnedifido said:

REDFEATHERS said:

right back at you sweetie

Whateva said:

Hold on, if you have 16 kids which you have been able to provide for your ass ain't poor, that's for sure. They all look pretty damn healthy to me!

J0eyC0c0 said:

OK true, but in Holland nobody has to be poor (like in not enough foor).
I heard they had just had a real bad time and with 16 kids I guess they could use the money well. The husband stayed at his job.
I think it's a lot better than a rapist. Just tryed to be positive and show that the world isn't all unfair

Whateva said:

Well even so, maybe it was time for them to stop fuckin'!!

Beautiful family though

J0eyC0c0 said:

Well, if tey are all their own natural children I'd say you're right

Whateva said:

Em, the little guy at the front looks quite dark skinned, are you sure the mom has been fooking her husband?

REDFEATHERS said:

Never heard of adoption??? Or second marriage (shit I need spellingcheck). How can you tell he hasn't been collecting his kids all over town, they don't have to all be her's.


[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 6:13:01 2004 by Whateva]

Whateva said:

It was just a joke

REDFEATHERS said:

I know Wasn't all to serious myself (hard to show, still practising with the emoticons )

REDFEATHERS said:

Hmm, some life sentence.

minneapolisgenius said:

It's the same here in Holland. Life can actually mean you're out in 12 years.

J0eyC0c0 said:

Well yeah, in the U.S. too I suppose.