Judge says man can keep $1 million lottery win despite breaking probation

BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- The luck keeps rolling for a convicted bank robber who won a $1 million lottery prize: Though he violated his probation by buying the ticket, a judge says he can keep the money.

Barnstable Superior Court Judge Richard Connon on Friday approved the probation department's agreement that Timothy Elliott, 33, could keep the winnings.

In October 2006, Elliott pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery for a heist at a bank on Cape Cod and was placed on five years' probation. The terms required him to not "gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted."