Should the lottery pay out if the ticket was bought with stolen money?

[cubby]

Should the lottery pay out if the ticket was bought with stolen money?

This is an interesting conundrum

Apparently in Canada a woman purchased a winning lottery ticket with a stolen credit card and now the Lottery is refusing to pay out

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47077141

A winning lotto ticket in Canada will likely not be paid out because it was bought with a stolen credit card.

The woman who allegedly bought the ticket was arrested by police while on her way to the lottery offices.

Police were following up on a report of a stolen wallet and discovered the victim's credit cards had been used to buy lottery tickets.

The suspect was identified with security footage from the Newfoundland store where the tickets were bought.

The 33-year-old suspect, who was taken into custody on Thursday by officers from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, was charged with two counts of possessing a stolen credit card and five counts of fraud.

Const James Cadigan told the BBC that the amount of the winnings was a "substantial sum".

So should the lottery chiefs have refused her win or should she have been able to keep the ticket and cash it in?

Legally speaking, at least in the United States, laws are designed so that people do not benefit from their illegal activity. For instance, a criminal cannot receive proceeds from his story if made into a movie or book (it's more complicated than a one line explanation, of course).

I would have to argue that no, the lottery should not pay out if the money used to pay for the ticket was stolen or received illegally.

Of course, that begs the question - what constitutes illegal proceeds? Obviously, in this case, the woman stole a credit card and then bought something with it. The money wasn't hers, so stolen = no right to lottery winnings. But what about generational theft. Or legal proceeds from ill-gotten funds?

[Independent voter]

I'm sure it's been said, but the rightful owner of the money should get the prize.