Topic: Couple won the jackpot but split soon after! - page 13. (Read 1901 times)

I'm not an expert on law by any means. The CCTV footage is already there and can be backed up by the staff that accepted the payment. They can also verify the payment on the app. His lawyer's main job is to argue that she wouldn't have bought the winning lottery ticket without his money. If they can establish that then I think there's a good chance that he'll get compensated too.

Accoriding to the article shared by OP.


They are not married, so there's no conjugal properly. And they are just dating for 3 months, so that's a short period of time to create a bond in the relationship. I think the guy trying to force his right to get the half of the winning, he said "morally",but if it's the law that will be followed, whoever paid fo for the winning ticket should have the right of the winning, and it was the woman.

I never really know the whole story, and for all we know he could be telling lies, or she could be avoiding the truth. Anyhow, knowing they don't have conjugal responsibilities to each other, they should have went for the 50/50 split before actually leaving each other. Imagine winning that kind of amount, only to pay taxes and legal fees afterwards just because one is greedy enough to take it all instead of splitting the bill evenly. That's a clean $950k for each of them if they just went for the split, no lawsuits or publicity of their names involved!

Depends really in the case, we might not know the whole story.
However, if perhaps only one of them insidted the bet, and that same person is the one to do the 'whole' thing, then definitely he earned that jackpot and it depends on him whether to share it with his partner. And if the only thing that associates the 'split' is them being a couple then that won't be fair especially if they aren't married yet.

Another side is both of them engaging the bet, sharing the mount they bet, and being "whole" to make that bet, then they should be splitting the amount.

Last angle is with whom the bet is named after, tit will be the only one acknowledged by the laws and regulations.

I hope they won't be in conflict because of this. Money is indeed important but relationship should matter more 'coz even without the jackpot they were together already. Any amount could be earned and that is why we should not let greed take over us.

If that is happen to me and we must separate, we will split the jackpot into two parts. One for me and the other is for her. 50/50 sounds good for us so we can continue our lives and not complain about the jackpot because each of us have the same amounts of the money that we won. I don't have to have an ego battle because that is not worth as both of us wants to separate and split the jackpot so we can enjoy the jackpot and maybe find the others and gets married. Nothing to resolve if both of us really want separate after we won the jackpot and I guess some couple will do the same if they don't have any problem out of this case.

It depends on both of us because if we really want to separate after we have the money from the jackpot, we can do that without thinking anything as that will be our final decision. We ended our relationships on good term because we don't want one of us hurt or we no longer have compatibility in our relationship and we must ended that. After all, three months together is enough for us to know and learn each other and if we don't find something that can't take us to the wedding, we don't have to continue our relationships.

Never been is such situation but I wish LOL

From the article, we don't really know who is telling the truth. So I think a 50/50 reward portion for each would totally depend on what actually happened -- if it was mutually agreed the ticket is shared and all the other nuances on their relationship that the article don't cover -- ngl, 3 months is pretty short. I wouldn't wanna point fingers without actually knowing these.

In any case, it def appears the woman is likely to win the case legally and it is safe to say 1.9 million dollars is an amount most people would fight for in a heatbeat.

I was wondering if they are truly in love with each other because if they do, money can not separate both of them just like that. This is why it is advised you marry who you Love so that nothing can come in between you and your partner no matter what happens, there would always be a peaceful resolve amongst both partners as long as they love each other.

This victory should be a thing worth the celebration for the couple's as far as it is concerned with victory. This should be a thing of joy for both of them as the money involved is worth it. In my country, that amount of money is so much big that you can live a luxurious life with investment scattered throughout while you relax and make your money as an your investment does the work for you. This should have been a merry moment for this coup but it has gone south for them.

Possibly, what must have caused this issue is as a result of one's input being bigger than the other which they might likely be having misunderstanding in the sharing formula and as such resulted to their splitting but that aside, there are possibly some issues which they must have been going through and have failed to address it properly before the win. Sometimes things just happens this way and both of them should accept it in fate and move on as they are likely not meant for each other.

True, it should have been a happy situation for the couple to hit the big jackpot and not the other way around, and as you said it would make sense if behind the scenes they had personal problems outside of the jackpot winnings, I mean maybe they had personal problems that required them to separate and maybe this situation coincided with the time they hit the big jackpot so that people assume that their separation happened because both of them were greedy people who did not want to share the proceeds of their winnings.

But if what people predicted is true, or that means they split up just because of the money problem from the jackpot winnings then of course the separation is a decision that they should not take, if indeed the problem is like this then I am sure that the money at stake is the money of one of them which in the end when it turns out that the results win one of the couples does not want to share the results of his victory with his partner so that maybe there is a fight where one of them does not want to share his winnings and one of them claims that with the existence of a dating relationship then it means that the victory is shared. On the other hand, they should be more mature in their thinking, because of course it should be a happy situation where they can build a small business as you said or maybe hold an event like an engagement to make their relationship more serious.

You really never know the person until you marry him/her and you live under one roof, if they love each other there's no issue at all they will share the money because they will eventually marry, but it seems the woman loves for the money is stronger than her love to the man.

Since the woman's name is on the ticket and the lottery honored her as the winner, based on their terms the man can't do anything but if the woman is righteous he should give a share of the winning, it may not be half of the money.
It's going to be a long court battle if they want to settle this on the court it's better that one who they both respect do an intervention and settle it between themselves.

I know 3 months isn't long enough to fully trust someone even if it's your partner, or know whether you two will be together till the end. But it's just funny how a person can easily change because of money. Out of nowhere, you want to leave the person just because u won a huge amount of money in your name. Legally, she has the right to the prize since it's her name but if the guy is saying the truth that would definitely be unfair, and the girl is pure selfish.
I would understand if she's alone when she bought the ticket and the guy has no engagement during the buying of the ticket. But since they were together when they bought it, it's unfair especially that since you got the jackpot prize, you'll leave the other person alone... If both parties will continue being greedy and selfish, it could lead to a more problem. Their names and picture are being publicized so it can endanger them. Also, it could bring grudge to each other especially it involves huge money, you wouldn't expect what a person can do for money.

with the kind of youth we have now, three months of dating is not enough for most people to manage issues like this and if care is not taken, most persons will be up in a similar situation as this if they find themselves in this condition.

Would I part ways with my current partner if I win such amount of money?  It certainly depends on her reaction to the money we've won and if she start making extravagant oland that will make us spend all the money out in no time, I will definitely cut off from her cause it's a sure sign that if we have greater wins in the future, she wouldn't be able to manage it.

The winnings are large enough, that it is enough for both, even if they split it in half, each would receive almost a million dollars. It seems to me that everything is very simple here, if it was a husband and wife, then they will divide all the property in half, if it was a guy with girl and they were not married, it is obvious the person who purchased the winning ticket can take the money. If they played together, then it would also be fair to share everything to be damaged, but everything will depend on them and on the situation, all people are different.

They are not married, the woman bought the ticket her name was on the ticket so she has the right to the winning prize and the lottery is correct in giving him the money, morally the man should have a share of the ticket, but since she exposed herself as a greedy woman the man should dump her, her greediness was expose saving the man from misery if ever she married that woman.
People change when they suddenly get hold of a large amount it is called sudden wealth syndrome and create a topic about this subject here

Sudden Wealth Syndrome (SWS) In Gambling

Money can change everything and its not a new thing anymore on this world. People do get blinded with greed without minding about other peoples importance and the love and bond that they had made
on, on the time that they dont have money and now that they have won something big,then they have decided to split out?  Money over feelings/love. This isnt shocking into this society nowadays.
Just like on what said above that this wont really be an issue if they are married since its a conjugal then it would be a 50% split out but since they arent still legally married then they could really
be able to make those kind of claims that they should really be getting more. This would really be resulting into that huge and long argument specially if we do speak about money.

There are many couples like them, it's like not having money is what keeps them together, like this was how things was supposed to be, but when money comes it will divide them for different reasons, greed, jealousy, etc.

I don't like coming between a couple, don't even try to find who is faulty because you will never know, it can be the man himself or the woman, lack of evidence have buried many cases like this in the past.

Kudos to those getting married today, it's risky, even if you believe that you know them very well, trust me, you don't, be prayerful and hope for the best, the youngsters of nowadays are smarter, many of them choose not to get married, and the reasons are valid points, you need lots of luck to meet the right person for you.

Wow! That's a long read.

Money. Damn it! It can really make people change. The sudden decision of the woman to kick the guy out is a signal that greed is coming. The guy expected it to happen and it did. Well, he was wise enough to bring the scratch card with him but that is where it all started to become a problem for those who will give the prize money.

There is only one solution here and it's written at the finale of the story.
The woman will claim the prize money as I doubt he will let the man put his name on the back of the scratchcard but before that happens if the woman is willing to share a part of it, an agreement should be made in front of an attorney so that it will be legal and on paper. That way the man can be assured that he will get the share and if ever the woman won't comply then legal actions will be made and that paper will be a strong proof for her denial to share it.
After the amount is given another paper should be legalized that she already gave the money.

From a good relationship to a broken one. This is a damn mess. Love versus money.

All lotteries around the world have ruling in case there is a dispute on the ticket , it is clearly stated that

So whatever agreement they have about the winning it should be on paper and the holder of the tickets gets to decide whom she will share his prize on this case it looks like they do not have a very strong relationship that when an issue like this comes up they have a disagreement the man has a case because the money that was used to purchase the ticket comes from his pocket but she can claim that the money was a loan for her to buy the ticket.

I don't think it will stand in any court where the lender of the money that was used to purchase for the winning ticket has the right to the winning ticket.
if the court will rule in his favor then any employer will ask his employee that won millions in a lottery to share his winning because the money comes from his
pocket, the rule is who bought the ticket whose name is written in the back deserves the prize regardless of where the money comes from.

There was similar scenario that made headline where a man give his friend a set of numbers to bet and it happens that the winning set of number hit the jackpot, and the giver is asking a 50% share, the court denied his claim because, the winner is the one who decided to bought the ticket, his name was behind the back of the ticket, regardless if there 's someone who gave the winning numbers.

The man is in a harsh situation to claim part of the prize, because the tickets were paid through the woman's banking account. Moreover they weren't married, rather just a couple of boyfriend and girlfriend, what makes even harder for him to get part of the prize.

And even though it's morally wrong to not split the prize in two, besides the man having deposited tickets' money to the woman's banking account right after, I fear it won't mean too much towards the court, anyway.

That is a very sad story which revealed the wicked nature of the woman. People aren't only extremely individualistic and treating their pairs as disposable, but also being egoistical and dishonered. It's the woman's right to not desire keeping the relationship, but it would be reasonable and fair to give the man 50% of the prize. A decent human being would act like that.

I think the biggest misconception about breaking up is that if we were together life would have dawned happily ever after. Just as money does good too much money does bad. If they could not have won a large amount in the lottery, then it would not have been the reason for the separation in their married life. These two may think that they have a lot of money and can do anything with money now. The lottery that brought curses to their lives.

It's a he said, she said argument here, we really don't know who is telling the truth here. We only heard one side of the story, but yeah, I guess it's like a curse for the two as they are in love when they don't have the money. Now, they are separated when they have $1 million and they can go have their own home and have a bright future as husband and wife. But it's totally ruined now and maybe the magistrate is the one who will decide if it's going to be 50/50 split or if the man will get nothing of the jackpot. It will be a double whammy for him though, he lost the girl and then he didn't get half of the money.