Man Sues 24 Colleagues Over Lottery Win Exclusion

A man in Ontario, Canada, often recruited his colleagues to buy lottery tickets. Once he was traveling, and the lottery tickets bought by his colleagues won a grand prize of 50 million US dollars (about NT$1.54 billion). Unexpectedly, he was excluded and did not get a prize. Any dime, let him sue 24 colleagues.

comprehensiveForeign mediaAccording to the report, Christopher Bates, a 54-year-old man who works in the aircraft manufacturing company “Bombardier”, usually asks his colleagues to jointly buy lottery tickets. One time when he was traveling abroad, his colleagues jointly bought lottery tickets, and they were lucky. For the US$50 million grand prize, each of the 24 colleagues received more than US$1.9 million (approximately NT$58.51 million) in bonuses and US$2,400 (approximately NT$74,000) in interest.

Baez thought he would also have a bonus, but in the end he didn’t get a dime, so he was so angry that he asked a lawyer to sue 24 colleagues, pointing out that he was the first to get the joint venture group, and he often contributed He was very dissatisfied and believed that he also had the right to participate in the equal bonus, so he filed a lawsuit in January 2011. In this regard, colleagues said that they did not make joint purchases on a regular basis, but only when the jackpot exceeded 30 million US dollars, and sometimes they only joint ventures.

In fact, in addition to Bates, there are many employees who claim that they are also entitled to the bonus. Therefore, the lottery company is currently suspending the bonus and divides the first prize into 26 shares, of which 2 are held by the court. The decision can only be made after the ruling is released. A civil trial is currently underway in Toronto over whether Baez is entitled to an equal share of the winnings.