Lottery loser

[Gob]

A lottery syndicate that scooped £10.5m ($16m) in the U.S. is claiming one of their members is not entitled to the prize because she did not make her $1 contribution.

Jeanette French, 72, had been a member of the group for eight years when they won the Florida State Lottery. But now the dispute is going before the courts - and the seven others have been prevented from getting their hands on their share of the prize until the legal fight is resolved.

Ms French claims she is entitled to $1.1m (£715,000) as she has been a member of the syndicate at the Hacienda Hills Country Club in Florida for so long. She even checked the winning ticket and told the other members, many of whom she has known for years, that they had won and handed back the winning ticket.

The 72-year-old has claimed that in the past when group members were not around to contribute to the ticket other members of the syndicate would chip in. Her lawyer insists that is what happened last week when the workers at the country club won the top prize.

Tom Culmo has successfully applied to a judge to stop the Florida State Lottery from paying out the winnings. Each winner will get $1.1million if the woman is included, while they would each get $1.3million if she is not. 'She had communication with one of the other employees who said he would put in a dollar for her,' he said.

'Employees would routinely cover for each other. She paid back the dollar Thursday morning, and she was given the ticket to check to see if they had won. 'After she realized the group won, she gave back the ticket. She wasn't worried if she handed back the ticket she wouldn't be part of the group.'

The syndicate all work at the country club in The Villages, a community in central Florida for the over 50s. A court granted an injunction preventing the money being split.



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[loCAtek]

Can we just have a permanent link to the Daily Mail pls?

[The Hen]

Just for you sweetheart.

[oldr_n_wsr]

See what money does to people.
If I was part of that group, I would not even think about not including her in the winnings.

[dales]

Cheap and greedy old gas bags