He wins €1 million in the lottery thanks to a common ticket, but is not paid when they find out what he did.

Few sensations compare to win over a million euros in the lottery. Although the chances of it being yours are very slim, we can all get used to the idea, and some have dreamed about it more than once, of what it means to buy a tenth and for our numbers to become winners in drawing on these characteristics.

However, if winning the lottery “pasture” can take you to heaven, the disappointment you will experience if you lose everything in a matter of days will be even greater. This is exactly what happened to a couple from Spalding, a town in Lincolnshire (England)won more than 1 million euros thanks to overall victory and victorybut one of them was left without earning euros.

As the Daily Mail explains, this couple practically at war this happened to both of them a few days after they realized that they had become millionaires. If in the beginning everything was laughter, trips and plans for the future, everything went to waste. And the couple exploded, the love ended, and one of them was left without earning a single euro.

When they were still together Charlotte Cox and your partner, Michael Cartlidge, they went to the supermarket to buy a couple of things they needed at home. Out of nowhere, a man offered to buy a couple of tickets. “scratch and win” try your luck. Charlotte agreed and she was the one who went to buy them, but asked Michael for money to pay for them. The transfer did not arrive, but the woman I bought tickets anyway.

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Returning home, Charlotte scratched the ticket with a coin and realized that they just won £1 million (about 1.2 million euros at the exchange rate). Everything seemed to be going well and the couple was lucky. However, unexpectedly Michael disappeared without a traceand did so, taking the prize ticket with him.

A war began between them. Cox claimed that she was rightful winner, since Charlotte was the one who bought the ticket at the store. This is evidenced by the recordings of the premises’ CCTV cameras. For his part, Michael argued that he was also entitled to take half of the prize because, although he did not buy the ticket, he proposed the idea and showed a willingness to pay for it by transfer, although he arrived late. “Morally, we must go halfway”– the man asserted.

However, everything was clear, and Michael was not entitled to receive a pound of the prize.. This is precisely what the lottery rules indicate, explains the Daily Mail, as the only name authorized to validate a ticket with these characteristics is the name on the back. In this case the name was Charlotte. Therefore Mikhail I lost my legal battle even before you start it.