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Man sues girlfriend over non-existent lottery prize
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-11-09 09:52

A man in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, dragged his girlfriend to court claiming that she has disappeared with a winning lottery ticket he had purchased.

It was only later that the court learned Wang's lottery ticket did not win any prize at all. The plaintiff wasn't really sure what his exact ticket number was.

Wang purchased a lottery ticket in May 2009, and handed it over to his girlfriend.

Days later, he checked the lottery results and thought he had hit a 9.9-million-yuan ($1.5 million) jackpot.

He rushed home to confirm the ticket number and found that his girlfriend had left with all her belongings. Her cell phone was switched off.

Thinking she had escaped with the winning lottery ticket, Wang immediately filed a lawsuit against her.

(Yangtze Evening News)