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43.61 million migrant men bought lottery tickets were taken away and won the lawsuit in 2 years, “but they couldn’t get a dime” | International | CTWANT

A Chinese man bought lottery tickets and won the lottery, but he couldn’t get a dime. (Picture/Flip from Weibo)

More sad than sad! A 40-year-old man surnamed Yao bought lottery tickets 2 years ago in Xi’an, China. He was lucky enough to win 10.01 million yuan (about 43.61 million Taiwan dollars), but was notified by the betting shop that “the winning lottery ticket was not his”, making him angry. Court. After many days of litigation, the judge ruled that Yao Nan won the case, but he couldn’t get a dime, and the reason was exposed.

According to the “Upstream News” report, Yao Nan works in Huyi District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province. He earns about 3,000 yuan a month. He usually buys lottery tickets and he knows Wang Mou, the owner of the betting shop. He bought an optional lottery ticket at Wang’s lottery shop at about 1 pm on July 17, 2019. Because Wang did not issue the tickets as required, he bought an extra RMB 10 lottery ticket worth 5 bets. Later, he used WeChat. Transferred RMB 20 to the other party.

After the draw that night, Yao Nan found out that he had won the lottery. When he asked Boss Wang for the lottery, the other party claimed that he had sent the lottery by mistake. After negotiation, an agreement was signed. Boss Wang compensated Yao Nan for his mental loss by RMB 150,000. On the same day, Boss Wang’s cousin received a lottery prize of RMB 8.01 million (about NT$34.89 million), which made him go to court with anger.

The man won the case but was listed as a dishonest by the court.  (Picture/Flip from Weibo)
The man won the case but was listed as a dishonest by the court. (Picture/Flip from Weibo)

After more than 700 days of litigation, the court finally made a verdict. The owner of the winning lottery ticket is Yao Nan. However, Yao Nan still cannot get the lottery ticket and bonus, and he has also gotten into trouble. Since the previous “Compensation Agreement” signed by him and Boss Wang was invalid, the compensation must be refunded. However, Yao Nan believed that he had not received his bonus yet. Why did he have to give the other party money first? Therefore, he was listed as the person to be enforced by the court. List, become a dishonest person.

In response, Yao Nan said he was very distressed and was planning to call the police to sue the owner of the betting shop and the lottery winner for fraud in order to protect his rights.

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