When I won the first prize in the lottery, I sent the wrong picture of the owner
Dec 30, 2024
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According to Chinese media Yangtze River Evening News and Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Yao, who lives in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China on July 17, 2019, remitted 20 yuan (about 4,000 won) to Wang, a lottery shop owner, and asked him to buy two lottery tickets.
In response, Wang randomly purchased two tickets and sent Yao a picture of the lottery.
On the same evening, one of the lottery tickets purchased by proxy won the first prize, allowing Yao to receive 10 million yuan (about 2 billion won).
Yao, who went to pick up the lottery with joy, heard an absurd sound from Wang.
Mr. Wang said "The lottery was actually bought by someone else. I have sent you the wrong picture."
At the same time, he said he would give 150,000 yuan (about 30 million won) as compensation for 'mental'. After signing the agreement, he demanded that all mobile phone text records be deleted.
It was hard to believe Wang's words, but Yao, who thought it was his fault to make a purchase request on behalf of him, ended the debate by receiving 150,000 yuan.
However, about two months later, Yao was shocked and suspicious when he found out that it was Wang's cousin Gao who received the first prize money.
It is presumed that Wang stole the lottery ticket and handed it over to his cousin.
In fact, Gao received 8 million yuan (about 1.6 billion won) from the Shaanxi Lottery Management Center in September 2019 after deducting taxes from the lottery winnings.
In response, Yao filed a lawsuit to confirm the winning of the lottery.
In October 2021, the court ruled that Gao returned the jackpot to Yao, saying that the first lottery belonged to Yao, and that Wang should take joint responsibility for it.
Gao and Wang immediately appealed, but the high court recently upheld its first ruling on the grounds that there was no evidence to support Gao's lottery purchase.
Although he won the lawsuit, Yao said he was not happy.
The court seized Gao and Wang's bank accounts, but there was no balance.
Both houses have also been auctioned off, but there have been no successful bidders so far.
Mr. Yao said, `So far, I have not received a single penny from them"I also used up all my savings due to this incident. I borrowed hundreds of thousands of yuan from the lawyer's expenses as well,' he complained.
He added "I lived a normal life until this happened, but now I'm worried about my livelihood."
His lawyer said he plans to file an application with the court to scrutinize the whereabouts of the lottery jackpot.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
