When the company won the 1.2 billion won lottery given as a gift, the company asked for it to be returned, and it turned out that the lottery...
Jan 15, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as Xiao Xiang Morning News, a company in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, held an annual meeting for the new year of 2025 and distributed 500 lottery tickets as gifts to employees present.
Unexpectedly, however, an employee won the first prize and received about 6.08 million yuan (about 1.2 billion won).
Upon learning this, the company asked the employee to return the lottery ticket. The company explained that the prize money was distributed equally to all employees attending the annual meeting.
However, the staff did not agree, so both sides went to the police station.
A police official sent it back, saying, "As it is a civil dispute, it is better for the parties to resolve it legally."
More dramatically, the winning numbers were already announced before the company officials distributed the lottery tickets.
The CEO of the company was found to have ordered the financial team to check the numbers and hand out the winning lottery tickets to the employees.
However, it is known that the first prize winning lottery was paid because the staff in charge did not clearly check it.
If so, should the employee who won the first prize return the lottery to the company?
In this regard, local legal experts said "There is no need to do so." he said.
A lawyer said "The company's action to demand the return of an employee after learning that he won the lottery is neither reasonable nor legitimate.' In general, when lottery tickets are sold and delivered, ownership is transferred to the buyer or recipient. He stressed that the company gave the employee a lottery as a gift for the annual general meeting, and the employee received it, so the ownership belongs to the employee.
Another lawyer added "If the company uses this as an excuse to take steps such as cutting wages or threatening to fire, the employee has the right to raise issues with the labor inspector and seek legal help."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
