Vancouver lottery winner loses in divorce case
A $10 million lottery windfall brought an estranged Vancouver couple back together.
But eight years later, the marriage wound up in divorce court with a sticky issue to be resolved: What should be done with $2.2 million in an account the husband claimed was for his personal use?
In granting their divorce last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes ruled the $2.2 million must be split between Minh Kien Le, 58, and his ex-wife, Mai Huong Cao, 55.
The couple escaped with their two ...
Apr 17, 2007, 8:36 am - - Lottery News forum
Ex-lovers settle bitter fight over $12.4 million lottery win
Man pays off woman to resolve civil lawsuit
Ludmila Konickova hadn't known him long. They'd met 18 weeks earlier through an Internet dating service, but she claims it was a trusting and committed relationship.
She also claims she gave her 52-year-old boyfriend, Kenneth Garbe, $20 to buy a lottery ticket for the June 2 Super 7 draw, saying she took it on faith he would pass on any winnings.
The ticket was a $12.4 million winner.
But Garbe tells a different story about the ticket, sa ...
Nov 29, 2006, 10:42 am - - Lottery News forum
$5 Million lottery jackpot won by Canadian miltary women
A group of Canadian Forces women is getting a $5 million payout on Tuesday, but it isn't from the government.
The eight women, who are civilian staff members at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa in eastern Ontario, bought the ticket that had the winning numbers for Friday's Super 7 lottery.
The jackpot divides to about $650,000 for each of them.
The women said they hope their win will spread some good cheer among people at the base and soldiers participating in the Afghan mission especial ...
Sep 12, 2006, 5:51 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winner thought he'd won $12,000, ticket worth $12 million
On Tuesday, Ken Garbe was told he had won $12,000 in the Lotto Super 7. Without his glasses, Garbe couldn't see the numbers himself, so he believed the lottery retailer at Park Royal Mall who checked his ticket.
It turns out the retailer missed a few digits.
Garbe's total winnings from the June 2 draw were $12,399,976 the biggest jackpot so far this year, said Tamara Ibbott, spokeswoman for B.C. Lottery Corp.
Garbe, 52, purchased the lucky ticket at Oakridge Mall. The winning numbers ...
Jun 12, 2006, 9:00 am - - Lottery News forum
Quebec man wins $30 million in lottery, says he doesn't want to change
A 48-year-old accountant who has just pocketed more than $30 million after winning a lottery says he's not sure he's going to give any money to his siblings.
Yves Dubeau, an amateur painter for more than 20 years, quit his job Monday and said he wants to open an art gallery where his own paintings and those of his friends can be viewed. Dubeau won $30,011,440, which one Loto-Quebec spokesman called the biggest-ever payout for one person in a Canadian lottery.
Of the amount, Dubeau has deci ...
May 3, 2006, 12:45 pm - - Lottery News forum
Woman finds lottery fortune in fortune cookie
Alberta's newest millionaire credits a Chinese fortune cookie for her good fortune.Deedra Clay, a 40-year-old grocery clerk and mother of two from Barrhead, won $6 million in last Friday's Super 7 lottery.She is one of two lottery players to share the $12 million jackpot. The other winner is from Ontario.She got her winning numbers - 2, 4, 9, 15, 25, 38 and 45 - from a fortune cookie.They were one of two lines of numbers she got from a fortune cookie that turned out to be a triple fortune. Not o ...
Jan 26, 2006, 7:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winner evaded taxes, fined $375,000
Jefferson, 71, won $12.5 million; admits to making out false invoicesThe winner of a CDN$12.5 million lottery prize who runs a benefit plan consulting firm is a little less rich today after admitting he fabricated expense claims and service invoices involving his business.Walter Jefferson, chief executive officer of Toronto-based Global Benefit Plan Consultants, pleaded guilty to five counts of income tax evasion in court this week and paid a fine of $375,000.Jefferson, 71, did not report income ...
Jan 12, 2005, 8:54 am - - Lottery News forum
Canadian Super 7 lottery winner heads back to work
It's back to work for Shawn MacDonald even if this morning he is Canada's newest multi-millionaire. No, I have no plans to change any of that, the 33-year-old federal civil servant said yesterday as he picked up a check for $7.5 million. I'll just live my life as I always did. MacDonald, originally from Cape Breton but now working for the immigration department of the federal government in Halifax, picked up a ticket for last Friday's Atlantic Lottery Super 7 draw during a visit to a mall.He us ...
Sep 21, 2004, 6:58 am - - Lottery News forum
Toronto couple claims $26.8 million lottery win
A Toronto couple has claimed the third-largest jackpot in Canadian lottery history -- almost $27 million.Tze-Lam and Mei-Ling Chan say they'll use their $26.8 million Super 7 winnings to buy a house that's not too big by the city's lakeshore. And they might get a boat to go along with it. Like 40 feet or something like that, Tze-Lam Chan told reporters. He doesn't yet know how to sail.Both originally from Hong Kong, the couple met at a party in Toronto 17 years ago. They married and had a son ...
Aug 31, 2004, 9:08 am - - Lottery News forum
