Lottery winner is sued by his sister

Comment #38

helpmewin — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:41:13 GMT

Comment #37

jamella724 — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:23:41 GMT

I thought in times like this your family will be the one who will protect you from people who would like to take advantage of you. How come it seems like it is the family who would like to take advantage of you first. Since he already give some part of his winnings to his family, can't the sister just be contented with it, I don't understand why she has to insist on getting bigger part of the winnings.

Comment #36

RedStang — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:07:25 GMT

The only fighting me and my sis would be doing is racing our new toys at the track.

Comment #35

TNPATL — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:40:56 GMT

Greed, Greed, Greed,

the article did state he shared some money with her. It did not say how much. But I'm sure it was a nice amount.

She just wanted way more than he gave her.

You know this is why it's not so good to agree vocally how if we win, or when I win, blah, blah, balh . What happens when you do actually win, you see all the money and make other plans. The greed and jealousy comes out in family members and/or friends.

Comment #34

Lucky4Life — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:35:04 GMT

I hope she never sees a penny of it!! Todd keep us posted on this one please.

Comment #33

pickone4me — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:24:01 GMT

I'd just give her, the 1$ dollar back, and tell'er to go pound sand

Comment #32

Pita Maha — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:19:28 GMT

Same here. Other than the few times I was in the office pool when I worked for an employer, it's only me buying for me. And any pool I was in, we all had copies of the tickets, and everyone's names documented on the photocopy.

And it's probably a good idea to not advertise to anyone, even family, that you play the lottery in the first place. None of anyone's business really. If I won, I wouldn't tell anyone (other than my husband), before I claimed my money. Or even after. These people that y... [ More ]

Comment #31

Win$500Quick — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:46:01 GMT

This is why I buy my own tickets, with my own money.

Comment #30

Artist77 — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:18:40 GMT

Statute of limitations to file are usually at least 1-2 years and can be longer if there is some element of awareness required by the planitiff (i.e. I was not aware until 2 years later that this person I gave lottery money to won the JP, etc.). If the action is filed outside the statute of limitations period and there is no reason to justify it, it will not survive a motion to dismiss.

Comment #29

OldSchoolPa — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:17:05 GMT

I would say the sister has no claim to the winnings. It sounds as if they are related but not ace boon coons (Now before someone jumps on that as being politically incorrect, let me state that I am a black person and this is a country saying that references actual raccoons). I have 3 brothers and 3 half sisters. I am really only close with one of my brothers just because we are so close in age and grew up together. If they really had a standing agreement, she would have raised the issue from the... [ More ]

Comment #28

JackpotWanna — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:15:48 GMT

I agree 5 years is a long time to wait.

Comment #27

LottoLucy — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:44:53 GMT

Exactly what I was thinking. I was disappointed when I looked at the picture and they didn't look like a family of circus clowns

Comment #26

fwlawrence — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:58:59 GMT

That must have been one crowded limousine

Comment #25

noise-gate — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:05:37 GMT

Little Sister can try and sue- does not mean she is going to win. Too much time has passed. Why did she not voice her concerns within a few months of the payout? I don't buy this one.

I asked a question once if someone gave you $5.00 to play, and you won are they entitled to a part of the jackpot?

The responses were almost universally- NO. Same here, little paper with numbers or not.

* Sage advice: if you do not have it in writing- it never happened.

Comment #24

Stack47 — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:00:55 GMT

The sister believes she has part ownership of any win he gets because she once gave him a dollar. There are people who will say the winner owes them half of a pick-4 straight win because they told them to play that number 10 or more years ago.

Everything is relevant in this type of lawsuit because her lawyer will be trying to convince a jury part (or all) of the jackpot his hers.

Comment #23

LottoGuyBC — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:49:42 GMT

Indeed

Comment #22

billionaire2bee — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:38:36 GMT

Not neccessarily...She could have said they were trying to workout the payment or she could have said he kept it from her and didnt notify her that he collected the money, or she could have said when she asked for her half he cussed her out and wouldnt return her calls and refused to see her and it also takes time between the time it takes to get a lawyer and him doing his own investigations in building her case etc. etc etc and then you go file in court and they may have months before they even... [ More ]

Comment #21

billionaire2bee — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:21:42 GMT

The fact that she gave him a dollar is irrelevant...she could easily say they had a standing agreement that they would split it as brother and sister

Comment #20

KY Floyd — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 06:05:01 GMT

I'm sure the sister would be thrilled if you'd share the proof you obviously have that she's the one telling the truth and he's the one who's lying.

Comment #19

lilluv — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:34:19 GMT

He need to pay up, she just discover the number that won was the winning numbers when she found them on the paper she put away,right is right.

Comment #18

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:02:01 GMT

That's crazy.....so if the sisters had children they would be auntie/stepmom Now that's done real drama lol

Comment #17

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:58:50 GMT

Yep drama

Comment #16

mamamary517 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 23:41:44 GMT

For all those millions of dollars I would do that standing on my head and not care one iota about being embarrassed

Comment #15

Pita Maha — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:55:55 GMT

Never mind the sibling battle but the picture of him having to do silly things for publicity is cringe-worthy. I'd hate to be a jackpot winner and have to pose doing embarrassing things like that

Comment #14

maringoman — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:39:53 GMT

The judge will hopefully throw out this lawsuit. Its a money grab at its finest.

Comment #13

Jill34786 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:26:44 GMT

A year and a half is just a tad too long to decide that you had contributed toward a lottery jackpot. I would be surprised if the court sided with her. Unfortunately, she most likely hire an attorney on a contingency basis so she has nothing to lose. Her brother will no doubt incur some hefty legal bills.

Comment #12

LottoPerro — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:22:43 GMT

This is why if anyone in my immediate family does win the lottery, it needs to be ME. I would gladly do an even split regardless of if they chipped in or not. If it's anyone else, I'm afraid I'd end up with the short end of the stick.

Comment #11

TheGameGrl — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:49:54 GMT

A person has 1-90 days to dispute a charge on a credit card. A person has 30 days to reconcile their bank records. A Person has 10 days to pay a parking ticket.

A person has 45 minutes to pass a drivers test. A person has 30 days til their mortgage or rent monies are due. A Senate /House has 90 days to balance a budget ( hmmm...best not to use that example!).

Basically her clock ran out...snooze...lose

.

Comment #10

EdG1955 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:22:34 GMT

The sister would be more believable if she had made her claim the day she rode in the limo with her brother so that HE could claim the prize. And she also accepted money from him at that time. Waiting a year and a half before suddenly discovering she'd contributed a dollar to the winning ticket hurts her credibility.

Comment #9

RJOh — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:11:44 GMT

If he and his barber had been buying tickets for years, his mistake was ever accepting a dollar from her at all if she didn't offer to pay on a regular basis. No matter when he won she would have thought her dollar made the difference.

People who don't play the lotteries regularly like to occasionally give a dollar or two to those who do, that way if they ever win, they can claim the dollar that gave was for the ticket that won and they are owed a share.

Comment #8

billionaire2bee — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:36:46 GMT

Why didnt he just deny the fact that she gave him any money at all

Comment #7

HaveABall — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:02:35 GMT

Oh, Samir Haddad, what have you done

Comment #6

mikeintexas — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:58:25 GMT

I grew up with a guy who married a local girl, divorced her then later married her sister. I always figured their family reunions were a little awkward, too.

Comment #5

dr65 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:11:14 GMT

Get your own tickets. Brother, Sister, Mother, Father, In-law, it doesn't matter they're related when there is lots of

money at stake. Some of them turn into people you don't know anyway.

Splitting tickets isn't worth the price of the headache and heartache.

Comment #4

jackpotismine — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:06:59 GMT

One word sums it all up: GREED

Comment #3

sully16 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:19:39 GMT

I think the next family reunion may be a little awkward.

Comment #2

C5VetteMN6 — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:38:13 GMT

Winning sure does bring out ones true colors....

Comment #1

s5thomps — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:05:24 GMT

Seems like the sister wants a bigger piece of the pie. I am sure if she actually contributed to the ticket she wouldn't have waited 5 years to file a case. Besides he gave her a portion of the money anyway after him and his buddy won the lotto

Lottery winner is sued by his sister

Lottery Post — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:46:33 GMT

Claims she gave him $1 towards tickets

A handyman who won a $32 million jackpot lottery with his barber is being sued by his sister who says she is entitled to a third of the winnings.

Leila Nahas claims she paid her brother Samir Haddad $1 toward the $3 winning ticket and deserves $10.6 million, plus $500,000 in damages.

But Haddad said he doesn't owe her a dime, because 'they never had an agreement'.

Haddad and his longtime friend and barber Mike Dettorre hit the jackpot with a Lot... [ More ]