Courts freeze half of $30 million lottery winner's assets

Comment #9

CASH Only — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:55:24 GMT

tg:I'd take the CA

Comment #8

tg636 — Thu, 27 May 2004 14:29:10 GMT

I would think it would be pretty simple - tell her you've won $30 million, want to break it off, get divorced, do your own thing, and will be generous but don't want to give her half. Tell her she can have $7 million free and clear right away if she gives up any claim to more, but if she goes after half it will be a long, expensive, painful battle where even if she dventually wins she won't see the money, the amount reduced quite a bit by legal bills, for a long time. What would most people do... [ More ]

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DoctorEw220 — Wed, 26 May 2004 23:28:01 GMT

so it seems like Canada has its own Jack Whittaker.

Comment #6

RJOh — Wed, 26 May 2004 18:23:24 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by lottoshlep on May 25, 2004How many $$Million does one person need anyway??If you are a lottery jackpot winner and you have a choice - ALLLLL.....of it.

Comment #5

chouquounette — Wed, 26 May 2004 17:21:26 GMT

Depending on state law....usually if you are still legally married you are entitled to half of the assets.

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mayan27 — Wed, 26 May 2004 17:15:43 GMT

I have a question for anyone to answer.Why if it happen in the case where they were married,living separately with different partners but have not gotten a divorce and he had this windfall,Would she still be entitle to half the money? With regards to the story i thnk this woman should share the money with him cuz he still had intimate affairs with her even up to the time he claimed the money which i think is unfair to her.Can anyone answer my Question

Comment #3

markp1950 — Tue, 25 May 2004 23:59:45 GMT

Gosh, it's simple.They were married, he won, she gets half...It's only right...Same thing would happen to me... Although I'm happily married...MarkP

Comment #2

lottoshlep — Tue, 25 May 2004 21:34:34 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by keystonechas on May 25, 2004Money+Female=TroubleChasThere is a lot more to that story then first apparent as there may be at least 2 other women (plus kids) that could have a rightfull claim to some of the money. This guy waited almost a year to come forward and get the $30M ... seems like he didn't do his 'homework' properly in trying to 'hide' he'd won and screwed all up anyway, now most of the cash is locked in by courts. From what I've heard and read Sobeski is no... [ More ]

Comment #1

keystonechas — Tue, 25 May 2004 16:04:56 GMT

Money+Female=TroubleChas

Courts freeze half of $30 million lottery winner's assets

Lottery Post — Mon, 24 May 2004 12:43:06 GMT

After picking up his $30-million jackpot from the Super 7 lottery last month, Ray Sobeski enjoyed the kind of financial freedom that most Canadians can only dream of: He cancelled his credit cards, bought $28-million worth of GICs, put $640,000 in a cash account, bought a series of airline tickets and wrote substantial cheques to a few close friends.A lifelong car enthusiast, Mr. Sobeski now had the money to buy whatever model he chose. But on May 4, his financial affairs took an unexpected turn... [ More ]