As of: February 24, 2024, 7:00 p.m
By: Kai Hartwig
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Money can put a strain on friendships and couples.
Winning the lottery turned into a relationship killer for two Brits.
And arranged for an official investigation.
Spalding – Many people have probably had the dream of winning millions in the lottery.
It is fulfilled for at least one of them.
And in the case of a US lottery winner, the 33 million coup failed due to a simple mistake.
A British couple didn't commit it, but their relationship didn't survive the lottery.
As the saying goes, “Friendship ends when money comes to an end” – or even love.
The two Brits from Spalding (Lincolnshire county) in the east of England are engaged in a bitter battle for one million pounds (the equivalent of around 1.16 million euros).
This mega sum brought in a scratch card that hit the jackpot.
Dispute over lottery millions: British couple first hit the jackpot - and split up a little later
But who gets the big money now?
After all, Michael Cartlidge and Charlotte Cox are no longer lovers.
His ex-girlfriend broke up with him "out of nowhere" just weeks after winning the lottery, Cartlidge, 39, claimed in
the
Sun.
She had informed him through a friend that he should “leave the house”.
Because it seemed “suspicious” to him, he quickly took the winning ticket with him.
This was given to the former couple in the local lottery shop when the win was registered.
A picture from happier times: Michael Cartlidge and Charlotte Cox were once a couple - now they are fighting bitterly over a lottery win.
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Cartlidge insists that he is entitled to half of the lottery winnings - which in another case ended tragically.
“I’m shocked,” he told the tabloid.
“Morally it should be paid out 50:50,” he demanded.
Even if he is clear that “it was her bank account that
paid for it
(the scratch card; editor’s note) ”.
Especially since the once happy couple is said to have already made plans together on how they could invest the millions, according to the 39-year-old.
He said they were considering “buying a new house.”
His ex also wanted to get “a new car”.
According to him, Cox had initially agreed that the profits would be shared.
Cox didn't want to let her former partner's statements stand.
“It's all nonsense, I don't want to have anything to do with it.” And confirmed: “I bought the scratch card.” The ex-boyfriend also provided a supposed explanation for this: When he bought the scratch card, he promised his girlfriend at the time that he would give her the amount to be reimbursed by bank transfer.
She actually had “no money left over for scratch cards” on that day, but he “didn’t have his bank card with him”.
Cox also clearly contradicted this claim: “He didn’t transfer any money to me.”
Lotto company gives ex-boyfriend little hope: Millions go to “person whose name is on scratch cards”
And the lottery company also gives little hope to the Brit who was supposedly deprived of his share of the million-dollar winnings.
Despite a thorough investigation into the case - including viewing video footage from the lottery shop where the ticket was bought by the ex-couple.
Camelot UK Lotteries said in a statement that lottery winners can make legal agreements to share a prize with other people.
However, “all disputes between the parties must be resolved between themselves” unless such an agreement exists – as in the Cartlidge and Cox case.
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The British lottery company also reiterated: “The National Lottery rules for scratch cards make it clear that only one person can be the owner of a ticket and that only the person whose name and address appears on the back of a winning scratch card can claim a prize.” Therefore, only Cox, as the ticket holder, can claim the million-dollar jackpot.
Meanwhile, an Englishman made a big dream come true after winning the lottery jackpot.
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