Yippee! After years of buying a weekly group syndicate lottery
ticket at your workplace you have finally won millions. Surely
happiness is assured and life from now on is one big party.
Sadly, all too often a big lottery syndicate win ends in tears.
Just recently a group of 15 factory workers won $40 million but
ended up in a heated court battle when the factory manager argued
he had been left out of the split syndicate win.
Allegations flew that someone new was included in the massive
payout instead of the manager. It all ended up in court where the
big win risked being eaten up in legal fees.
Last year another work syndicate went to court alleging they had
been cheated out of a $16 million win when the person who usually
bought the ticket said he'd bought two tickets that day –
and surprise - the winning ticket was the one he'd bought just
for himself. They eventually settled out of court.
