A judge has decided that a Glace Bay man being sued for more than $600,000 in lottery winnings by his aunt is not allowed to spend the money until the court case is resolved. The aunt, Barbara Reddick is suing her nephew Tyrone MacInnis over the $1.2-million jackpot, which was won in July as part of a Margaree Forks fundraiser. In a fit of misplaced affection it appears, Reddick added Tyrone’s name to the ticket. She intended to give him $150,000 if she won, she says now. Whether there was ever such an understanding seems unclear. Reddick paid for the ticket but asked MacInnis to buy it for her. She said she asked him to put his name on the ticket for good luck, but said they never had an agreement to split the jackpot. But the legal impact of two names on the ticket caused the provincial Chase the Ace lottery body to split the money down the middle. Outside of court, Reddick said “I feel good” about the judge’s decision on the preservation order. Though Reddick is free to spend her share of the money, she said she hasn’t done so yet. She said she hasn’t spoken to her nephew. “He broke my heart,” she said. The case could now go to mediation, and there is a possible date of Sept. 17 for a settlement conference before a judge. She said that before MacInnis claimed half the jackpot, she had intended to give him $150,000 of the winnings. She sues nephew over lottery win but put his name on ticket
The aunt, in my mind, does not have a leg to stand on here. It is very simple – two names on a ticket means that the winnings are divided equally.