An Ontario man who left his common-law partner after buying a winning lottery ticket has been awarded half the $6 million jackpot while the rest of the prize remains in legal dispute.


The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. in Canada ruled on the dispute, saying it confirmed Maurice Thibeault purchased the ticket and will pay him half the winnings.

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The agency says it will freeze the other half for 45 days, during which Thibeault and his ex-girlfriend Denise Robertson, who argues she’s owed half the winnings, can still settle the matter privately or decide to take part in the OLG’s arbitration process.

After that, however, it says the money will be turned over to the courts to rule on.

Thibeault and Robertson lived together in Chatham, Ont., for a few years and bought lottery tickets together every week, each taking turns to make the purchase and sharing winnings evenly.

'When it was announced that one of the winning tickets had been bought in their city, Robertson asked Thibeault if they had won, which he allegedly denied,’ the lady’s lawyer said.

A few days later, Robertson came home from work to find that Thibeault had moved out and taken all his things. She then learned from mutual friends that Thibeault had won the lottery and quit his job.

However, before Thibeault could collect the money, Robertson and her lawyers obtained an injunction barring the OLG from doling out the prize.

In a statement, Robertson suggested she hoped to resolve the dispute out of court.

“I keep hoping that Maurice will simply do the right thing and acknowledge our agreement to share, knowing that he would have expected me to share with him if I had been the one to go to the store that day,” she said.


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