A Canadian woman's first act upon winning the
lottery was to threaten to sue her nephew for his
half of the C$1.2m ($912,000; £690,000) win.
"See you in court," Barbara Reddick told Tyrone
MacInnis as they both posed with the giant
novelty cheque in Nova Scotia province.
Both their names were on the winning ticket
from Wednesday night's "Chase the Ace" draw.
But Ms Reddick claims she never promised to
split the jackpot with him.
"I'm taking him to court," she told those
gathered at the winners' ceremony on Thursday
in Margaree Forks, a small community of about
3,400 people, according to the CBC .
"I'm getting a lawyer tomorrow."
She denied the two had had an agreement.
But her nephew told reporters: "Yes, we did."
Ms Reddick said: "He's lying."
She said she just put her nephew's name on the
ticket for luck "because he's like a son to me -
he was".
Ms Reddick told reporters she only promised to
share possible winnings from a smaller draw, not
the jackpot.
"He was lucky, but not for half a million dollars,"
she said.
Bernice Curley, chairwoman of the Margaree
Forks Chase the Ace committee, said she was
taken aback by the family feud.
"I'm a little bit disappointed that happened at the
end," she told CBC.
Chase the Ace is a lottery game popular all over
Canada's east coast, and often raises money for
charity, in this instance for the regional fire
services.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44801448