A British Columbia man who won a $2-million jackpot while participating in a workplace lottery pool is not required to split his winnings with his coworkers, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Y. Liliane Bantourakis ruled Jan. 10 that the winning ticket belongs exclusively to Mandeep Singh Maan, granting him full rights to the winnings.
“Winning the lottery should be a happy event,” Bantourakis wrote in her decision. “In this case, sadly, it has ruined relationships.”
The case dates back to 2022 when Maan purchased the winning BC/49 lotto ticket. At that time, Mann also belonged to a lottery pool at the freight company where he worked. He and four coworkers—Balvinder Kaur Nagra, Sukhjinder Singh Sidhu, Binipal Singh Sanghera and Jeevan Pedan—agreed to pool money to purchase lottery tickets together in 2021 and 2022….