Winning the lottery jackpot did not bring happiness to them.

Samiksha

Today's story is about a 92-year-old man in Queensland, Australia, who won a lottery jackpot of 986,000 Australian dollars in 2018. After winning the lottery, he and his family...

What happened next? Let's find out. After winning the lottery in 2018, the man named Bampton chose to pay a $50,000 deposit to purchase a four-bedroom property. Less than two weeks later, he paid an additional $505,000 for another property near the Sunshine Coast, jointly owned with his son Larry. Buying properties with the prize money seems like a sensible and rational choice, right?

Of course, things are not that simple. The prize money he won was not shared with his daughter, Verlides, and she was quite unhappy about it. The reason behind this was that Bampton didn't want his son-in-law to benefit from the money in any way. Bampton stated, "As long as my son-in-law is alive, he won't get a penny from me."

After several arguments, Bampton finally softened and decided to give his daughter a check for $300,000 in August of the same year. Verlides deposited the check into their joint account with her husband. However, three years later, Bampton changed his mind. He sued his daughter, claiming that he was coerced and pressured into giving her the money and demanded that the court order her to return it. Despite the court ruling against Bampton, he insisted on appealing.

The court made a recent ruling, stating that Bampton personally handed the check to his daughter and that his behavior and judgment were entirely sound at the time of the gift, thus ruling against him. However, even with the court's decision, Bampton remains determined to appeal. Verlides, in an interview, expressed that her father's unexpected lottery win became the biggest tragedy in her life. She described the entire family's relationships as completely destroyed, saying, "No matter how you look at it, I've come to terms with it. Honestly, it ruined people's lives. The whole thing is just terrible."

As for Larry, despite gaining ownership of his father's properties, he also lost his father, who stopped talking to him and severed contact. He lamented, "No one is a winner in this situation; it just ruined everyone in the family." For him, his father winning a 1 million Australian dollars lottery was the worst thing that happened in his life, considering it one of those unfortunate stories of winning the lottery.

Kamal531

So, winning a big prize doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing.

Ritu77

Money is often the source of conflicts, and human nature, for the most part, cannot withstand the test.

Kahn332

While the lottery brought hope, sometimes it can also trigger family disputes.