Canadian woman says she’ll sue nephew over lottery win

A CANADIAN woman is taking her nephew to court over a C$1.2million (£690,000) lottery jackpot win, announcing: “Tyrone is getting nothing from me” as the pair were presented with an oversized cheque.

Barbara Reddick, from Guysborough in Nova Scotia, arrived for the presentation ceremony on Thursday afternoon to find, to her surprise, her nephew Tyrone Macinnis there, too.

Mrs Reddick said she sat the 19-yearold down in her car in the car park, and asked him to explain that what she had said was the truth – that she never promised to split her winnings with him. He refused, and entered the ceremony with her – noting that both their names were on the ticket.

“I’m taking him to court. It was my ticket,” she shouted. “Now he’s trying to lie and say I said split.”

Mrs Reddick, 57, claims she sent Mr Macinnis C$100 via email transfer to buy her tickets for the Chase the Ace draw, a fundraiser for two volunteer fire departments. She said she told him to put his name on the ticket, beside hers, for luck – not because they planned on splitting any winnings.

She said: “I didn’t say split. I never mentioned money at all.” When she received a phone call saying the pair had won, she claims she told the organiser: “No, I won! It was my ticket.”

At the ceremony, Mrs Reddick was then presented with a cheque for half the jackpot. Asked how she felt, she began shouting about getting a lawyer and suing Mr Macinnis.