Canadian man won a $3.6 million lottery but had to claim it through his girlfriend’s bank account: She ghosted him
A Canadian man won a $3.6 million lottery but had to claim it through his girlfriend’s bank account because he didn’t have an active one. Days later, she ran off with another man and ‘ghosted him.’
Lawrence Campbell of Winnipeg, Canada, claims he purchased a winning lottery ticket worth $3.6 million in January of 2024, according to a complaint filed in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench on May 14, per Canadian news outlet CTV News and Manitoba Court public records.
According to the documents, a representative from the Western Canada Lottery Corporation told Campbell that he would be ineligible to claim his winnings as he didn’t have a valid government-issued ID — and suggested that McKay redeem the winnings instead, per the news outlet.
Campbell alleges in the complaint that he had McKay deposit the money into her bank account, as he did not have an active account himself at the time.
Campbell also alleges that McKay told him that she wanted to break up and be with a “new guy,” per the outlet.
In addition to suing McKay, Campbell also filed a complaint against Western Canada Lottery Corporation and the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, claiming that the situation resulted in bad advice and faulty protocols from both companies.
“This case is about systemic karma vs. the system itself,” Chad Panting, Campbell’s lawyer, said in an e-mail to CTV News. “A situation created or certainly enabled by the state-owned Lottery Corporations administering lotto claims in Manitoba.”
