At the end of last year there was a legal dispute in Rijswijk over a state lottery prize worth 3.2 million euros. A man tried unsuccessfully to recover a multimillion-dollar award from his father-in-law, but the judge ruled otherwise. The son-in-law comes away empty-handed after a questionable situation.
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Unfortunately, a man from Rijswijk cannot claim the prize of 3.2 million euros from the Staatsloterij. In summary proceedings, the man claimed that his 80-year-old father-in-law had stolen his winning ticket. He claimed that his father-in-law exchanged the ticket for another one and then collected the prize. Despite these allegations, the court in The Hague ruled that the Staatsloterij was entitled to pay the prize to the father-in-law.
The man, whose identity is unknown, purchased several tickets on September 2nd for the October 1st drawing. According to Rijswijker, the winner belonged to one of these tickets. Three days later, the father-in-law showed up to receive the money. He claimed that he had received the property as a gift from his son-in-law. The son-in-law in question did not agree with this: he contacted us a day later with the story that his lottery ticket had been stolen.
The dispute arose when the man's father-in-law received the winning ticket and claimed the prize. De Rijswijker denied this and accused his father-in-law of theft. To support his claim, he filed an emergency action almost immediately. It is noteworthy that lottery tickets were often given away in the family. His daughter and another son-in-law also confirmed this.
Rijswijker was proven wrong
The judge ruled that the state lottery had rightly paid out the winnings to the father-in-law, whereupon the Rijswijker's claims were dismissed. The ruling underlines the legality of the state lottery's actions in awarding the prize to the rightful winner, in this case the father-in-law.
Nevertheless, the state lottery only speaks lyrically about its own chances of winning. Especially compared to crypto. “Don't invest in cryptocurrencies, invest in family and friends.“said Patrick from the state lottery.
The father-in-law is said to have asked the Rijswijker to “hold out his fate for a while longer”. According to the man, this would have allowed the father-in-law to exchange the winning ticket for another, probably losing ticket. According to Staatsloterij, this is anything but logical: This should have been noticeable because the 80-year-old suffers from “decreasing hand motor skills”.
The court is convinced by the words of the Staatsloterij and agrees with them:
“Especially because it can be assumed that the owner of a winning ticket will handle it particularly carefully,” said the judge.
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