To ask if Million pound lottery winner who refuses to share money with partner should have shared?

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I am surprised this isn't on here actually. It's been on the news for 2 days, and has just been discussed on Loose Women.

From the article...

A couple are waging war over a £1 million lotto scratchcard they ‘purchased together’ weeks before breaking up.

Michael Cartlidge, 39, and former partner Charlotte Cox, 37, purchased the
Lottery card together at a shop in Spalding, Lincs. But when Charlotte walked out on Michael a few weeks later, she was deemed to be the sole winner of the jackpot by lottery chiefs.

Michael admits that Charlotte both paid for and scratched the ticket. But he also claims that he was the one who suggested she buy the ticket and attempted to transfer her cash to cover the purchase while they were in the shop.
He says the mum-of-one initially agreed to split the cash, but later welched on the deal after breaking up with him a few weeks later and claimed she was the sole winner of the jackpot.

He said ‘£1million has never brought such misery.’

So, was the woman (Charlotte) wrong to have kept all the money to herself? They were not married, they didn't own any property together or have joint finances, and they'd only been together 3 months. Lottery chiefs said she is the sole owner of the money and does not have to share it.

YABU - she was WRONG to keep the money and should have split it with him. They were 'a couple.' He didn't pay for the ticket, but they got it at the same time.

YANBU - she was RIGHT to keep it - as she paid for the ticket herself, and didn't need to share it. They'd only been together 3 months, they weren't married, and they didn't have a house together or joint finances.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/02/20/man-claims-ex-dumped-weeks-bought-winning-1-000-000-scratchcard-20311093/

Attempted to transfer the money in the shop.... before or after she scratched it. No way should she share. She should never have entertained the notion of sharing. MAD

If they were together 3 months he's not her partner and of course he has no right to the money.

She's correct.

He attempted to transfer her a couple of quid? It's not that hard to do.

Sounds like she won the cash, he thought he was set, she chucked him, now he's bitter.

I was about to say she was wrong till I saw it had only been 3 months. This post was on here though or someone pretending to be the woman asking if she won the lottery should she have to share it with her partner..

He's also about to go on trial for severely beating his ex partner a few months before this. So in that sense I hope he doesn't get a penny

she bought and paid for it, then scratched it so she won the money. He should have just bought his own ticket if he wanted one. Jugging by his reaction there a reason why the relationship only lasted 3 months.

She bought the ticket, she's the winner. He has no claim to it, just trying it on.

Bloody hell she’s had a lucky escape there, cash or no cash.

He clearly transferred the money after he saw the winnings. He's trying it on here.

Its her cash fair and square surely? No need to "share" he is just sore as she has the money . 3 months is a casual RL not a "partner" in any sense!

'partner' after 3 months? That's misleading - in both the thread title and article.

Oh well, he will at least make some money from telling his story, and no doubt popping up on the likes of shows such as, This Morning!

Haha good on her.

The boyfriend didn't pay, so she's right. He's a chancer.

They'd been together 3 months and she bought it.

He's a right scrounger.

Even less sympathy for him after reading the article and seeing that he initially stole the ticket from her after they spilt up and she had to get Camelot involved to get it back! Was he planning to share it with her then?

I’d love to know the actual details!
In the article - not that I trust The Metro to report it right anyway - he says the bank transfer went through 40 minutes later. She says he never gave her money. So that’s one black or white thing - did he or didn’t he pay her money?
Of course then you could argue that he was paying his share of the Lidl shop, not for the scratchies… so I’m not saying it’s conclusive. But, it’s a yes/no point easily proven - one of them is lying about his supposed money transfer.
If they paid for them jointly with the intention of it being joint winnings - morally I think it should be shared.
But that’s not the legal position.
Anyway my gut feel is that it was her idea to get them, she paid, and if he transferred money later it was only because she won.

YANBU.

Michael admits that Charlotte both paid for and scratched the ticket. But he also claims that he was the one who suggested she buy the ticket and attempted to transfer her cash to cover the purchase while they were in the shop.

This paltry bullshit alone tells us she made the right decision to pack up her ticket and run like the wind.

He’s at it.

He “attempted” to transfer her money - I’d bet money that was after she’d scratched it.

I’m glad her friends/family/whoever presumably helped her see that sharing £1million from her scratch card with someone she’d been dating for 12 weeks was madness.

Tbf, every other person on MN AIBU uses “partner” to mean “complete waste of space that I’ve been dating for 3 months”.

Bet she wouldn't have seen him for dust if he'd had the ticket. Good move on her part.

☝🏻 This.

I can see why he's an ex

Has she been paid the cash yet?

I'm team her.

I didn't realise it was a recent boyfriend, so no she shouldn't have to share it