He apparently insisted that he would not divide the winnings and called out of work.
\n\nImage from Wikimedia Commons and Sing Tao
\n\nA 36-year-old man in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of theft, after he allegedly refused to share a Mark Six lottery prize worth around HK$30 million (S$4.84 million) with 14 colleagues who had chipped in to buy the winning ticket.
\n\nAccording to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), a 53-year-old man made a police report on Sep. 10, stating that he was one of 15 colleagues, reportedly comprising staff from Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD), who had pooled money to buy a Mark Six ticket for the Sep. 5 draw.
\n\nThe ticket was bought by their 36-year-old colleague, who also held the bank account the winnings were paid into.
\n\nSing Tao Daily reported that the man collected the winnings and then took leave from work, only informing his colleagues three days later that he wanted to keep HK$10 million (S$1.61 million) of the prize for himself.
\n\nHe allegedly argued that he deserved a bigger share for having organised the ticket purchase, with the rest to be split evenly among the group, leading to…
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