Four children have been awarded $1.25 million each after going to court to claim some of their estranged dad's Lotto win. In 2009, David Wayde Carson won $16.7m with a winning ticket and told only one other person. Carson's grandchildren also wanted $200,000 when they turned 20 years old to "assist them in making a start in life". The judge said, apart from when they were young, Carson's children received no financial support from their father during their lifetime. "None of the children is now in a particularly healthy financial position and retirement is not too far away,"Justice Thomas awarded each of Carson's children $1.25m.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 07, 2020 03:45 UTC