A Vancouver man who won $10-million Super 7 lottery jackpot has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to split the remainder of his winnings with his ex-wife.
Minh Kien Le, 58, found out he had a winner on New Year's Eve 1999, and subsequently gave a total of $4.5 million to his three adult children.
He argued that he was separated from his wife Mai Huong Cao at the time, and should not have to share his winnings with her.
Le and Cao, now 55, who had a troubled marriage, briefly reconciled after the win.
However, their reconciliation was short-lived, and the fight over the millions in lottery money ended up in court.
Le said that while he was willing to share much of the win, he had a personal account with more than $2 million he wanted to keep for himself.
But Madam Justice H.J. Holmes ruled in a judgment released Monday that Le used money from all of his accounts for family expenses and that means that his lottery winnings including the personal account in question must be considered a family asset.
The couple had been together for 31 years, immigrating to Canada as refugees from Vietnam in the late 1970s.
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WTF he was thinking ! going back with the Ex..OMG what a retard !
-- Edited by God at 15:07, 2007-04-17
to the female judge supporting the ex!
Why did the idiot even say anything? He should have let his kid claim the win, then split it after... ugh!! eeeedeeoottt!!
A Vancouver man who won $10-million Super 7 lottery jackpot has been ordered by the B.C. Supreme Court to split the remainder of his winnings with his ex-wife.
Minh Kien Le, 58, found out he had a winner on New Year's Eve 1999, and subsequently gave a total of $4.5 million to his three adult children.
He argued that he was separated from his wife Mai Huong Cao at the time, and should not have to share his winnings with her.
Le and Cao, now 55, who had a troubled marriage, briefly reconciled after the win.
However, their reconciliation was short-lived, and the fight over the millions in lottery money ended up in court.
Le said that while he was willing to share much of the win, he had a personal account with more than $2 million he wanted to keep for himself.
But Madam Justice H.J. Holmes ruled in a judgment released Monday that Le used money from all of his accounts for family expenses and that means that his lottery winnings including the personal account in question must be considered a family asset.
The couple had been together for 31 years, immigrating to Canada as refugees from Vietnam in the late 1970s.
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WTF he was thinking ! going back with the Ex..OMG what a retard !
to the female judge supporting the ex! 
