AI summary
Summary of article:
A Zhejiang court heard a dispute over the purchase of lottery tickets and found that shop owner Wang breached the contract by misusing the winnings and transferring them to his family. She was ultimately ordered to repay the remaining winnings and interest, and her parents also must jointly and severally pay restitution within the scope of the receipt.
entrusted with the responsibility of purchasinglottery I was happy to win the grand prize of more than NT$8.25 million, but the shop owner misused the prize and transferred the property. The People’s Court of Nanxun District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province recently announced the first instance verdict. A man surnamed Yan entrusted a lottery shop owner named Wang to buy lottery tickets and won a bonus of more than 6.6 million yuan after tax (RMB, same below, about US$990,000). Unexpectedly, Wang unexpectedly obtained the money privately and transferred the money to his parents and father-in-law. The two parties originally agreed to a settlement of 1 million yuan in profits, but Wang refused to pay after paying 2.79 million yuan. The court ultimately ordered Wang to repay the remaining 2.81 million yuan in bonuses and interest. The company in the name of his father and his mother will also bear joint and several liability for repayment within the transfer amount.
Red Star News reported that the verdict revealed that Yan had long entrusted Wang with the task of purchasing lottery tickets through a certain platform. On November 5, 2025, Yan instructed Wang to buy three sets of lottery tickets, including “01, 05, 08, 19, 18, 27, 30 in the front area, and 06, 07 in the back area”, and won the first prize in the lottery that night.
Since the lottery tickets were not actually distributed, Wang privately withdrew the after-tax bonus of 6,600,728 yuan on the morning of November 6, and then at about 12 noon transferred 2.3 million yuan to a company 100% owned by his father Shen A, and at 13:00 transferred 1 million yuan to his father-in-law He Yi (later returned in two installments). On November 7, he transferred 505,300 yuan to his mother, Shen Bi.
After Yan found out, he negotiated several times and filed a lawsuit. The two parties signed a settlement agreement on December 2 of the same year, agreeing that Yan would receive 5,600,728 yuan and Wang would receive 1 million yuan; Wang will then make the total payment in three installments. After paying 2.79 million yuan, he refused to pay the remaining 2,810,728 yuan. Yan sued for the second time, claiming that the profit transfer of 1 million yuan was invalid, and claimed a total of 3,810,728 yuan, including principal and interest.
The report stated that the court held that the two parties had formed an assignment contract relationship, and the ownership of the lottery belonged to Yan; and that the settlement agreement was a true expression of the intentions of both parties and was legal and valid. Therefore, it did not support Yan’s claim to cancel the 1 million yuan profit transfer, but found that Wang’s failure to pay the balance in full is a fundamental breach of contract, and ordered him to pay the remaining bonus of 2,810,728 yuan and full interest.
In addition, the court found that a company and his mother Shen Yi provided an account for Wang and transferred funds before the protection measures, an act of helping to commit the infringement. Therefore, the company and his father Shen A were jointly and severally liable for 2.3 million yuan, and his mother Shen B was jointly and severally liable for 505,300 yuan. Whereas father-in-law He Yi, who returned the entire money, and his wife He Jia, who lacked evidence to prove that they were involved in the affair or that the money was used to live together as a couple, were not held responsible.
Summary FAQ
-
A man surnamed Yan tasked Wang with purchasing lottery tickets and won more than 8.25 million yuan. However, Wang secretly cashed out the prize without handing over the lottery ticket and transferred the money to his family. As a result, a dispute broke out between the two parties over ownership of the prize and responsibility for its return.
-
The court held that the two parties had formed an assignment contract relationship, and the ownership of the lottery belonged to Yan. Although Wang signed a settlement agreement with Yan, he failed to pay the remaining amount as agreed, which was a fundamental breach of the contract. Therefore, he had to pay more than 2.81 million yuan plus interest.
-
The court found that Wang transferred bonuses to his father’s company and his mother’s accounts, an act of transfer of funds and assistance in the implementation of the violation. Therefore, the company named after his father and his mother will have to jointly and severally pay in the range of 2.3 million yuan and 505,300 yuan, respectively.
