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Dispute
over
$200,000
prize
Fifteen employees at
the Times Service Cen
tre in Cooyong Street
were elated yesterday
when told they had
won S200,000 in the
Opera House Lottery.
But within a few hours
the shine had gone and
there were three angry
men.
They were angry because
they thought they would
share the $200,000, but
they were told later that a
mistake had been made
and they would receive no
thing.
One of the winners said
that the group had been
working as a syndicate
since last September and
there had been a clear un
derstanding that only those
members whose payments
to the syndicate were up to
date would share in any
winnings.
This policy had been
adhered to previously when
the syndicate had won a
number of smaller prizes.
Mr Ross Ferrington, of
Lyons, then bought the
winning ticket on behalf
of the group. They called
it "Mobil 17 Synd".
The delighted employees
were told of their win —
nearly $14,000 each — as
they arrived at work yes
terday morning.
But then it was discov
ered by checking the
record of payments that
three of the group had not
been financial and so
would receive nothing.
One winner said later,
"you can't blame them for
being sore. Who wouldn't
be if they suddenly lost
$14,000. It took the shine
right off it".
He said the record of
payments book had been
placed in the hands of a
solicitor.
Two of the men who
thought they had won
were Mr Angelo Faden
and Mr Alex Woolf. The
third man was a casual
employee.
None of the group was
available for comment
last night.
Picture of the original 15
winners. — Page 3.
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