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A furious row has erupted over a $63MILLION Powerball win amid claims a member of an unsuccessful lotto syndicate is claiming a $260,000 slice of the jackpot.
The owners of winning 'pay off your mortgage' syndicate, Tania and Kevin Parkes, have gone to court stop Mark Ing - a government worker who allegedly bought a ticket in another syndicate - from collecting a share of the winnings.
The couple, which own City News Kalgoorlie and another newsagency in the city in regional Western Australia, run multiple syndicates for different Lotto prize pools in the state.
The syndicates offer participants the chance to win big for the relatively low price of just $100 each.
On February 24, the Parkes and 248 others who entered #2 Syndicate - named 'pay off your mortgage' - were overjoyed when they found out they won $261,986 each, which was half the total $120million Powerball jackpot.
Tania and Kevin Parkes (pictured with their children after their Powerball numbers were called) run a number of Lotto syndicates from their newsagency in WA
Mark Ing (pictured) used to work in consumer protection for the Western Australian government
'Still absolutely buzzing. Thanks for an unbelievable unforgettable night guys,' the couple
