Fresh twist in family's ugly battle over $1million lottery win as father and ... trends now
There has been a shocking new twist in the case of a Queensland family ripped apart after their elderly father won almost $1million on the lottery.
William Bampton, 92, scooped $986,212.30 on the Tattslotto Golden Casket in March 2018 and shared it with his son, but cut his daughter out of the winnings.
The Sunshine Coast man later did give his daughter Suzanne Elaine Vourlides $300,000, but he then took her to court demanding its return and she had to prove she didn't bully him into giving it to her.
Mr Bampton is now appealing the court's decision, but in a judgment published on Thursday, Mrs Vourlides has asked the court to order her father to pay $50,000 in security costs towards his appeal.
This money would ensure Mr Bampton could pay his Gold Coast-based daughter's legal costs at the end of the appeal, if she wins, the Courier Mail reported.
William Bampton, 92, scooped $986,212.30 on the Tattslotto Golden Casket in March 2018 and shared it with his son, but cut his daughter out of the winnings. Mr Bampton is pictured centre with his son Larry on the right
When he initially won the prize, Mr Bampton put down a $50,000 deposit on a new home for his son, Larry, 66, less than two weeks later.
The following week, he paid off the remaining $505,000 on the four-bedroom house in Mountain Creek, on the Sunshine Coast, to co-own the home with his son.
But Larry Bampton said his father no longer speaks to him.
In the previous case, Queensland's District Court heard Mr Bampton
