A Victorian man has been accused of running off with millions of dollars won in a lottery syndicate that he played with 14 former co-workers.
The group of Geelong workers is seeking the name of a Powerball winner they suspect is a colleague who was a member of their work lottery syndicate.
The 14 workers believe the man was one of three winners of the $16.7 million Powerball jackpot in October 2014 and will ask the Victorian Supreme Court on Thursday to order Tattersall's Sweeps to confirm his name and how many tickets he bought.
Tatts won't comment on the specifics of the case but says it will co-operate with court proceedings.
"Tatts' priority is to pay the rightful ticket holder their prize and Tatts will abide by any court order," a Tatts spokeswoman said in a statement.
Tatts encouraged all players to use a Tatts Card so entries were registered to avoid any dispute.
A Victorian man, who wished to remain anonymous, was identified as one of the three winners of the jackpot by Tatts back in October.
The man said he wanted to share his good fortune with his family.
"I'm still in disbelief, I don't need that amount of money, it's too much for me," the winner said in the Tatts statement.
"I'll buy myself a boat and a jet ski, and my kids have been wanting the new iPhone 6 so they can have that now and I might spoil them each with a new car."
The Geelong workers regularly bought Tattslotto tickets but only played Powerball when there was a major jackpot.
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