Store owner who sold $1m lottery ticket sues winner for half

A North Carolina lottery winner is being sued by the store owner who sold her the ticket after allegedly agreeing to split the $1 million jackpot.

Mother-of-five Eva Reyes, 53, is accused of promising USA Liquors owner Laxmi Bhardwaj half the winnings because he loaned her the money to enter an Emerald 10 scratch card in January.

Though Reyes claims she promised to give $50,000, court documents include a note in her handwriting that allegedly confirms they would each take $350,000 after taxes.

But her attorney claims the Milpitas store owner fabricated the letter.

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