Waiter ordered to split £1m EuroMillions lottery scoop after legal dispute with restaurant-owning boss

Dreaming lottery winning waiter splits £1m with boss
                       Waiter Fatih Ozcan dreamt he would win the lottery (Picture: SWNS)

A waiter who dreamt about winning the lottery and landed £1million the next day has been forced to split it with his boss.
Fatih Ozcan, who waited tables at the Kapadokya Turkish restaurant in York, went out to buy the ticket after dreaming he was holding a large bundle of cash in front of manager Hayati Kucukkoylu.
The following day Mr Ozcan persuaded his boss to enter the Euromillions and the winning ticket was bought from a nearby supermarket.
KAPADOKYA Turkish restaurant in York, North Yorkshire. Waiter Fatih Ozcan had a dream of winning the lottery and claims that he persuaded hi boss Hayati Kucukkoylo to buy a lottery ticket that was a winning ticket for £1Million. His boss says that the winnings are his and the dispute has gone to the high court in London, where Judge Mark Gosnell has declared that the money should be shared with each party receiving £500,000 each. Pictured here at the restaurant is Hayati Kucukkoylo. Paul Macnamara/rossparry.co.uk
                                           The winning ticket (Picture: SWNS)
There were celebrations in the restaurant – but once Mr Kucukkoylu heard the news he claimed to be the sole winner because the money used to buy the ticket had come from the till, a court heard.
The duo descended into a lengthy row which landed them both in front of a judge, who declared the money should be split equally.
Picture shows waiter Fatih Ozcan who had a dream of winning the lottery and claims that he persuaded his boss Hayati Kucukkoylo to buy a lottery ticket that was a winning ticket for £1Million. His boss says that the winnings are his and the dispute has gone to the high court in London, where Judge Mark Gosnell has declared that the money should be shared with each party receiving £500,000 each. Pictured here at the restaurant is Hayati Kucukkoylo. Paul Macnamara/rossparry.co.uk
The court heard how restaurant boss Hayati Kucukkoylo claimed he deserved all the winnings (Picture: SWNS)
At a court hearing in London, Judge Mark Gosnell said: ‘I cannot see why he would be so determined to make his employer play if he was not directly to benefit.
‘It is much more likely that he would badger his employer for hours if his dream was that they had played together and he needed his employer to play for the dream to come true.’

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