Dominican lottery winner to split US$338M after wife sued

New York.- Dominican bodega owner Peter Quezada, who in March 2013 won US$338 million in an area lottery, decided to share his fortune with his wife, Mexican national Ines Sanchez, who sued him to get her part.

Quezada, a native of Jarabacoa (central)and reconciled with his wife on February 14, Valentine’s Day and days later agreed to split the fortune with her, the mother of his six year-old daughter.

The lucky immigrant, who had a bodega in New Jersey and won US$152 after taxes, has other offspring from a previous relationship.