The division one-winning ticket was purchased at Oak Flats Newsagency, south of Wollongong. Credit:Bloomberg

The day after three winning entries shared a first-division pool of $50 million on October 16, Mr Baron is understood to have called in sick and took the day off work. The following Monday, he suddenly resigned.



In an extraordinary twist, a syndicate member and Toll Group courier was hired by Tatts Group to deliver champagne to Mr Baron shortly after the lottery win.

Mr Baron suddenly distanced himself from most of his colleagues in the syndicate, aside from one woman whom he is now romantically involved with. The woman has also resigned from Toll Group and is not party to the legal proceedings about to be initiated by the 14 other syndicate members.

Since the massive windfall, the former courier has allegedly purchased a $200,000 convertible BMW M4 and a double-storey house in the Geelong suburb of Lara. His son, in his early twenties, has also purchased a new home in Lara, where a luxury in-ground pool was recently installed.

The disgruntled syndicate will allege in court they were one of three winning groups to collect 16,666,666.67 in the $50 million jackpot, and each member is entitled to more than $1 million. They will claim their former friend and colleague reneged on a deal to share the winnings.