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TIL A woman won 1.3 million lottery. She didn't tell her husband and immediately divorced him to avoid giving him half. He found out and sued. Due to Family Code statute that penalizes spouses for falsifying data about their property during divorce, judge ordered her to give him 100% of the winnings

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