India, Oct. 18 -- A man from eastern China has drawn widespread attention on social media after allegedly blowing his 10 million yuan ($1.4 million) lottery winnings on a female live-streamer, leaving his wife empty-handed.

The scandal came to light when his wife, identified only by her surname Yuan, revealed the story to Henan TV in mid-October after filing for divorce, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP).

The couple, who have been married since 2016 and live in Dezhou, Shandong province, were initially overjoyed when the husband won a jackpot worth 10.17 million yuan on 17 December last year. After taxes, his total prize amounted to 8.14 million yuan. Yuan recalled that her husband enthusiastically told her sh...