New York/Toronto, July 24 (DPA) For Canadian Barry Shell, the $4 million was worth a night in jail.

Shell showed up at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp delighted to claim his win earlier this week, only to be pulled aside by detective Kevin Finley and informed he was under arrest.

'I hate to wreck your happy dance,' Finley told Shell, according to the Toronto Star Thursday.

Shell had several out-standing warrants from 2003 for theft of cameras, global positioning systems, memory cards and watches. His name came up in a routine check of lottery winners, according to the report.

But after delivering the bad news, Finley let Shell go pick up his cheque before taking him into custody.