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Gift lottery ticket percentage?
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Suppose you give a lottery ticket as a present to someone? It wins BIG. Is there an unwritten law as to how much, if any, percentage of the winnings you would, or should, receive? Has it happened to you or someone you know?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.A gift is given in its entirety and the giver is entitled to nothing.
Once you attach conditions - 'if it's a winning ticket I want x amount' it is no longer a gift but a contract.
However, this is the stuff of nightmares. I suspect that anything less than 50% could fuel resentment on the part of the giver, and more than 50% could leave the recipient feeling hard done by.
Don't do it. The best scenario is to buy a ticket, and if it wins, give the intended recipient a sum you are happy with
Once you attach conditions - 'if it's a winning ticket I want x amount' it is no longer a gift but a contract.
However, this is the stuff of nightmares. I suspect that anything less than 50% could fuel resentment on the part of the giver, and more than 50% could leave the recipient feeling hard done by.
Don't do it. The best scenario is to buy a ticket, and if it wins, give the intended recipient a sum you are happy with
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A gift is a gift.
My mum sometimes gives me a lottery ticket when she's up or in a birthday card but if I won I'd make sure she did very nicely out of it.
I went to bingo a few times with a friend and her mum. Her mum won about �600.00 which was great as she was thinking of a new kitchen :)
She gave me and friend �20 each which was very unexpected and I was very touched at.
After I heard her be slated in private as others thought she should have shared out the money with anyone she was with and was quite horrified. If there had been an agreement beforehand then fair enough but I doubt they'd have felt the same if they have won!
My mum sometimes gives me a lottery ticket when she's up or in a birthday card but if I won I'd make sure she did very nicely out of it.
I went to bingo a few times with a friend and her mum. Her mum won about �600.00 which was great as she was thinking of a new kitchen :)
She gave me and friend �20 each which was very unexpected and I was very touched at.
After I heard her be slated in private as others thought she should have shared out the money with anyone she was with and was quite horrified. If there had been an agreement beforehand then fair enough but I doubt they'd have felt the same if they have won!
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