You buy a relative a lottery ticket as a gift and they win big...?

Question

... how do you feel providing that they have no obligation or inclination to give you any of it.

BUT you will know of their new amazing lifestyle because they are family after all.

The relative isn't your parents or spouse or kids who, but someone who you have a separate life from.

Would you be happy? Resentful? Would you hint at getting some? Demand some?

Would it have a negative impact on your relationship?

I know you all like to think you'd be pleased from them but give it some real thought and try to be honest.

Thanks

Answer 1

h**l it'd never happen babe i only pay for myself anyway seriously though i'd hate their guts but hey what's new.

Answer 2

To buy a present for someone and then want it back ?Thats not the name of the game or you would have kept the ticket yourself.If they offered you something it would not be enough with that attitude.A gift is just that ,a gift.

Answer 3

I should think they would give me some, but if they didn't then yes, being honest i would hint and feel quite resentful and hurt if they didn't offer.

Never really thought about this, but i have now - i am never going to buy someone else a lottery ticket unless it's my partner!

Answer 4

If I was to be so vulgar as to buy somebody such an impersonal present that required so little thought, I would expect to be ostracised whether the ticket won or lost.

Answer 5

i would ask if they thought i was due some .if they said no then i would be resentful. i would tell them what goes around comes around.and hope they didn't get happiness from it . i don't think i would bye a lotto for someone apart from my grown kids and i know they would see me ok.lol

Answer 6

I feel Happy for them!

Ask for a finders fee.  

Answer 7

life is one day at a time what good is money

if i told you that you were very sick and not going to make it

how do you feel about the money now

you would give it too them  and want them to do good with it

inside you would feel that you helped them to carry on

but that your not sick, you would like to keep the money

you know alot depends on how much they won

from your ticket. if alot then why not ask for a little kick back tell them this little story that i told you but if they get sick. then what good is it too them we are still the same person inside no matter how much we have

when we came into this world we had nothing

when we leave this world we have nothing too

the present is all that should matter. Ask them for some i say

                                                        hope that this helps

                                                        P.S if they love you then they

should  understand that you are not sick and going too die soon

and that the money is only money without you there would be no money  and if they say anything tell them you need too buy more ticket's for them too lol have a great day

Answer 8

Unfortunately, you are in a tough spot. You gave the relative a "gift". Therefore, no repayment should be expected. However, most people usually tend to give a small, thank you tip to the person who gave them the ticket. Keep your fingers crossed, but don't hold your breath.

Answer 9

they will treat you ok

Answer 10

If you can't live with the fact that if that ticket wins that you bought as a gift, knowing you probably won't get a penny of it, then don't buy the ticket.

Answer 11

Give them the ticket but put your name on the back.

Answer 12

I look at it like this, if you would resent them winning why buy it?I think it would be very rare indeed if it happened they wouldn't show their appreciation in some way.

Answer 13

So basicially you're saying, "Here's a present that's probably useless but just in case it actually turns out to have some value, I hope you'll share it with me."? Nope, it's theirs. I wouldn't expect anything in return - it was a present, not a loan.

Answer 14

    If someone gave me a lottery ticket I would feel ethically inclined to give them half. If you buy a ticket for yourself and win, the initiative to buy the ticket + luck is the reason you win. If you gift the ticket to someone else they did not take the initiative to win and therefore your luck and your gift is the reason they win.

    Sure I'd be pissed if they hit a major jackpot and kept it all. By doing so they are claiming full responsibility for winning when the transfer of luck is the real reason.

     I suppose it wouldn't matter as much if they won a small amount of money but if they won a ridiculous jackpot and made no offer to give me half I would lose all respect for that person. It is just common understanding giving someone a lottery ticket is a partnership. You should never take a lottery ticket as a gift if you have no intentions of sharing the money.  

Answer 15

I would like to think that they would give me a small sum as a thank you!