What if?

skirtgirl

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

thecatspjs

Nah. It's your brother! He'll give you some spondoolies!

Banjo String

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

Yes.


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Bactidiaryl

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

Doh!!!

Mr. G

Yeah cash it in and say nothing!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Yes. But Id buy him a present to make up. Socks, or something.

Wacker The Attacker

I'd cash the ticket and have a glorious sweaty ****

MonkstownHoop

say nothing to anyone then send a postcard from your new exotic home

Mr. G

Or share it with him- There would be a lot of guilt though on me otherwise

skirtgirl

SamHall wrote: »

Yes.


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Really?

Frosty McSnowballs

skirtgirl wrote: »

Really?

Yes

Mariasofia

Well blood is thicker than water......







But not as thick as the water in the Caribbean.....


Or as thick as the person who still gave him the ticket

Cee-Jay-Cee

Yeah course I would open it. I'd give them a very good present out of it so they'd gain considerably too.

huey1975

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

Yeah but then I don't have a brother so if my old man suddenly tells me that I do I won't be very happy (nor will my mother)

I don't have a brother.

Banjo String

skirtgirl wrote: »

Really?

Well the way I see it, you could say nothing and cash it in and give him a sizable sum anyway.

technically it would be you that won anyway.

Either way he'd be in for a life changing sum of cash, hence why I'd feel no guilt.

my my my

keep the jackpot and send him a scratch -card

blatantrereg

It would be thoughtless to give him a ticket after the event. I would certainly get him a new ticket so he could experience the thrill of the live draw.

skirtgirl

my my my wrote: »

keep the jackpot and send him a scratch -card

I am strongly considering that even though I havnt bought the actual ticket yet.

Uriel.

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

say nothing to anyone then send a postcard from your new exotic home

if i won the lotto, i'd be sending a postcard from my new erotic home. complete with Raven Riley.

depends on how much the ticket won. Funnily, if it was millions I'd let him have it. if it was a couple of hundred grand I'd probably keep it and pay off the mortgage

Ihatecuddles-old

I'd be beaming giving him the ticket and knowing I've done something good. I know he'd give me a nice sum anyway

Ihatecuddles

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'd be beaming giving him the ticket and knowing I've done something good. I know he'd give me a nice sum anyway

Ohmygaw, I can't believe you'd seriously give away the ticket.

Banjo String

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'd be beaming giving him the ticket and knowing I've done something good. I know

He didn't though?

delw

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

How do you know it is a winning ticket (just curious)

Mr. G

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'd be beaming giving him the ticket and knowing I've done something good. I know he'd give me a nice sum anyway

Oh my god, I'd be lucky to get 10% of it and I'd have to ask!

Sciprio

I would keep it, get the money and give him a good enough amount out of it. He'll be none the wiser but happy with a bit of money.Everyone wins!

MickFleetwood

I'd cash it in and give my brother a very large sum. Like if I won, say, 10,000,000, I'd definitely give my brother around 750,000 or so.

skirtgirl

delw wrote: »

How do you know it is a winning ticket (just curious)

I don't know. It is all hypothetical.
I am buying the ticket tomorrow or Tuesday. It just came into my head " what if"

PizzamanIRL

Cash it in myself obviously but give him a very nice present. Nobody actually wants the person to win the jackpot when they buy birthday scratch cards or lotto tickets. It's just a lazy way of saying 'I remembered your birthday but didn't want to buy you anything so here's a scratch card instead of giving you an empty card'...then you curse them when they win big on the card.

Yeah.

skirtgirl

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Cash it in myself obviously but give him a very nice present. Nobody actually wants the person to win the jackpot when they buy birthday scratch cards or lotto tickets. It's just a lazy way of saying 'I remembered your birthday but didn't want to buy you anything so here's a scratch card instead of giving you an empty card'...then you curse them when they win big on the card.

Yeah.

Yes you are possibly right I should go and buy him a proper present but it is what we so in our house. Lotto ticket and a few scratch cards at birthdays. It is a bit of craic. Christmas is when we buy proper presents.

Ihatecuddles-old

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Cash it in myself obviously but give him a very nice present. Nobody actually wants the person to win the jackpot when they buy birthday scratch cards or lotto tickets. It's just a lazy way of saying 'I remembered your birthday but didn't want to buy you anything so here's a scratch card instead of giving you an empty card'...then you curse them when they win big on the card.

Yeah.

I'd love the person to win big. I genuinely would! if I won a nice amount, actually even if it was €50 I'd split it with whoever bought me the ticket. It's because of them I won, I'd want them to enjoy it with me.

LETHAL LADY

Well you could always purchase a life insurance policy and then feed him massive amounts of cholestrol laden foods for about eight and a half months and then when you reveal the winning ticket......boom....massive coronary.....double winnings.

Minderbinder

It'd be a pretty weird situation to be given the winning lottery ticket as well though. You'd have to give your brother half of it surely? I would never give someone outside my immediate family a lottery ticket as a gift. It'd just be too painful and awkward if they won.

In the situation presented by the OP I'd probably open it and divide it equally among my family. The same thing would happen if I gave it to my brother anyway. But I have to say I'd never give him a lottery ticket after the draw. I mean if it was a losing ticket, he'd just assume I played the lotto and put the worthless numbers in his card.

Richard Hillman

No I would cash the ticket. Giving away a winning lotto ticket would crush me more than the guilt.

If it were family it would be a no brainer because i don't like them but i would feel guilty about a friend. I would still keep the ticket though.

skirtgirl

Minderbinder wrote: »

It'd be a pretty weird situation to be given the winning lottery ticket as well though. You'd have to give your brother half of it surely? I would never give someone outside my immediate family a lottery ticket as a gift. It'd just be too painful and awkward if they won.

In the situation presented by the OP I'd probably open it and divide it equally among my family. The same thing would happen if I gave it to my brother anyway. But I have to say I'd never give him a lottery ticket after the draw. I mean if it was a losing ticket, he'd just assume I played the lotto and put the worthless numbers in his card.

But my problem is his birthday is today. I will not see him until Saturday. I am going to buy him a ticket for Wednesdays draw. What if I find out on Thursday that is the winning ticket?

Knex*

Uriel. wrote: »

if i won the lotto, i'd be sending a postcard from my new erotic home. complete with Raven Riley.

depends on how much the ticket won. Funnily, if it was millions I'd let him have it. if it was a couple of hundred grand I'd probably keep it and pay off the mortgage

You're going to live in a house shaped like a cock and balls?

Smithwicks Man

Keep it and then give him half, he'd probably appreciate that even more!

policarp

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

Skinflintgirl should be your username. . .:D

WilyCoyote

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't have a brother.

A chance to give your sister one

Grabs coat and legs it.

Donnielighto

eh, that's like robbing off them. You guys are scum.

Napper Hawkins

Split it with him, I'm nice like that.

Apolloyon

skirtgirl wrote: »

What if you bought your brother a birthday card with a lotto ticket. You have not given it to him, you then find out it is a winning lotto ticket of a few million. Would you open the card and cash in?

No. I wouldn't feel the slightest temptation. It's his win.

osarusan

Give it to him, but before he opens it, have a lighthearted yet somehow serious discussion about what he does with the money in the obviously unlikely event that the ticket is a winner.

Be surreptitiously recording this discussion.

vitani

Not even a dilemma. I'd keep the ticket. It's not his until I actually hand it to him.

I've always said though that if I won the lotto, I'd pay off the mortgages of my immediate family and closest friends, so he'll get something out of it. And I'd buy him another birthday present on top of that.

Nemeses

Nope, My brother is a pure daycent scumbag lioke.

Kolido

skirtgirl wrote: »

But my problem is his birthday is today. I will not see him until Saturday. I am going to buy him a ticket for Wednesdays draw. What if I find out on Thursday that is the winning ticket?

I'm assuming you will get a quickpick, therefore don't memorise the numbers and you will be non the wiser.

For those saying keep it and give him half, assuming you have more than one immediate family member, giving them 50% of your winnings would require a little explaining would it not?