Someone won £2.3 million on lottery and gave £50k to friend

pmbuzz said:
Should be split 50/50, especially considering living in Guernsey you are not eligible to buy lottery tickets.
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Yup, but if you put most people in the position of *actually having won* that money, then a lot of these "logical" arguments would start seeming anything but.

You'd start saying to yourself "My money bought the ticket, after all. The other guy never split the costs, and I've been playing for x years, always putting in my own money. So she bought the ticket, that's great, but it's my winnings and it's my ticket. I'll give them 50k, but I've got big plans for the rest of it."
 
50k might well see pay off various loans and whatnot and clear them of debt which a lot of people on this day would be over the moon with.

Nice!
 
I would have given them nothing and waited a few weeks to claim the money so that they thought it was another ticket. Then I'd leave the country.
 
50k is fine. Who wouldn't benefit from 50k?

Pay off some bills - more free money each month - profit!
Pay off house/some of house - as above
House deposit - a winner here too
Holiday - one hell of a holiday
etc etc

Good sum of money for buying a ticket.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
I would have given them nothing and waited a few weeks to claim the money so that they thought it was another ticket.
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I suspect a lot of people would have done the same and the Guernsey resident wouldn't have had a leg to stand on.

£50k is a bit of a slap in the face given the total winnings and everything the friend had done for them, you don't really want to lose a friend as honest as that but I suspect this might cause a bit of a rift.
 
SO the friend helped pick the numbers, bought the ticket (as the Guernsey friend can't play) and got 50k out of 2.3 million, 50k IMO is a kick in the teeth, the friend could have easily told the friend in Guernsey to do one and claimed the ticket to be their own and nothing could be done about it.
 
If I ever win the lottery I am not telling a sole, I will simply abandon all my friends and family, all my possession and buy somewhere in nice in Italy and pay for a visa to USA/Canada/New Zealand/Australia and retire.

I would never see anyone I previously new again. I ain't giving anyone a penny.

Seriously how could you give a lot of money away after only winning £2.3m? You would still need to be careful with your money if you're in your twenties.

The morons saying they would give away £800k after only winning 2.3m are you insane? I could understand if you are 60+ but if you 40 or under that is very silly. What about your future generations to consider? What about the legacy for your future grandchildren etc etc
 
I'd be happy with an extra £50,000 pounds out of nowhere so to speak..

Nah, I think that's still quite a generous thing. It doesn't matter how much they still have, but that they were kind enough to throw substantial amounts of money about anyway.
 
In reality, given the varying sense of entitlement to the win that some people might have I'd probably not tell anyone aside from immediate family who I'd likely share some of the winnings with.

Would probably spend conservatively to begin with, would likely become self employed...
 
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