sharing bingo winnings

gill_81uk

I agree with everyone else - if your daughter paid for 1/3 of the tickets then she is entitled to 1/3 of the winnings!

If your son in law brings up again that she should have half then you should politely point out tht she didn't pay for half of the tickets so why should she be entitled to half of with winnings?

It sounds like greed has got the better of them, and I think you definitely need to stick to your guns. Would you want her to behave like this if she was out with friends rather than her parents?

Susan_Frost

Keep with the agreement and split three ways.

Then next time you go, say you would rather you each paid for yourselves and each kept their own winnings (and I hope you win a mint - then give them a month to stew in it before treating them to something really nice).

Harsh though I may seem, it would be even more important for me to do it if it was my "child" (i.e. a little person) rather than "daughter".

Though the stakes would obviously be much less, possibly sweets or something. It would be about them learning about honesty, reliability, keeping to the rules, keeping one's "word", etc. etc.

It would also be about being honest with themselves. Do they really want to share, about making the right decisions, about looking at consequences, not being greedy about what will I get, but being aware of what they may lose.

Decision making.

But whatever happens, I hope you dont end up falling out over it all.

NAR

I agree with others, it appears it is daughter's OH doing the stirring. He is not party to the "contract" and therefore it is none of his business.

I think next time you go tell your daughter you were far from happy with the "atmosphere" that followed the 3 way split up. Ask her does she wish to continue with the 3 way split of winnings or does she wish to "go it alone" from now on. Preferably said in front of someone independant too.

The_Banker_5

Give her the other £166 to make it up to £500 then tell her you are cutting both her and her hubby out of your will.

Miss-Moneypenny_7

if the daughter paid into a lotto syndicate and it was her line that came up would her idiot husband expect her to have a bigger share than the others?

definately should only get the third she pays for, if it was three unrelated people playing she would only get a third so it shouldn't make a difference that 2 out of the 3 are a couple, they are still buying 2/3 of the tickets!

Janepig

Blimey, I've known bingo buddies split winnings with people who weren't even there that night - where a group or couple have always gone together, one of them couldn't make it that particular night but the winner has still shared with their buddy (and in one case I'm talking about a National win, big bucks!).

Personally I always get a bit cross with petty family squabbles like this - my mum died just before my eldest child was born and I would like nothing better than to go and have a game of bingo with her (or anything else), shares or no bloody shares! And I'm sure there's people who've lost a son or daughter who would say the same. We're a long time dead, is this really worth falling out over .

Jxx

BlondeHeadOn

The_Banker wrote: »

Give her the other £166 to make it up to £500 then tell her you are cutting both her and her hubby out of your will.

For some reason this made me laugh a lot...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Errata

I bet she would have split it three ways if it had been a tenner. She knows it should be split three ways, but she and her OH have got the evils because it's a big-ish lump. Ignore them and buy your own tickets in future. I hope you have a very big win !

Wicked_witch

I had no idea that there were such hard and fast rules/traditions attached to playing bingo! Is there somewhere I can go to look them all up? I'm not a player, but if I should ever go with MIL I don't want to do something embarrassing!

Zoetoes

It should be split 3 ways as there are 3 sets of books being bought.

Simple as that!