Money Moral Dilemma: Should I share winnings from my secret lottery tickets?

gaving7095

A stunning insight into the mind of a seasoned lottery "player".
Talk about "a tax on the stupid".
Why not buy a THIRD set, but play different numbers? Think of how much your odds of winning will increase!

meknowalot-51

Can't see the point in doing this,but if the numbers came up you would be the winner of your individual ticket plus a share in the syndicate ticket.Why not do different numbers,make sure not to do the same numbers everyweek.

Bristow

Cripes, what a silly query. Goodness knows why anyone plays the lottery. You are going to lose more often than you win and £2/week is £104/year that you could save. You only hear of the 'winners', not everyone who loses £2+ week which is the 99%.

Grow up, get out of the syndicate and save for yourself.

Tigsteroonie

Don't expect to be able to keep it secret if you win a substantial amount. And don't expect your work colleagues to remain friends.

Augustus_the_Strong

Dream on! but why choose the same numbers and reduce your chance of winning anything? You'd get one-fifth if the group wins but the whole lot if your number wins. Or you'd have a reduced chance of winning half as much plus one-tenth. Better to spread your chances I would think. Or better still to not waste your money in the first place.

keefyboy_2

My thoughts on this is yes he should pay the syndicate out from both lots, the reason I say this is that he has used "Their" numbers again to make more money for himself, I wonder how this would stand up in court???

CAZBEAR

keefyboy wrote: »

My thoughts on this is yes he should pay the syndicate out from both lots, the reason I say this is that he has used "Their" numbers again to make more money for himself, I wonder how this would stand up in court???

after going to court the lawyers would have 'won' the bulk of the money!!! :rotfl:

stmartinsdiver

Of course it's ok to keep it - anyone else might choose the same numbers too and reduce the group share. As a number of people have said though it's a very odd thing to do - why not just pick a different set of numbers to double your already infinitesimally small chances of a big win.

mjm3346

No need to share if they are your tickets but pretty pointless getting tickets with the same numbers.

fordred

Why would you buy the same ticket twice? I think you should buy the same ticket 9 times to make sure you get 90% (plus your syndicate %) of the jackpot on the off chance that those specific numbers come up. </sarcasm> :wall: