Money Moral Dilemma: Should we roll over absent co-worker's lottery win?

MSE_Sarah

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks...

 We run a lottery at work, and the prize money has rolled over to £400. The numbers that came out of the last draw were for a colleague who has been off sick with stress and hasn't kept up to date with her entry payments. We don't know how much longer she's likely to be off work or even if she'll return. We're split as to whether she wins the money or we roll it over again. 

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lincroft1710

Take the entry payments out of her winnings and give her the money, she may well need it!

Savvy_Sue

And update the conditions of participating in the lottery to cover this situation 

Jewels44

I say give her the lottery money and take the entry amounts out of the winnings, if she has stress it would help her enormously

squirrel59

Where is the dilemma? The only honest thing to do is to give her the money. I’m sure she won’t have any objection to you deducting the entry payments.

Kalifornia81

I say give her the money. In my experience good things come to those who do the right thing 🥰

Bargee99

As they say "you've got to be in it to win it". If you don't pay then you are not in it.

TELLIT01

What do the rules of the office lottery say for a situation where somebody is off sick and hasn't paid?  That is the only way to provide an answer to the question..

mecoprop

That is an excellent answer.
Of course, by AGREEMENT, the rules could be altered.

mecoprop

Amended would be a more appropriate word.

mmereeshar

Did you plan to ask her to bring her account up to date when she came back to work? If so, then yes you certainly should give her the winnings when she comes back, minus why she owes! That and it’s the decent thing to do!