Money Moral Dilemma: Should I keep the money I won playing a charity lottery?

Susanvw

Keep it.  It might be years, if ever, that you win something again.

Julia1960

I agree with SpicyLentil who left a comment today at 8.57pm. The CEOs of charitable organisations do indeed receive excessively inflated salaries, on which they live the life of Riley.  A lot of the charity headquarters are also located in large buildings in the centre of London, where property prices and rental charges are absolutely extortionate. That says enough for me. If I were you, I would definitely keep the money you have won. 

LAMBS60

As others have said , if you didn’t want to win a lottery prize , choose a different way to give to charity. That said, it is a fairly large sum , and maybe you hadn’t imagined winning that much . Find your holiday or whatever treat you want , then send maybe £200/300 back to the charity with a covering letter . Let them know why you want to give something back . After that maybe you should review how you could donate to charity going forwards ? 

MrRichTea

You give a little, you get a little back.

It's KARMA for all your good deeds, keep it for a rainy day or a much deserved holiday.

If you win again, double the amount as a nice gesture

If6was9

Keep it. I do 5 different ones and last year won back a prize that covered 2 years worth of participating. I kept it, kept playing, and because my bank balance looked better than usual I put a few little extra donations elsewhere. I wouldn't have the direct debits set up at all if there wasn't the fun lottery element 

Matt8888

Brian_badonde said:

If you feel guilty taking the winnings from the lottery surely it would make more sense to just do normal donations.

Not really because if you plan to return the winnings, by playing their lottery you are giving "x" pounds per week from buying the ticket with a potential of a large additional donation of "y" pounds if you win and decide to return it. I guess also there is an added little flutter of excitement.

HERTSCOOKIE

Keep it and keep regifting any small wins

Mark_d

You are overthinking this!  Your lottery winnings are legitimately yours.  It's entirely up to you whether you save it, spend it, or give it away.

Doing lotteries or buying good/services from ethical organisations, is a 'better' way of doing what you would usually do.  It is not the same as donating your time/effort/money to the charities.  But, of course, you can make a purchase and also make a donation.

I buy fairtrade coffee as a more ethical option to regular coffee.  Donating your winnings would be similar to me giving my fairtrade coffee back to the producers!

If I was you, and was feeling guilty about winning money from a charity lottery, I would donate some of my winnings to a charitable organisation I feel more passionately about (rather than the charity running the lottery).

Agent57

Is this a late April fool?

Why do a lottery if you don't want to win?

Why do the nicest, most generous people often seem to have no logic or common sense whatsoever?

If you want to give to charity then give to charity rather than doing a lottery.

SPR_2

You're doing a service to the charities you won it fair and square, I would keep it and continue playing.