Should lottery winners share with colleagues?

Comment #52

savagegoose — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:39:58 GMT

heheh tell em you are going to setup an annuity for them, and if they ever tell a soul or word gets out thru them the money stops rolling in.

Comment #51

corius$1918! — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:51:14 GMT

i agree, i've experience the loss of both parents and i'd love to have had the chance to make their lives better for all they've done for me. I do understand what the guy is talking about, my mom could keep a secret but my dad would have a hard time and most likely would have told someone and word would spread. For my safety and everyone i love I would want to remain anonymous.

Comment #50

corius$1918! — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:41:30 GMT

If I were playing with a core group for several years and someone missed the drawing due to being out that day, i would share the winning with them on such a large jackpot. i would not be obligated, i would just feel it would be ethical for me considering i could have been in the same situation.

From the articles i've read the one guy who regularly ate with and played with the group was walking into work. ambished by a reporter asking how he felt, he stated he's happy for them. This man... [ More ]

Comment #49

ameriken — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:51:00 GMT

Thanks rdgrnr, you throw some different light on it. I hear what you're saying, they're way up there in age and I know their days are limited. Based on that, you're making me rethink that part of it. Thanks for a thoughtful post.

Comment #48

rdgrnr — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:18:22 GMT

Very well articulated Ameriken, not that cynical, and I do believe you're trusting and generous.

The only place I'd part ways is with Mom and Dad.

The day may come when you'd give anything just to have them around to see the look on their faces when you told them about it.

And knowing how you'd enjoy making their lives easier.

That to me would be worth any drawback that stemmed from it.

I honestly don't know if that makes any sense if you haven't experienced that loss and the utte... [ More ]

Comment #47

ameriken — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:33:15 GMT

^^^THIS^^^

As I am sure most of us are, I tend to be a very generous and trusting person, almost to a fault. However, like RJOH said, once you start the gravy train rolling, people will be at the station every day anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Win the lottery and everyone will have their hands out...friends, relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and people whom you never even heard of who have absolutely nothing to do with you. I also think many have contempt for rich people, and especia... [ More ]

Comment #46

paymenow — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:04:27 GMT

NO! Not just simply, no, but HELL NO!!! This is one in which you really don't even have to think about. Look, they all had really good paying jobs. They only played the lottery when it reached certain epic levels of ridiculous heights. They all participated with something which was less than $5 dollars. This is a paltry amount of money for someone who makes a better than average living and who probably could very well afford to play for such a small amount.

Ask yourself this question: Do I w... [ More ]

Comment #45

savagegoose — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:18:45 GMT

i will carry around $1 quick picks, and any good sob stories will get a ticket off me.

Comment #44

belle$star3! — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:54:25 GMT

If I won 19 million, I would share a portion with my co-workers. It is great to have financial success; but money does not take the place of a person or persons. If one of my co-workers had helped me before my money success, I would certainly give them more than those whom had not helped me.

Comment #43

AuntiePat — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:09:28 GMT

You know--when I worked, I was a registered nurse in a very high intensity cardiac intensive care--we had a lottery pool and were fortunate to not have any consistent slackers. Just think--if you were in a situation where lives were at stake in a code red (commonly called a triple in most larger institutions), adrenaline is pumping, meds are being administered quickly, CPR is being performed, defib paddles are being readied and you are constantly hyperaware of how closely this team has to work t... [ More ]

Comment #42

rdgrnr — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:18:44 GMT

C'mon Jill! The President said we should spread the wealth around

Comment #41

Jill34786 — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:10:31 GMT

My sentiments exactly! He probably did play by himself as it doesn't make any sense as to why he wouldn't contribute with his colleagues.

If this group decides to help him, there will be many others from the past that had also played in the pool looking for handout as well.

Comment #40

Litebets27 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:06:54 GMT

Comment #39

rdgrnr — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:40:24 GMT

I guess that would be a prime example of: No good deed, no matter how small, ever goes unpunished

On a personal level though, I always feel better going into anything and everything with a positive attitude and outlook. That perspective may cause an occasional regret or a tale of woe but it just goes against my nature to see life in its totality through a jaundiced eye.

Being as such that there ain't a dam thing I can do about it anyway (I don't go against my nature), then it's: C'mon bab... [ More ]

Comment #38

RJOh — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:20:49 GMT

Jack Whittaker is usually the poster child for what not to do when you win a large lottery jackpot

People forget right after claiming his money, Jack set up a charity to be run by four local pastors and funded by 10% of his winnings to help the poor but many complained they had to jump through too many hoops to get any of the money and it was only enough to help the very poorest. He also brought a house for a waitress that served him coffee every morning who was living in a trailer who compl... [ More ]

Comment #37

kyokushin187 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:23:36 GMT

I say no way.If you give him money then everyone else who played in the past

but missed this chance

Will lawyer up to get a peice of the pie. thats

just human nature.DOG EAT DOG

Comment #36

rdgrnr — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:24:56 GMT

You're a good hearted woman dk.

(and I'm a good timin' man

Comment #35

dk1421 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:03:18 GMT

I would consider sharing. It all depends upon certain criteria. Do they play every week and just not this one? Were they out sick, but would have given money if had been at work? And finally, if we do share it with this schlub, how many others will come out of the woodwork demanding payment?

So I do feel I would want to share it with him (and others that fit the criteria) but I would also feel that I might be setting myself up for doing something nice and getting bitten in the butt for it.

Comment #34

rdgrnr — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:49:02 GMT

You are too kind, RJOh.

Comment #33

RJOh — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:01:48 GMT

There is no greater good than providing for oneself through hard work and effort and maybe a little luck. If I was lucky enough to win a lottery jackpot, the last thing I would want to do is deny another of the experience of providing for themselves through hard work and effort and maybe a little luck as I had.

Comment #32

grwurston — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:41:23 GMT

Since he wasn't feeling lucky, maybe if he had played the group would not have won.

So maybe they should be glad he didn't. His negative energy, bad feeling, vibes etc didn't rub off on to the group.

Comment #31

libra926 — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:40:01 GMT

HAPPY SUNDAY ......4/2/2011

PERDUE.....

All I can say is U have me laughing soooooooo haaarrrd that the tears are welling up in my eyes.......lovin every minute of it.....lololololol

Comment #30

slick30 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:42:32 GMT

for me, it matters how much i win. i know how much i need for the stuff I want, and how much i want to give to family. if there's enough left, i'd be happy to give it away.

as for the office pool, if the guy just said i don't feel lucky today well, i guess he sure wasn't ,huh.

LOL

Comment #29

delS — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:37:37 GMT

I give you credit for a very interesting consideration.

Comment #28

mjwinsmith — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:34:51 GMT

My take on it and to answer in as few a words as possible.....HELL NO!

You got to be in it to win it, he was not in it so he gets ziltch, nada, nothing....NUFF SAID!

Michael

Comment #27

PERDUE — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:54:35 GMT

I don't know what was being smoked when this article was being written, but I don't want any.....

If these people or anyone who has a large volume of money decide to give it away or share with anyone it is their business not ours.

I would call this a guilt article. One of those articles that tries to make you feel guilty for having when there are so many that have not.

This article also goes so far to hint at how the money could be used and what a person may be experiencing and why.... [ More ]

Comment #26

dphillips — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:30:32 GMT

I would share if my colleague or colleagues played. If not, no dice. I am not a Savings Loan Bank

Comment #25

HaveABall — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:29:32 GMT

Well, this is merely ANOTHER journalist writing an article to broadcast their deep seated notions about how net multi-million dollar jackpots should be distributed.

Regardless, as far as we know, NONE of these five co-workers have said anything to anyone other than congratulations towards their current/former lottery pool playing coworkers who won. If this is true, than that is the right attitude and I respect that!!! After all, their lottery winning coworkers probably asked EACH of them twi... [ More ]

Comment #24

LottoAce — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:17:53 GMT

Would I share my winnings? depends on many different variables.

first let me start by saying; we don't let just anyone in our pool to begin with.

a history of not paying on time, or not having your numbers ready will get you kicked out

we have had many people come and go in our pool, and we get asked on a regular basis

by an outsider if they can join our team. in most cases the answer is NO!... the main group has stayed together

for 10 years. We don't have have a written contract.... [ More ]

Comment #23

HaveABall — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:08:10 GMT

LOL, joshuacloak, there is NO WAY that you could possibly be currently engaging as a perfectionist. You are such a funny commedian. Because a perfectionist would insist on running SPELLCHECK after everything they type, PLUS they would insist on proof reading what they wrote for grammar mistakes before selecting post reply ... even when text isn't in their native language.

Comment #22

Empress-N — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:36:50 GMT

Has anyone thought that maybe this guy actually played alone. Brought his own tickets and maybe thats why he chose not to play with the group. Because he felt he had already purchased his ticket(s) and if it is the winner he wasn't going to share with the rest of the office.

Something to think about....

If that's the case them Mrs. Karma just kicked another hole in his rump.....Selfishness is what it was if this was the case and it did not work in his favor.

IF YOU DID NOT PLAY...YOU DO... [ More ]

Comment #21

nickey t — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:01:16 GMT

This story again! now it's FIVE [5] and not just the one guy? .. c'mon!!!! UNLESS SOMEONE WHO REGULARY PLAYS WAS NOT AT WORK AND WAS CALLED AND TOLD OF THE POOL BEFOREHAND AND THEY SAID, 'PLEASE INCLUDE ME, I WILL GIVE MY MONEY WHEN I COME BACK' - THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE POOL - i've played with pools, then ditched them to do my own thing, then joined another group, then left and went somewhere else .. just because you played with certain people, once, twice, hell even 432,309 times DOES NOT mea... [ More ]

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:47:39 GMT

When I read the article promoting sharing with colleagues it kind of made just a little bit of sense, though in a touchy-feely kinda way.

Then at the end I saw it was written by a professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

So I knew immediately that the whole thing was a bad idea.

It's the same way with legal issues.

If the ACLU is backing or defending something, you know it's not in the best interests of the country, the Constitution or common sense.

I'm glad we... [ More ]

Comment #19

Time Traveler — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:30:28 GMT

Wise people don't share their wife and lottery winnings with nobody.

Comment #18

dpoly1 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:11:32 GMT

NO !

They DID NOT PLAY !

If they wanted to win, they should have played

Comment #17

joshuacloak — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:11:09 GMT

Hell no

my Opinion if your Not My Children, or the parents who taken care of me

no one has a right to my time/effort/money

there's a growing body of evidence that people feel a genuine boost of pleasure and happiness when they give to others

ya i got a charity, its called i have some Kids in near future

and make sure am doing my part to make sure the Human race lives ON forever, that's my only duty i feel as a lottery winner to make sure i do my part for human race lives on foreve... [ More ]

Comment #16

delS — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:43:20 GMT

I'd evaluate on a case by case basis. Im certainly not a greedy nor mean spirited person. On the other hand Im not a fool either. So, for me to share, Id evaluate each case on its own merit. I can tell you this, if the person(s) are jack-assess, they'd get NOTHING.

Comment #15

beaudad — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:36:41 GMT

you know the 7 who won..........could probably buy the company ........take the people who didn't win (give them management

positions) they had to play in the pool to qualify to get anything........and be done with it !!!!! making it a win win ............

beaudad

Comment #14

canyon — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:29:56 GMT

Are you crazy???!!! I take a chance with my hard earned money and another person decides to hold on to their money!!! I don't think so! I'm not particularly feeling lucky when I give up my money but I know I can't win if I don't play no matter how I feel!!! Now, unless the pool play-in money is high and the person didn't have the money, I may consider giving the legal tax amount which I think is $10,000 but everyone in the pool would have to agree and give the same amount; otherwise, you lose ju... [ More ]

Comment #13

JPJohnson — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:28:19 GMT

You gotta play to win, that's just how it goes.

Comment #12

Piaceri — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:14:25 GMT

Posted: Today, 11:11 am IP Logged ---- 11:11 make a wish....

Comment #11

Piaceri — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:11:06 GMT

This is why I don't do pools. Winning a jackpot is enough stress in itself, but to add the stress of being concerned and possibly feeling guilty because so-and-so two cubicles down made the personal decision to sit out the pool that drawing... I'm just not willing to do that.

Comment #10

mpat69 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:58:38 GMT

I live in Washington State. At the time I ran a Pool, it was for POWERBALL only because we had Megamillions at that time. I would drive down to Oregon and buy tickets for Powerball. I would buy some just for myself, along with the pool tickets. For each drawing, each person that played for that specific drawing would sign a contract I made up. If you did not sign, that meant you did not pay and would not get anything if we did win. The contract also stated that I bought tickets of my own and if

Comment #9

JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:38:35 GMT

No one deserves nothing who doesn't shake loose with some dough for the drawing ! period.

The winners will be giving up enough amongst close family and friends.I finally just got the person who runs our pool to keep a meticulous list of who paid..not who had good intentions.

Comment #8

JAP69 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:18:37 GMT

This dilemma is why lottery pools stink.

If this office lottery pool has been going for years what about previous pool members that are no longer in that office? They have previously put money in that office pool.

Comment #7

st.germain — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:51:14 GMT

Hell no......they dediced not to play because they didn't feel like they would win so .... ,.NO what part don't you understand..the N or the O

Comment #6

BaristaExpress — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:46:26 GMT

Now if someone who plays all the time and not just once in a while and they were sick or on vacation maybe they would be considered apart of the winning group!

But anything other than that the saying goes as follows No Pay, No Play, No Payday that's the way the cookie crumbles

Comment #5

maringoman — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:46:02 GMT

$19M is a lot of money and I am not a greedy man. I would give money to the guys who didnt participate in that drawing if their resons were genuine.

Stinking attitudes like I don't feel lucky or lottery is a waste of money would disqualify somebody from my generosity. However if somebody was low on cash or away from the office then sure, I'm giving them $25,000

If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all and you will never make enemies.

Comment #4

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:21:36 GMT

If any thing I would give the max that you can give tax free.... I believe it's $12,000 or $13,000.

Comment #3

sully16 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:21:16 GMT

Would I share a jackpot that no one else chipped in for ? no , I would however give money and gifts to people I care about. If I did win a million dollar jackpot it would be kept very quiet.

Comment #2

mightwin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:56:07 GMT

Wow I really hope they are not actually thinking this. I play the lotto on a regular basis and if one day I didn't play for whatever reason, and my numbers hit, does that mean I should have a share of the jackpot? Nope that would be my own darn fault

Comment #1

liberal47 — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:19:24 GMT

When I was running the office lottery pool, I took an event such as this into account. In the agreement which I drew up, I specified that if the player had joined into the money pool on the previous drawing, and did not make the deadline for the current drawing, they had until the date of the following drawing to pay for that drawing that was missed. This was done in case of illness, injury, or just plain forgetfulness. It was also done for situations such as the one facing the New York Seven. I... [ More ]

Should lottery winners share with colleagues?

Lottery Post — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:08:37 GMT

By Jason Marsh

If you won $19 million, would you share it with your co-workers?

That's the question seven lucky New York state employees arereportedly contemplating after claiming the huge Mega Millions lottery jackpot Thursday. For years, the so-called Albany Seven have pooled their money to buy lottery tickets together.

Now that their numbers have come up, they are in a position to share their winnings with five colleagues who had been part of the pool in the past but didn't pitch in... [ More ]