What would you do if some stranger hands you a jackpot ticket?

Reply #21

TheGameGrl — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:50:48 GMT

1: Check to see that the ticket hasn't expired.

2: Check to see that I haven't expired :)

3: My imagination is that the Someone , is a family member or someone who entrusted that I deserved the offering, in which case I would take the ticket with the understanding that they must come along to share in the good day.

Reply #20

KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:16:05 GMT

What do you supose would happen if the IRS knew that you gave somebody a $10 million house as a birthday present? Do you think it would be any different than cash or any other gift worth $10 million? As TTech noted, it's all about the value of the gift. Most of the time, if you give somebody a lottery ticket as a gift the IRS is probably willing to consider that at the time you made the gift the ticket's value was only it's cost.

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Reply #19

sully16 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:26:33 GMT

That would be a very long day.

Reply #18

rdgrnr — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:20:32 GMT

You talked me into it.

Next time someone offers me one, I'm takin' it

Reply #17

TooTallLuke — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:04:42 GMT

Well, that would suck. Only thing I could do was tell them what happened and how I ended up with the ticket. Chances are they wouldn't believe me and I'd be screwed and it might never work out that I'd be proven innocent. And I wouldn't be allowed to keep the winnings even if proven innocent, after all my neighbour was murdered and his ticket was taken, so the winnings would belong to his family.

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Reply #16

rdgrnr — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:34:26 GMT

What if they check the video and see that it was your next door neighbor who bought the ticket and he was just found murdered and the ticket was missing

Reply #15

TooTallLuke — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:29:48 GMT

I'd take the ticket, say thanks, then go to nearest lottery terminal to confirm it was jackpot winning ticket. If it truely was a jackpot winning ticket I'd write my name on the ticket and then head to the lottery office to cash it.

My reaction would go from amusement when this person handed me the ticket to excited amazement once I had confirmed the ticket was truely a jackpot winning ticket.

Reply #14

ttech10 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:49:41 GMT

I think I've read somewhere that gifting after the ticket has won is different than simply gifting a ticket for a later draw (or a later scratch).

The reason they gave is because it's no longer a $1, $2, $3, $5, $10, $20 or $50 ticket, but rather the hundreds of thousands or millions, which would be taxable as a gift.

Reply #13

maringoman — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 03:02:25 GMT

Does gift tax really apply here? many people receive lottery tickets from family/friends during christmas and the ticket giver does not get slapped with gift tax even when the winner claims and informs the press that the ticket was actually a gift. I think since the ticket is a bearer instrument and it was not reported stolen then you would be home free. I guess if you want to have absolutely no leakage at all then you could have the lawyer do the affidavit.

Reply #12

KY Floyd — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:42:47 GMT

Following up on your honesty, I guess this is what I'd do if somebody gave me a winning jackpot ticket:

I'd do my best to get them to go with me to the nearest lawyer and swear out an affidavit in front of as many witnesses as possible stating that they were giving me the ticket, that it was a freely given gift, that they wanted nothing in return, and that I had given tthem nothing in return.

I'd probably feel bad when the IRS came to them to demand they pay the gift tax.

Reply #11

maringoman — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:39:45 GMT

What would you do if some stranger hands you a jackpot ticket?

For the life of me I cannot imagine how these questions help you or anybody else

Alright I'll take bait. Supposing a Jehova Witness or Muslim guy handed me a winning PB ticket because he felt guilty for sinning/doing haram and wanted to not sin/ do haram any more I would take it and go cash it. I would be honest with the lottery commission if they asked me how I obtained the ticket.

Reply #10

HoLeeKau — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:20:48 GMT

I'd discuss it long enough to make sure they didn't want anything in return. If they just want to pay me for cashing it, even if it was a few million payment after taxes, I'd say no thanks. If they just didn't want the ticket, I'd find out where they got it, hopefully including the store it was purchased at, and say thank you. Try to get a licence plate as they drove off, write down a description, etc. in case it turns out the ticket was stolen or something.

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Reply #9

noise-gate — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:19:41 GMT

You watched that movie with Nick Cage... didn't you

Reply #8

Coin Toss — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 02:40:16 GMT

I would figure it to be a gypsy I can't cash the ticket scam.

Reply #7

onlymoney — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:26:28 GMT

I'd say thank you .

Reply #6

hearsetrax — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:21:12 GMT

and who spiked your eggnog

Reply #5

LottoBoner — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:51:56 GMT

I would say get the F%#K out of here,keep it, I have my own.

Reply #4

helpmewin — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:44:32 GMT

YOU Better be careful you might get Coal in your stocking

Reply #3

RJOh — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:22:43 GMT

Folks who believed someone handed them a jackpot winning ticket usually ended up getting scammed.

Folks who still believe in Santa Claus are too young or too dumb to be cashing a lottery ticket.

Reply #2

Stack47 — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:20:40 GMT

The catch here is assuming someone would hand a jackpot winning ticket to a stranger.

Reply #1

mrcraft — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:16:43 GMT

I would ask what's the catch? I assume they can't cash it for one reason or another. At any rate, I'd stay clear away from this potential mess.

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