You Lend $10 to a Friend who buys a Lotto Max Ticket! That Ticket Hits the Jackpot. How much do they owe you?
Friday night’s Lotto max draw is up to $55 million plus 4 max millions…
Here’s a scenario you’ll never deal with, but it’s fun to think about. A friend asks if they can borrow $10. You hand them a ten, they use it to buy Lotto tickets, and they hit the JACKPOT.
How much do they owe you? Someone asked, and people voted. Here are the four options . . .
1. Just the original $10 you loaned them.
2. Half of the winnings.
3. All the winnings
4. Nothing.
The top vote-getter was just the original $10. It got 72% of the vote. If they want to give you more, great, and maybe they should. But they’re not obligated to.
Half of the winnings is next with 15%, then nothing at 12%. (Keep your $10, jerk!) 2% think they should give you the full $1 billion.
If the roles were reversed, 64% say they’d only feel obligated to pay back the original $10, 27% claim they’d split the winnings, and 9% say, “Screw ’em! I know I’m a millionaire, but they’re not getting that 10 bucks back.”
