What do you think? Do they deserve to get a part of the winnings? The basics behind it is co-workers pooled their money together for 5 years. However, not all of them participated every week. 15 of them pooled and won $207mil and now the 4 left out are suing. They're contending that the money from a previous win was used to buy this one. <script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&vid=/video/bestoftv/2009/01/05/pn.lotto.feud.cnn" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a></noscript>
No, they do not deserve any of the winnings. But it would seem real douchey for the 15 who won to not give them some of the winnings regardless.
This is why I NEVER go in when my co-workers buy lottery tickets. They don't even ask me anymore. It's all fun and games until you win the damn thing.
Legally, I don't think they have a case. But the others are kind of being douchebags if they don't give 'em something. Maybe not an equal cut but a lousy $2 Mil wouldn't hurt.
I don't even like buying lottery tickets for other people. What if I give them the winning ticket and mine is crap?
One of the lawyer's in that video seems to think it's a pretty solid case. The other seems to be on the fence. I guess it depends on the details. If over a 5 year period they've only missed out on 1-2 weeks and this happened to be one of them, I think they would have a case. Especially if they had won previously and said the winnings from that was used to buy the jackpot ticket. However, if they only participated in half the time or whatever then they don't get anything.
ALWAYS go into office lottery pools. Consider it insurance. You don't want to be the only one at work Monday morning if they hit the big one. Not only are you out the cash -- you have to cover their jobs at work until they can rehire.
I was expecting "your mom" from you, but this one's easier to deal with. That's not the way we/they do it. The way it goes: You gather all money from everyone who is participating. Everyone pitches in the same amount, so that an even amount is reached. ONE PERSON (or in round-robin, all take turns) buys the tickets, and disperses copies of all tickets to all participants. How did you think it was?
A friend of mine was temping at a place in Montreal for a couple of weeks, and this happened to her. She didn't speak french, so she didn't know what was going on.....but she ended up with about $100K for a couple week's work!
That part is irrelevant. What if somebody had gotten fired 2 weeks before but had been a dedicated contributor? What if that person had gotten fired last year? The only part of past contributions that is relevant is if they can prove that the winning ticket was bought partially with money from a pot of past winnings and they can prove that they contributed to the ticket that filled that pot. It doesn't matter if they contributed once, half the time, or all the time.
