Winning a lottery can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get your finances in order. If you’re in a tough spot money-wise, a lucky ticket might help you turn your life around. Granted, you have to be the owner of the ticket, not just the one who bought it.
Yet this person felt like they had a right to the lottery winnings, even if the ticket was a gift to their nephew. Feeling like their luck escaped them by just a hair, the OP asked the nephew for 3/4 of the prize. When the whole family started distancing themselves from the OP because of it, they turned to Reddit. “AITA for thinking my nephew should share his lottery winnings with me,” the user asked. And the Internet delivered its verdict.
A lottery ticket can be a great birthday present for extended family members
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But, at the end of the day, it’s still a present, and the giver is hardly entitled to the winnings
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The Internet’s opinion was unanimous: you don’t reclaim a gift just because it’s a lucky lottery ticket
