Giving Lottery Tickets As Birthday Presents

Some people consider it insulting to receive lotterythat bought it for you, and rightfully so. You'd probably
tickets as birthday presents. The main argument is thatgive that person a share of your winnings. But what if
it is a thoughtless gift. If someone doesn't have thethat person thinks that you owe him more than you
willingness to buy a personalized gift, buying a lotterygave like, say, half of your winnings? What if you're not
ticket is thoughtless and easy; it got be consideredwilling to give so much. That would probably cause a
impersonal. So, they don't like receiving them.huge strain in your friendship or, even, be the end of
On the other hand, some people enjoy receiving lotteryyour friendship.
tickets as birthday presents. Just the thought of theOn the other hand, if you gave a friend lottery tickets
possibility of winning a big lottery jackpot is excitingfor their birthday and that friend won the jackpot,
and, because of that, they don't mind receiving anwould you expect something in return? How much? If
impersonal gift.you think that you might be the type to expect a
Most of us, like it or hate it, have received lotto ticketskickback, perhaps you should think twice about buying
for our birthday at some point in our life. We probablylottery tickets as gifts.
have won something small, like $5 or $10. But haveWinning the lottery could help a lot of people but it
you ever thought of what might happen if you actuallycould also cause problems between friends. Think
win big money from such a ticket that was purchasedabout that when you give and receive lottery tickets
for you? You'd probably feel indebted to the personas birthday gifts.