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    33-year-old brother-in-law refuses to share his $20K Lotto winnings with his financially irresponsible sister and her husband after they demand a cut: 'He proceeded to waste $520 on scratch-offs'

    Does individual luck create communal entitlement because of existing relationships and sheer proximity?

    We all, likely, at some point have dreamt of that big win. Some score or windfall of cash that sets us up and drastically improves our quality of life, letting us maybe even quit our job and pursue that dream we've been wanting to chase... that or simply getting to sit back for a while and take life at its paces without fear of where rent is coming from tomorrow.

    Still, winning it big in a lottery is a pipe dream; the odds are quite literally so low that they're almost impossible. Even the most statistically understanding of us will tend to overestimate our chances of winning dramatically, willingly giving reason over to every logical fallacy to convince ourselves that we might win and that this time is going to be different.

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    • 01

      "My elder sister lets her husband spend anywhere from $400 to even $800 a month on scratch off tickets"

      OO TH -XIS NEV ME $30 $30,000 J.RS 7 RE ROYAL TIC TOE TOP PRIZES A $20,
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    • 02

      AITAH For not sharing my Lottery scratch off winnings with my Sister and Brother in law?

      To make this short and readable, my elder sister lets her husband spend anywhere from $400 to even $800 a month on scratch off tickets. He buys the $20 and $50 tickets. At the same time as he does that, both he and my sister will complain to other family members and anyone that will listen that they are "struggling financially".
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      The sister and her husband plead their case for a cut of the winnings

      The sister and her husband plead for a cut of the winnings
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    • It's one thing to do this when your financial affairs are in order, but I'm sure a lot of us have that friend or family member, maybe we even are this person, who is disastrous with money and also way too easily convinces themselves that they're going to strike it big with a lottery ticket or scratch off ticket.

      When this guy bought a lottery scratch-off ticket off-hand at the behest of his sister's husband, he was surprised when he unexpectedly won a large sum. His sister's husband immediately went through the seven stages of entitlement, demanding he hand him the ticket, likely looking to claim it as his own. When his sister then got involved, the pair continued to try to gaslight him into splitting the winnings, trying to equate the fact of sheer proximity to some entitlement to the winnings. 

      Even after that, his parents got involved, insisting that he split the winnings with the rest of the family. This turned into a confrontation at this past Thanksgiving, where they were presumably relying on the spirit of the holiday to shake him down for some of the cash. 

    • 04
      Now to the meat of the actual AITAH. My brother in law 35M, road with me to a gas station. Once there, he proceeded to waste $520 on scratch offs, which were all duds. Seeing me silently judge him, he told me to stop being a stick in the mud and buy a ticket. So I pulled a single dollar bill out, and bought the Halloween themed scratch off. This all took place in October 2025.
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    • 05
      As I was lamenting to him on how much money he wastes every month, I finish scratching off the ticket only to find out one of my matching numbers was above a $10k winning. Upon further inspection, I'd forgotten to scratch the "double" area. When I did it came up "2X" to which the kind cashier confirmed it meant I had won $20K.
      via Low-Assistant-4712
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      My brother in law immediately cycled through emotions before demanding I hand the ticket over for him to see, then making a scene in the gas station when I asked to borrow a pen and starting filling out the back of the card. From there chaos rained down on me, as not only did my brother in law but my sister as well attempted to gas light me into "at least" splitting the winnings with them. I told them no.
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    • 07
      Fast forward a few days and now my parents whom are in their late 60's are gaslighting me into forking over $10k of the lottery winnings. I tell them no.
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      Fast forward again, and in the middle of Thanksgiving dinner at my Parents place. They along with my sister, brother in law and my other siblings start verbally cornering me about money. Now not only do still want the $10K from me, but my other siblings want some as well. With my eldest brother attempting to convince me to pay for a family vacation.
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    • 09
      I again turn them all down, which of course turns into everyone calling me selfish, and a h le, amongst other colorful words. So am I the A e for not forking over my scratch off winnings?
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      1234 L LOT LOTTERY Ticket LOTTERY Ti TTERY LOTTERY Ticket Billet 203YT8 56X 123 4 5 6 7 0 11 12 13 1% Billet 203YT8 LO 1 2 3 4 5 X 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 23 29 30 31 36 37 38 39 43 44 45 46 1 X 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 33 34 35 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 41 42 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 48 49 44 45 46 47 48 49 1 2 3 4 15 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 30 31 36 37 38 1214 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 3 19 20 21 2 23 24 25 26
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    • koffeecup8469

      Tell them you donated it to charity for the tax write-off.

      el_grande_ricardo

      You bought the ticket with your money, you get the winnings.

      Be sure to tell BIL that he's been doing it wrong all these years, and that's why he doesn't win. You have to buy 1 -$1 ticket, not 20 -$20 tickets.

      Daddinator1701

      None of these people have any claim on your winnings

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