Norm MacDonald did a great stand up bit on that. Not only are lottery tickets a horrible gift, but you certainly don’t want them to win. Imagine the conversation: “What’s that? You hit for a million? Greeaaat! Yeah, I still got the coffee mug you gave me. Say, any chance it will increase in value a few hundred thousand times in the near future?”
can you just imagine how PI$$ED off you’d be if you gave a lottery ticket to someone and they won something like $250,000?!!! I would just be UNABLE to ever be around that person ever again!
I actually know someone who won $500K after a coworker picked up some scratch off tickets for her and several coworkers (which they paid for). THere was no agreement among them beforehand to share any winnings. I can only imagine what kind of fighting and possible lawsuits are in the works NOW though since she works with several “Obama voters.”