My friend won thousands of dollars on a £1 scratch card I bought for her birthday and now my husband is mad I won’t claim half

A woman explains that she bought her friend a scratch-off scratch card for her birthday and now her husband wants her to claim half of her winnings.

The woman says she always buys £1 worth of scratch cards for friends’ birthdays and keeps them on their cards.

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This time, her partner won the four-figure prize and her husband was furious that she didn’t give her half of the prize, even saying she should claim her share. .

Write more articles Mumsnet, the woman said: “I always buy a £1 scratch card to put in people’s birthday cards.

“I’ve been doing this for over a decade. Last month, a good friend won a decent four-figure sum on scratch cards that I put on their card.

“My husband thinks I should ask for half of it because I buy it for them. But in my opinion, I buy scratch cards as a gift and by doing so I open myself up to the possibility that they will win a lot. money.

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“If I hadn’t bought it as a gift, I wouldn’t have bought a scratch card, so it’s not like I buy a reel of 5 and give them a winner.

“My husband and I never argued but he really pushed me to ask this. We weren’t rich but we weren’t struggling either so I don’t know why he kept insisting on me for a little bit.

“If it were me, I’d give half to the person who bought me the card, but this is because I’m quite financially stable and I don’t know this friend’s financial situation but I suspect it’s not as good ours.”

She then added: “[My friend] said when she told me she won: ‘We’ll have to prepare meals, babysit and dinner for us.’ Which I personally think is adorable. “

Mumsnet users quickly started thinking about the situation.

One said: “It’s a gift that you, shouldn’t expect her to share in your winnings and I think your husband is a bit odd to think she should be.”

While another said: “Your husband is crazy. You can’t ask her for half of the money.”

And another concurred: “You can’t claim. Scratch cards are not gifts, potential prizes and you can’t claim half of them.”

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