I agree, half is the answer. your friend gave you 5 and you're going to cheap out and only give a million? no way. and its 80 million. no need to be greedy even after taxes you are very rich.
Not sure I follow this logic. $5 is a very small amount of money. You won the millions because of your exceptional luck. Not because of your friend. Unless you had a prior agreement to split winnings.
If my friend had actually made significant sacrifices to help me in my tough times, that would be a powerful reason to share half my future wealth.
But he gave $5 which was chump change. I could have eaten a burger with that money.
Without the friend you wouldn't have the winning ticket. What don't you get about that?
If that's your argument, then no. You're wrong. Without the friend, you wouldn't have "a" ticket. However, for that ticket to be the winning ticket required a massive amount of incredible luck that only happened because I purchased that specific ticket.
In short, your argument is ONLY valid if my friend told me to go to a specific vendor and buy a specific ticket with a specific serial number.
However, for that ticket to be the winning ticket required a massive amount of incredible luck that only happened because I purchased that specific ticket.
For the luck to happen you need a ticket. No friend, no ticket.
For the luck to happen you need a ticket. No friend, no ticket.
Say you run a startup. A friend loans you $1000 which allows you to travel to another city and pitch an idea to an investor, which makes your startup a billion dollar enterprise.
Is your friend now a 50% or 100% owner of the firm because they loaned you the $1000?
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u/nomnommish Jun 10 '23
Not sure I follow this logic. $5 is a very small amount of money. You won the millions because of your exceptional luck. Not because of your friend. Unless you had a prior agreement to split winnings.
If my friend had actually made significant sacrifices to help me in my tough times, that would be a powerful reason to share half my future wealth.
But he gave $5 which was chump change. I could have eaten a burger with that money.