58-year-old dad offers 19-year-old son half of his '$1000 a Day For Life' winnings, son turns it down and asks for 80% of his winnings: 'I didn't realize how greedy he was'

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Jul 17, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

Winning the lottery is such a compelling fantasy. Imagine receiving $100 million in your bank account, allowing you to never have to work or worry about money again. Of course, there are numerous downsides to winning the lottery. If you tell too many people, they will start to see you as a human ATM instead of the family member or friend you once were. It's best to only tell your husband or wife if you have one. There's also the statistic that many lottery winners lose their winnings quickly and return to their previous financial life. They live like kings for 7 years and can no longer afford not to have a job and do as they please. 

That's why there's such an appeal to the "Win X dollars a day every day until you expire" lotteries. It allows cash to flow in like a paycheck would instead of in a lump sum that can be easily lost. 

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    AITAH for forcing my sin to give me half of "his" income

    I won the lottery. $1,000 a day for life. I'm 58. My son is 19.
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    I went to him and told him that I wanted to make a deal. I would give him the ticket. In return he would give me half of the money until I di . Then he gets all the money. He said he needed to think about it.
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  • The dad in this story won the “$1000 a Day for Life” lottery, which might not be exactly $365,000 a year after taxes, but it's no small potatoes. He offered half of it to his son, and his son tried to negotiate, asking for 80% of the ticket's winnings.

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    He came back and said it wasn't really fair for me to want half. He said that I could live another 40 years. That he might need the money more and that I should take 20%.
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    I said I would think about it. I signed the ticket and claimed the lump sum.
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    Im seeing a lawyer to set my son up for life. His education will be paid for, when he gets older he will be able to purchase a home for free basically, a trust fund will be set up so he gets a good amount of money for the rest of his life.
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    Now he is ped that I went back on my offer. I thought I was being smart but I didn't realize how greedy he was. He also told my ex about the money and she is p ed that I'm not giving her anything. We have been divorced for years. I owe her nothing.
    via u/Constant-Primary-804
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    [deleted] Your son is a greedy idiot for not taking your 50% offer!
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    nobito What got me is that the son thinks it's not FAIR for the OP to want half of the money HE won. I would really like to know the train of thought the son had to come to that conclusion. It's his money and he's offering half to you and you think it's not fair???
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    ForGrateJustice I read a story on reddit where some 25 year old woman won a massive 8 figure jackpot, had a boyfriend of one year who now thought he was in the money, but she was planning on leaving him anyway because he was a useless jobless NEET. It was her ticket and her jackpot alone, and he tried to get her family against her, which they did,
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    because everyone wanted their "share". Thing is, she was never planning on telling him, he had found out through a mutual friend who blabbed, and then this same "friend" wanted a share of her winnings, after she told everyone she knew! I hope she's doing ok now, that story is more than 10 years old.
    via u/ForGrateJustice
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    heathers1 That is why the number one rule is never tell a soul
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    lindaleolane812 Not a soul. no family members, h_l if I could explain how I got money to buy a house or car I wouldn't tell my husband. I Trust him and love him, but money changes some people. I watch forensic files lol
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    Fortunato_NC A 19-year-old kid tried to negotiate from $180K/year for doing nothing to $290K/year with zero leverage and was surprised when it blew up in his face? What maroon. If my father had offered me that deal, I would show up at his doorstep every morning with his cash, a dozen doughnuts, and his coffee exactly the way he likes it.
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    Moist-Schedule A 19-year-old kid tried to negotiate from $180K/year for doing nothing to $290K/year with zero leverage and was surprised when it blew up in his face Worse than that, it was going to go to 365k a year once his father passed away. His father was not just setting him up now, it would have been for his entire life which should theoretically be much
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    longer than his fathers. It was a truly massive gift he was offering him to let him claim the ticket knowing he's younger and could benefit from it even more. i know most of these stories are fake on here, but i really hope in some way this one isn't because it's so stupid.
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    Jervic94 NTA. This a classic case of giving someone an inch and them trying to take a mile. Your ex's opinion doesn't matter ignore her.
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    TaylorMade2566 No kidding, his son is a complete dumb a. It's FREE money, but you can't agree to give up part of it? I wonder if the OP knew he was raising such a selfish idiot before this
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    cheapseats91 It's probably for the best. It sounds like the intent of giving it to the son was to extend the "for life" portion of the payout correct? That means that it sounds like the splitting between the son and father would have been a handshake deal. Judging the sons character/decisions making skill, the father was probably going to get hosed on that deal pretty much immediately.
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    camkats Wow you are an amazing parent. I would have jumped at your offer. Now he will tell everyone and they will be asking you for money all the time. Set yourself up well and get someone to oversee your son's money because he will blow it.
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    paleoterrra I would be excited if someone wanted to give me $1 a day. I would be excited if someone just wanted to give me a dollar for the h_l of it. Free money is free money.
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    This dude had the opportunity to make $180,000+ a year for an unknown amount of time and then $365,000 a year for the rest of his life... and he turned it down out of greed of wanting more?? Absolutely wild.
    via u/paleoterrra
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    Ataru074 Well, two things completely OT from the discussion with the son.... But that just because I'm a petty b rd. 1. Obviously invest the money wisely and use the 4% rule after you paid all the dues (taxes/attorney/else) 2. Get the best medical checkup ever. 3. Get on the healthiest regime you can afford. 4. Move to, start living in the lowest stress situation you can. 5. Still setup your son for life, but through a trust, so the offspring doesn't blow through all the money. 6. Live until 120
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