Tuesday, October 6, 2026

"My Team Leader Gave Me a Lottery Ticket, and I Won Third Prize... Should I Tell Him?" [What Do You Think?]

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2026-10-05 15:00:00
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2026-10-05 15:00:00
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[Financial News] A worker is struggling to decide what to do with the prize money after a lottery ticket handed out by their team leader as a reward for their hard work unexpectedly won third prize.
On the 4th, a post titled "I Matched the Lottery Numbers and Still Haven’t Slept" appeared on Remember, an office-worker community.
The poster, identified as A, began, "Yesterday, my team leader handed each of us a lottery ticket, saying we had worked hard."
The poster continued, "I happened to remember it today, Saturday, and checked the numbers. I won third prize. If it had been first prize, I would at least have considered handing in my resignation and disappearing, but winning third prize puts me in an awkward spot."
The poster added, "Since the ticket came from my team leader, it seems right to tell him and treat everyone. But I feel like there’ll be nothing left after treating the team. At the same time, pretending I don’t know would weigh on my conscience, and I’d probably be itching to tell someone."
The poster then asked for advice, saying, "If you were me, what would you do?"
People who read the story responded, "Everyone would be happy if you treated the team leader to a beef dinner and bought coffee for your teammates. It was money you never had anyway, and if you get too greedy, you’ll go bald," "Keeping free money all to yourself will bring trouble," "Don’t lose people over pocket change," and "I’d tell only the team leader about the win and treat everyone generously."
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