Jackpot moral dilemma

[Double Down]

Ok, here's a good conversation starter.
You are taking a trip to Vegas. A friend of yours, not a great friend but OK friend, gives you a dollar to play for him in Vegas. You play it for him and you hit a $100,000 jackpot.
If you don't tell him about it, he will never know. What do you do?
What if the jackpot was 1 million? Or 10 million?

Personally, if I won 10 million, I think I'd keep 9 million and give him a million, telling him that that's all there was. I think he'd be pretty stoked and not ask any questions.

Would it make a difference if he was a very good friend?

[Lestat]

If you accept his money and agree to play it for him, then you should give him whatever return is made, whether that's zero, $100, or a $million. How can you justify doing anything else without labeling yourself as untrustworthy?

I always tell people up front that if I play it and it hit bigs, we're splitting it. They usually agree to that.

[Double Down]

"I always tell people up front that if I play it and it hit bigs, we're splitting it. They usually agree to that. "

Sounds like a fair and smart plan. Anyone else? I hate how posts get lost in a sea of a 3 page long other discussion.

[bocablkr]

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If you accept his money and agree to play it for him, then you should give him whatever return is made, whether that's zero, $100, or a $million. How can you justify doing anything else without labeling yourself as untrustworthy?

I always tell people up front that if I play it and it hit bigs, we're splitting it. They usually agree to that.

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I agree with this 100% - there is no other answer.

[JonPKibble]

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

[Lestat]

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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

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Try telling that to the IRS

[purnell]

I can't argue with Lestat's position on this. It seems to me that no matter how much money is involved, personal integrity comes first. If you let that go, no amount of riches will relieve your misery.

[Pog0]

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personal integrity comes first. If you let that go, no amount of riches will relieve your misery.

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There's the possibility of honestly giving it all to your friend and then getting into some form of depression over the money you could have dishonestly kept.

[mackthefork]

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I can't argue with Lestat's position on this. It seems to me that no matter how much money is involved, personal integrity comes first. If you let that go, no amount of riches will relieve your misery.

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Agree 100%.

Mack

In all situations I would give him half and tell him exactly what happened.