Buying Lottery tickets as gifts

16th December 2009 12:55 AM

The season for giving gifts is upon us already and although lottery tickets may seem like an original Christmas gift, before you start buying lottery tickets as gifts you really need to think about it considerably. Although a potentially harmless, well thought out gift, there are lots of problems that can arise from buying lottery tickets as gifts and all of those should be considered before you head out and buy lottery tickets as gifts for friends and family.

One of the biggest problems can be age, just because you are old enough to buy lottery tickets, you must remember that the person you are buying lottery tickets as gifts for must also be old enough to be given them. It really is important at this time of year to remember that buying lottery tickets and scratchcards for minors is illegal in every country where the lottery is played including the UK National Lottery.

But of course one of the main things to consider how you would feel if one of your relatives or friends won a life changing prize with a ticket you bought for them? Would you expect them to share? Would they want to? Should you have an agreement beforehand if the ticket is a jackpot winner?

All of these questions have to be considered if you are ever going to buy lottery tickets as gifts but as long as you are happy with all the implications that buying lottery tickets over the Christmas period might bring. They are especially handy for those friends you don’t see often as they are easy to post and you can buy tickets to the value of the amount you wanted to spend.

Who knows, maybe someone will buy you lottery tickets for Christmas and you may be celebrating a big win in the New Year. Good luck!

Written by Lucy Lotto

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