My husband won $30k after hitting the first prize in 4D, he gave me $10k but gave his mother only $50.
For context purposes, their relationship hasn’t always been the best over the years. When he was growing up, she used to drink all the time and beat him up when she got drunk.
His father left him when he was 9 and he was raised by his grandmother, while his mother was almost never home, always hanging outside doing god knows what.
Anyway back to the story, so back in October 2019, my husband bought $10 Small 4D with my birthdate (07/12) and it came out 1st prize, and the winnings came out to $30K.
I didn’t know about it until after he had collected the winnings himself, cashed in the cheque and told me he had a surprise for me.
He gave me $10k, before bringing me out for dinner to celebrate the windfall. I asked him about his mother, about how much he gave her, because if I was the one who won the money, I would split it equally between him and my parents.
He said that he didn’t give her anything, which is understandable, given their strained relationship. So I badgered him to give her at least something, and he said ok, he will give her some money.
A few weeks later, we went to visit his grandmother and his mother was there, they (my husband and his mother) refused to speak to each other, so I struck up a conversation with her myself, afraid she would feel neglected.
I asked her if she knew about his windfall and she said ya, then i asked her did he give her any money? She said $50, and you should have seen how defeated she looked when she told me.
I felt really bad and that night, I transferred her half of my $10k and told her that it was from her son, but “he don’t want you to know that it is from him”.
She couldn’t stop thanking me through the phone and I could hear her sobbing happily, and it really warmed my heart.
Anyway all I can hope for now is that maybe one day they can reconcile and become a happy family again.