What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
My employer bought a table at a charity dinner and gave a ticket to attend to my wife and I. The event included a raffle with a cash grand prize of $10,000. Amazingly, our ticket number was drawn.
It was my understanding before-hand that any prizes we won were ours to keep.
Now that there is so much cash on the line, though, some of the partners in the firm are insisting that, since the firm bought the ticket, that the winnings belong to the partners and not to us.
This doesn't seem right. Wasn't the ticket to the event a gift to me? Shouldn't any winnings also be mine?
I really don't mind spreading it around a little bit but now find that I may be expected to settle for as little as $500.
Is anyone aware of a precedent for this?
My employer bought a table at a charity dinner and gave a ticket to attend to my wife and I. The event included a raffle with a cash grand prize of $10,000. Amazingly, our ticket number was drawn.
It was my understanding before-hand that any prizes we won were ours to keep.
Now that there is so much cash on the line, though, some of the partners in the firm are insisting that, since the firm bought the ticket, that the winnings belong to the partners and not to us.
This doesn't seem right. Wasn't the ticket to the event a gift to me? Shouldn't any winnings also be mine?
I really don't mind spreading it around a little bit but now find that I may be expected to settle for as little as $500.
Is anyone aware of a precedent for this?