Anyone play the lottery as part of a syndicate

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As per title if you are part of a syndicate, do you have rules as far as people falling behind in their payments. The syndicate rules which all members signed in agreement was they would not fall behind anymore than 2 weeks. :rules: Reason I ask is one of our works syndicates has had a small win, (bigger than a tenner). One bloke (now working in another department) owes 12 weeks, even after many phone calls and texts as reminders. Ironically this blokes line was the winning line, a week after the win he has sent a cheque through for his missing payments, cheque also predates the win too.:thinking:
Should he be allowed to claim his share of the winnings.
 
Has anybody else got behind with their payments in the past but has caught up and is taking a share in the winnings?? If not, then I'd say screw him, rules is rules. I'm syndicate king in my office, and they know not to get behind with their money (2 people booted to date)
 
Nope.
Would he have coughed up if you hadn't have won?
I'd tell him where to go to be honest
 
if the cheque pre dates the win, and not if it just has a date on it but if you had it in your hands, then i would let him get some winnings becuase he has squared up before the win. if you were given the cheque after the draw then tell him to GTF :D
 
DeadlySmurf said:
if the cheque pre dates the win, and not if it just has a date on it but if you had it in your hands, then i would let him get some winnings becuase he has squared up before the win. if you were given the cheque after the draw then tell him to GTF :D
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It looks suspiciously like the cheque turned up in internal mail after the win, but to make it look good he has dated it from before the win.
I must admit in the syndicate I run, I'm alot more accomodating. Even when people are behind, I will take it out of their winnings when I pay out just before xmas. Mind you I collect for 5 week blocks anyway so usually everyone is covered. But then we haven't yet had a win worth paying out straight away.
 
I think the problem here is that you actually put 'his' line on.

on the syndicate we have at work that i manage, we have a simple "no pay - no play" rule, and the lines do not go on for those that do not pay.

Makes things a lot clearer in events such as this.

Do you have a syndicate agreement?

If not drop me a PM with your email address and i'll send over the one we use.

Chris
 
Chillimonster said:
I think the problem here is that you actually put 'his' line on.

on the syndicate we have at work that i manage, we have a simple "no pay - no play" rule, and the lines do not go on for those that do not pay.

Makes things a lot clearer in events such as this.

Do you have a syndicate agreement?

If not drop me a PM with your email address and i'll send over the one we use.

Chris
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We do have a syndicate agreement, we've all signed it and resign yearly. I can see where your coming from with not putting on someones line if they haven't paid, but then that reduces everyone elses chance of winning.
There are 39 people in the syndicate (was 40 but one bloke retired part way through the year). To be honest the amount won, once shared out, there isn't a great deal of difference in the individual winnings if it is split 38 or 39 ways. I dare say it may have to be a syndicate decision as to whether he gets his share or not.

Another workmates Mum got so close to a good win. In the recent euro lottery jackpot (£102 Million) The prize fund was split 15 ways. You may have heard or read of a group of care workers who had won a share of that, over £7Million. Well his Mum works with these women but hadn't been at work that day when they decided to play the lottery, so she missed out.:bang:
 
I would hold a vote on it with the other syndicate members as you've mentioned.
It just seems strange to me that his payment cheque has mysteriously appeared (irrespective of the date on it) after a win, despite the reminders, text messages etc.

Stinks to me
 
Smiffy said:
I would hold a vote on it with the other syndicate members as you've mentioned.
It just seems strange to me that his payment cheque has mysteriously appeared (irrespective of the date on it) after a win, despite the reminders, text messages etc.

Stinks to me
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Does sound very convenient doesn't it.:thinking:
 
To me the amount isn't the issue, but the presumption of people that they will get a share.

A few years ago we had a reasonable win (£2000 between 8 people). One of them had not paid, but wanted a share stating that his 'subs' should have been taken out of the winnings. This is not what was stated in the agreement, so he got nothing. He wasn't happy, but after that, everyone's subs were always up to date!
 
The saga continues. The non payer reported the bloke who runs the lottery to our firms HR department claiming he was running a gambling syndicate during works time. He had to go and see HR, who it turned out were quite happy for him to run a lottery syndicate.
Certainly sounds like the actions of someone who had legitimately sent the cheque for subs prior to the win. :lol:
 
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