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The Scratchcard

Do you expect a cut of the money?

The Scratchcard

You buy a birthday card for a friend of a friend, and tuck a £5 scratchcard inside it as a joke. At the pub, they scratch it in front of you. They win ten thousand pounds. They scream, hug you, and offer to buy the first round of drinks.

Do you expect a cut of the money?

Then ask

  • How much would you offer if you were the one who won?
  • Would you think less of them if they kept every penny?

The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.

More at this level

  1. The Pond
  2. The Deathbed Promise
  3. The Windfall
  4. The Payslip
  5. The Ring
  6. The Novel
  7. Who Stays
  8. The Will