DEAR ABBY: A friend of mine invited me out for an evening's entertainment. One of the places we went to had quarter slot machines. My friend handed me four quarters and said, "Here, have a good time."
I put the first quarter in. Nothing. The second quarter, nothing. Same with the third quarter, and ditto the last quarter. I looked in my purse and found one lone quarter, so I put it in the slot machine and turned away when the bells started ringing, and money began pouring out! I couldn't believe it. This was the first time I had ever won a jackpot. I was so excited, I was in a total fog for the rest of the evening.
The next day I told the kids at work about it and they all thought I should have offered to split my winnings with my date. Why? It wasn't his quarter I won with. -- LUCKY LADY
DEAR LUCKY: Even if you had won the jackpot with your date's quarter, the jackpot would have been all yours. When someone gives another gambling money, the winnings belong to the person who did the betting. Had you offered your date part of your winnings, fine and dandy -- but you didn't owe him anything.