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To have expected them to swap DD’s tombola prize?

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LionMummy8 · 29/09/2024 14:07

DD had a go on a family tombola this morning in a family pub/restaurant style place. She won and it was bottle of wine. I asked if she could swap it for one of the more child friendly prizes or one of the teddies but they refused. So she’s won a bottle of wine that she can’t even have! AIBU to have excepted them to swap DD’s prize?

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BrendaSmall · 29/09/2024 19:07

LionMummy8 · 29/09/2024 14:36

You just swap the numbers on the prize, that’s all. It takes 2 seconds.

so if you give her a child friendly prize. You take the number off the child prize and then put it on the bottle of wine, sorted.

This would be the easiest thing to do after a child had won alcohol.

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You’re completely missing the point!!

op stated that if your child was given a teddy then another child could come along and get the wine and you would be happy, as long as your child got what it wanted!!
Its called gambling for a reason 🤣🤣

CaptainMyCaptain · 29/09/2024 19:07

My grandson won a bottle of wine in a raffle when he was about 9. He wrapped it up and gave it to his mum for Christmas. I thought it was sweet.

RightOnTheEdge · 29/09/2024 19:06

If you let your kid gamble, then you have to explain to them how gambling works.
You win some, you lose some.
You mostly lose some.

DinosaurMunch · 29/09/2024 18:57

dizzydizzydizzy · 29/09/2024 18:11

This is what I was thinking too

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They didn't give the alcohol to the child, they gave it to the parent. They knew the child was with the parent. Nothing illegal happened here.

If OP didn't like the prizes she shouldn't have entered. She should have taken her kid to the toy shop. Or maybe the pub had one of those machines you can put a pound in a get some plastic tat.

It's supposed to be a game of chance!

Hereforaglance · 29/09/2024 18:55

So your kid won alcohol in a tombola in a pub and you are upset because your k8d did not get exactly what she wanted veruca salt from Charlie and the chocolate factory come to mind

TofuTart · 29/09/2024 18:48

Tiredalwaystired · 29/09/2024 18:24

For what’s it’s worth I won a brand new Peppa Pig play house in a Tombola last week. I have teenagers and don’t know any pre school kids these days. Could have moaned to the hard working organisers but instead I took it to a local charity shop.

Exactly, that's the sensible thing to do, that's the way it goes with tombolas - you don't always get what you want, or indeed anything!
You don't just go swapping or moaning, it's half the fun!

Bellyblueboy · 29/09/2024 18:45

You buy the bottle of wine off her then take her to a toy shop?

teach her maths, economics and probability?

Prescottdanni123 · 29/09/2024 18:44

If they are going to let kids buy tickets, they should have a different set of numbers for the kid's prizes.

Barney16 · 29/09/2024 18:39

"buy" the wine off her and then everyone will be happy. (Happier)

eeeeeeeee · 29/09/2024 18:36

To be honest, I don’t really see the issue. You are at a pub after all, alcohol being involved isn’t surprising and the alcohol is obviously intended for the adults in the household. Just replace the prize with something else yourself.

IHaveNoMoreFucksToGive · 29/09/2024 18:29

You get the wine she gets some chocolate
You get tipsy and your child gets a sugar rush

Seriously....was this really worthy of a post?

Jheeeez 🤣

Tiredalwaystired · 29/09/2024 18:24

For what’s it’s worth I won a brand new Peppa Pig play house in a Tombola last week. I have teenagers and don’t know any pre school kids these days. Could have moaned to the hard working organisers but instead I took it to a local charity shop.

fitzwilliamdarcy · 29/09/2024 18:16

WiserOlderElf · 29/09/2024 14:38

And then the next kid who gets the bottle of wine, with the number on that should have been a child friendly prize, but there are no child friendly prizes left… they get the short straw?

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Yes but OP’s daughter would’ve had an appropriate prize, which is all that matters!

dizzydizzydizzy · 29/09/2024 18:11

sugarplum33 · 29/09/2024 14:11

Pretty sure it's illegal to have kids playing for alcohol prizes.

This is what I was thinking too

BurbageBrook · 29/09/2024 18:10

Is this honestly all you have to worry about? Hmm

GivingitToGod · 29/09/2024 18:09

LionMummy8 · 29/09/2024 14:11

There were other child friendly prizes there.

where I work, when a child wins alcohol on a tombola we let them swap it for a more suitable prize. That’s just the right thing to do.

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Agree

TwoBlueFish · 29/09/2024 18:07

Same happened to me at about the age of 10, I won 2 bottles of champagne in a raffle. I was very disappointed, my parents less so!

Sunnysundayicecream · 29/09/2024 18:06

Tombola is a game of chance, sometimes you get something great, sometimes something rubbish like a pair of socks! It's not get a winning ticket and pick the best prize on the table. I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at this, probably would have bought my DS a packet of crisps in exchange and they would have been happy. If I'm honest my children quite often pick a bottle of wine from an open raffle, as the know mummy likes it. They even know to pick pinot first and don't touch the red!

sweeneytoddsrazor · 29/09/2024 18:05

Fevertreelover · 29/09/2024 17:53

Children are not allowed to buy tickets if the prizes include alcohol.

This is not true

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 29/09/2024 18:02

DS won a wicker picnic hamper with a full crockery/cutlery/glassware set and a bottle of champagne, I was chuffed! Certainly wasn't expecting him to swap it

ETA and he was thrilled to win it and give it to us

TerfTalking · 29/09/2024 18:01

Gat a grip, we’re talking a quid for charity.

TheWayTheLightFalls · 29/09/2024 18:00

This thread is just reminding me of the time that our school fair was so short of prizes for the bottle tombola that they sent an SOS message round the PTA. I ended up donating bottles of ketchup and mayo to make up the numbers.

StampOnTheGround · 29/09/2024 17:59

Sorry OP but YABU, that's literally how a tombola works, there's always a load of prizes and half of them aren't suitable for you or whoever's playing.

I won a bottle of wine at a similar age to your DD and ran back to my mum and dad to give it to them!

JudgeJ · 29/09/2024 17:56

sugarplum33 · 29/09/2024 14:11

Pretty sure it's illegal to have kids playing for alcohol prizes.

I thought that too, when I run the Church tombola at the Christmas market event I always have a few child friendly prizes under the table that are not a part of the tombola. Some parents are pleased for their child to win a bottle of something though, I usually suggest to the child that their parent 'buys' it from them!

Fevertreelover · 29/09/2024 17:53

Children are not allowed to buy tickets if the prizes include alcohol.