I can't fukk with this video for the simple fact that he traded $1000 for millions of guaranteed likes/hits/views, which in return will earn him way more than the stack he just spent. Sure the homeless man got a quick come up, but he'll be back to being broke and fukked up within a few days while this video will be going viral and racking up $$ for that dude. It's just a play on emotions, both the guy and the viewers. The homeless guy's reaction was genuine, the prankster's motives weren't. Smart move, but I'd have preferred if it was genuine.
This is a terrible way to view this. If someone gives someone less fortunate something that can help them, whatever ulterior motive there is, it's still a good thing. There is no true "altruism" everybody does something for some benefit, whether it's for their own personal feeling of self-worth or some other reason.
And isn't showing this to the world a good thing? Even if one person out of those millions of views goes out and does something similar, mission accomplished, message sent

Breh, it was a prank. He was going to give him $1000 regardless, but used the lottery ticket as a device for it. As I said, the only issue was that the guy never told him upfront that it was a prank, and spoke why he did it.

practical) joke,