AITAH for not wanting to split the bill after I got my meal for free?

I’m F19 , a uni student in London. A few friends and I went to a Brazilian restaurant, and before going we all agreed we’d pay for our own food since we’re all students and trying not to spend too much.Because of that, I ordered something pretty cheap compared to everyone else.The restaurant has this game where you roll two dice, and if you land a six your meal is free. I actually rolled it, so my whole meal ended up being free.After that, my friends said that since my food was free, we should now split the rest of the bill evenly instead of everyone paying for what they ordered.The thing is, splitting it would mean I’d actually pay more than I would’ve if I’d just paid for my own meal. I ordered cheap on purpose, and we already agreed to pay separately. If I hadn’t even rolled the dice, I’d be spending less than I am now.They’re saying it’s more “fair” this way since we’re friends, but I’m a bit uncomfortable because money matters to me and this kind of defeats the whole point of budgeting.I ended up not splitting the bill and just sticking to the original plan. Now they’re upset with me and acting like I was being selfish, and I’m sitting here wondering if I handled it wrong.Edit: thank you guys so much for your kind advice. I made this account as a throwaway as I just needed to vent and I also wanted different perspectives on this situation to see if there was something I was missing. to give more context while my meal was free, to compensate (as they were kind of pressuring me about it), I did pay the 20% service charge of our table. Secondly in terms of the dice we were all given the option to give it a try, however four of them declined as they thought it was silly. someone else apart from me tried and didn’t win while I tried and won so in this situation , we all had an opportunity to have gotten free food.

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