Single powerball winning ticket in Springfield Mass. How soon do they go into hiding?
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Anonymous
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Do they just hire a lawyer and immediately go underground into hiding?
Everybody under the sun from kindergarten classmates, former co workers to ex lovers are going to try and contact him/her and ask for some money. Winning is nice but I would not wish that on upon anyone. |
Anonymous
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I guess you're late to the party, her press conference was five minutes ago.
So five minutes ago... |
Anonymous
. Ugh. Bad move. I plan to go into hiding after having lawyer collect my check for me. 
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Anonymous
| Don't worry it is not u. |
Anonymous
| Wow. She came forward to the TV? Bad move, real bad move. I know a person who won, I believe 8 million (after tax), went hiding. I mean, changed the mailing address to PO box, went to accountant/attorney before collecting the check, etc. With that scale of money this time around, I'd be seriously scared of my life though. |
Anonymous
You don't have a choice in most states. You're only allowed to remain anonymous in 6 states (Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina) - otherwise you must claim it publicly, do the press conference, yadda yadda yadda. |
Anonymous
| I remember to recall a winner of D.C. lottery hired an attorney to collect the check and the winner was able to remain anonymous (I believe if you really want to know the names, you need to write a letter to the lottery and request a name?) |
Anonymous
I don't think that's true, or that's what all the winners would do. It depends on where you BUY the ticket - not where you live. So they may have purchased the ticket in Maryland, but lived in DC, and were allowed to remain anonymous because of the MD purchase. It's one of the few good things about Maryland
I'd say it's smart of her to come forward right away (since she's required to do so in Mass), so that speculation doesn't linger. The sooner she came forward, the sooner hype would die down. |
Anonymous
| What does hiring a lawyer do? |
Anonymous
| Are State and federal taxes automatically withheld? If so, why hire an accountant beforehand? Get the money and take it from there. Congrats lady! |
Anonymous
Oh, I never knew that. Oh well, private security team it will be then. |
Anonymous
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Even with no choice about going public I'd give myself time to unlist my phone, do the whole PO Box thing, hire a good financial planner and make a serious attempt to hide myself online.
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Anonymous
| I so wish I had won. I know, I know, chances are so slim, and I ruly only buy like 10 tickets a year. But I can't help but daydream. |
Anonymous
We all feel that way. |
Anonymous
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Aparrently she's going into hiding tonight, OP:
"Asked what she planned to do to celebrate Thursday night, she responded, "I'm going to just hide in my bed." We have a Powerball winner! Mavis Wanczyk told her boss she's not coming back - CNN Money https://apple.news/AKbN6nW1-SaiLPvplZQEMeA |