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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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?)[/quote]

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  :D

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. [/quote]

It's true, you create a trust and have the trustee collect the money, you remain anonymous. That was this woman's first mistake, she'll be broke in five years. Not all people have the brains to wait and seek advice.[/quote]

[b]FFS people, if she bought the ticket in Massachusetts she is NOT ALLOWED TO CLAIM ITHE MONEY ANONYMOUSLY. The Lottery there is paying you, and one of the terms of the payment is that you function as a walking, talking advertisement for the Lottery[/b].[/quote]

+1000

Yep. It's amazing how people are all like "I'd have done it differently" when they clearly have no idea how these things work. You CANNOT be anonymous, at all, in 44 states. It is in the lottery rules. I actually think she's smart to get all the camera & press conference out of the way extremely early - it would HAVE to happen at some point. Today people are too bummed "ah, I didn't win" and more likely to forget about it, than if she held off and was some "mystery winner in Massachusetts has yet to come forward" where people would gossip and hype would build more. If YOU won in any state except the 6 in which you can be anonymous, you would be required to go in front of the camera and have a press conference. You are required to be an advertisement for the lottery. That's how it works.

That's why if I do play powerball, I buy my tickets in MD even though I live in VA. [/quote]

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