I would normally not want to start a religious argument but your point is not well founded.

Read Acts (1:26) - the Apostles "drew lots" to divine the will of God in selecting a replacement for Judas Iscariot.

It is Christian doctrine to thank God for his Grace - which is "unmerited favor".  Hopefully the money will turn out to be a blessing to their family and through them, to their community.

Even if you decide to go public and not use an anonymous trust, why do you have to announce your name to the world the next day, before you've had a chance to think about anything? Would it kill them to think about this for a week and then go public? I guess it would.  The "attention is overwhelming"? No sh*t, Sherlock.  It looks like they are going to the Jack Whittaker school of idiotic lottery winning.   

>Earlier Monday, Tonya Harris told CNN that "God blessed us... God is a good God."

 Wow, God wants them to win $270 million. God wants Manny Ramirez to hit a home run too. I guess God wants a few people to be really rich and famous, but is not so concerned with the poor huddled masses these days.                               

Hands down, the best part of this lucky couple's story was the power outage!  Robert drove to the store, filled out his bet slip in his car, went inside and the lottery machine was down due to bad weather/rain.  He went home without playing that very important slip, but asked his wife to go back and play it.  Can you imagine if they didn't pursue it or the wife was too tired or didn't feel like going?  Power outages can really wreck havoc with people's futures/lives - Thank goodness for the Harris' that they didn't let it wreck havoc in theirs!

i am there with you.  Just as we've learned in the past few months some felons have won various lotto jackpots. 

They will lose it all n 7 years.  Going public before you claim the prize.  oh well...they will have jack whittakitis.

Hey Guys,

Has anyone seen the Cruise condo on the travel channel.

I think it would be an good escape after a 270 million jackpot.  See the world in style and privacy. It cost about 2 million but it is worth it.  Just a dream for now.   

 Big money!!!  

You all have to realize that not everyone knows about the downfall of some past lottery winners.  Especially if they don't access the internet or do their research of what to do when you win.  I can bet that all of us on here have done our own research.  I know I have.  .

I know that if I ever win a jackpot, I wouldnt give 10% of it to the church. I mean.. Why should I ?!? Is God going to be mad at me if I don't ? The main thing about your religion is that you have faith in it and believe in your own special way. There's no need to give any of it away to the church. All they do is pocket it and give the Vatican most of it and they got more money than they will ever need as it is. When that basket comes around to make a donation, it's like they should have a note on it saying 'Pay for your sins!'(another guilt tactic). It's a big business for some religions...always looking for handouts and making you feel guilty to give money. I believe in God and Jesus and that's all I need to get me into his Kingdom when it's my time. Donations wont get me in, that's for sure! If I were to make any contributions, I'd help the poor people personally by building some homes for them to keep them off the street and out of the cold, or volunteer my time to work in a food kitchen. Most donations don't end up where it's intended except for the back pockets of cons.

All I have to say is Congrats to this family and hope they enjoy their windfall.