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Am I the only person that would not give money to ANY of my friends?  If a friend of mine won a lottrey jackpot I would not expect anything from him/her except maybe a night out drinking.

(mefirstyoulast, where are you?  I have a feeling we are on the same page with this one)

I am actually kind of surprised at some of the reactions to this story. With all the questions about how to claim anonymous to protect from the kooks and moochers with sob stories showing up at your door or in your mail, you would think all of you would be cheering this person on.  It sounds to me like someone is attempting to take the right steps anyway.

Anonymous claiming would be my first question, maybe not via blind trust. I don't really know at this point.  If my first inquiry resulted in a negative, I would then ask about skipping the press conference.

One of these days, some lottery winner is going to get stalked by some creep and either hurt or killed.  As a single woman with college age children, my privacy and safety would be #1.

Yeah I think I agree with you. Money does some strange things to people. I for one tested my family out once. (TRUE STORY) I live away from my family for numerous reasons. One day I was in an accident and was hurt, but not seriuosly. Of course my family that did not come to visit because I live too far said, "Oh you are gonna get some good money from this case". A year goes by and my mom keeps asking me if I got the money yet. So, I get tired of her asking and I say one day, "yes, they gave me 35k." She says wow, I am going to come stay with your for a little bit so you can help me out with my bills, you don't mind do you? I was amazed that she said this, since she never once offered to come and "help" me out when I was in pain from the accident. So, I told her NO, she could not come and stay with me. She called me everyday after that talking about her financial problems, thinking I would feel bad and give her some money. She told everyone in my family that I had 35k and I did not give her any yet. This went on for about a month. Finally, I told her I did not have the money, she got mad and hung up in my face. On the back burner during the month, she was still making plans to move with me so I could "help" her financially. WOW....

That story is the number one reason why I would try my best to remain anonymous!!!! OH yeah in the end..I got 1500.00 LMAO!!!!!

Trust me on this, your annanimity wouldn't last the drive home.  The drive-by media are political idiots, but you give them challenge about something they ebelive in, and out pops integrity.  You may be able to hide with a 4-5 million jackpot, but forget it when you hit something major, say in the 100 million bracket.  They won't stop tracking you down, until they find you! Try to hide and you raise the table stakes!

Believe otherwise and you WILL become a victim.  Ever seen a college kid who could keep a major, monster, secret?  Especially knowing they woke up one morning and discovered they were a millionaire.  When asked where the new car, new cell telephone, new clothes, and ability to fly home whenever they wished, came from, one slip to a friend with a big mouth, one wrong word over heard, B-I-N-G-O !  If a member of the government, knowing the penalty is 20 years in federal prison, can't keep their mouths shut, some college kids with knowledge of hundreds of millions will never keep their mouths shut! Never gonna happen! 

The smart bet, hire security for a certain timeline, until the pressure drops off, then go about a normal life.  Lots of ex-SEALS looking for an income. No weapons needed, just knowledge!  You could afford it and criminals never take on resistance.

Set up an LLC, owned by a trust and send your attorney to claim it.  Skip town shortly after...................we can dream can't we??

JWB

As far as I am concerned, you are not the only one who wouldn't GIVE money to friends.  I for one, have no intention on just giving away money that I should win in the lottery.  I would give some money to my parents who are living off of social security at the moment and would pay off all my moms medical bills and provide them enough $$ to live comfortably.

I would also pay off any debts that I have with family members who have helped me in the past.  But to go off and just give $$ to family just because I won or was asked to help them financially, there is no way in hell that I will do that.

I would take the money and then simply disappear with my wife and kids.  If that includes moving out of the country, so be it.

I can't help, again, wondering how much interest I am willing to throw away because of a paranoia.  The answer keep coming up with zero!  Waiting weeks to claim the money, means weeks without the money, thus zero interest. That does not appear to be the smartest decision I could make. All because I am not grown up enough to tell some one to kiss off. or use stronger phrases? Nadda! I know how to keep what is mine!  Learned how to do that with a weekly paycheck for fifty plus year! Then again, if I was immature, insecure, and paranoid, wastng money wouldn't bother me at all. Hey, might even hire some one to tell me when to visit the lu.

I don't blame that person,the day i win the lotto i will stay anonymous it's nobody business.

Actually, there have been quite a few lottery winners that have beenstalked or/and killed. Here are just a few stories from the newssection that Todd has posted:

4 charged in killing of $250,000 lottery winner in Ohio
Ex-boyfriend charged with killing $5M lottery winner
Cops say co-worker killed Lotto winner
Wife Orders Hit on Russian Lottery Winner
Police foil alleged plot to kidnap lottery winners
Woman sentenced to life in prison for slaying of lottery winner