what's wrong with wanting to be anonymous...! I would.

I live in London, so we don't have individual State Lotteries in England we just play a 'National Lottery, however in the U.S.A , you guys have the choice to play another states lottery if you so wish so that's what I would do, play elsewhere where you can have complete anominity.

What is this family were kidnapped or harrassed or stalked because they had their choice of being anoymous taken away from them? The judge should be able to be sued as well as the state as a consequence of anything happening to anyone who wins the lottery. This is a disgraceful decision. Talk about taking away your right to choose!

Playing in another state is not a very practical solution for most people who live in Washington, where the case in question occurred.  Distances here are great for many people to travel to another state.  I'd have to travel almost 200 miles, for example, and the chance to remain anonymous in that state is questionable, as well.  And as for using another means of getting the tickets, here is a quote from a summary of some of the state's gambling laws:

Washington State Internet Gambling Law

A bill was passed during the 2006 Legislative

Session changing the penalty for Internet gambling

from a gross misdemeanor to a class C felony. The

bill became effective June 7, 2006.

Before the bill was passed, the law (RCW 9.46.240)

said it was illegal to knowingly send or receive

gambling information by telephone, radio, or any

other similar means. The bill added the Internet

and telecommunications transmissions to this list.

This includes gambling on the Internet, operating

an Internet gambling site, installing or maintaining

equipment for transmitting or receiving gambling

information, or facilitating Internet gambling in any

way.

Source:  http://www.wsgc.wa.gov/faq/internet_gambling.pdf

But I contend that we do not yet know if the anonymous claim through a corporation a few weeks ago will actually be successful.  That claim was less than a month ago.  The trust claim in this news item was ten months ago.  Until the judge ruled on this case, we had no way of knowing whether a trust or a corporation would have a better chance.  Both are legal entities.  Give the lottery office some time.  I'll bet the names behind the corporation will come out, too.

wow uff da!  thats some depressing laws. You have my sympathy. I have always thought the reason a world wide lotto wont ever happens is because the local  states want to protect their own racket. this looks to me exactly like that.  they dont want your money going out of state for gambling, and they dont want to miss out on their cut. 

of course you are right, its prob just a matter of letting the law take its course. it will be interesting for people living in this state t keep an eye on the news so they get a better idea of how to apply for their win.

omg ....this is horrible.

In one of the threads about remaining anonymous, Justxploring brought up a theorhetical situation where a jackpot winner goes to court for thir right to ramin anonymous, wins the case, and thus becomes famous for winning their court case to remain anonymous!

Prepare to wear bullet vest. :P

Yeah I remember that.