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If you won big money, say PB or MM, and you were forced to do a press conference. Would you wear a disguise to protect your idenity? Would the lottery officals allow this? Has there ever been a case of this?

Yes, there has.  There was a thread on LP about a man who wore a disguise - not a good one either.  If your name is used, I don't see what good it would do.  I guess if someone is that concerned about being identified, he should hire an attorney to be his representative.  Frankly, I wouldn't want anyone else to handle my winning ticket!  I think it would be cool to put a bag over your head like the Unknown Comic.  (Remember the Gong Show?)  I actually saw him (Murray Langston is his real name) in Vegas in 81.

If a winner went to extremes and had a sex change operation to hide his identity, would he then have to prove he was the person in the surveillance video at the convenience store? 

i would wear a giant shades and my Titleist visor I usually wear for a round of golf.

it's not much, but its certainly better than nothing.

Guess I'm just not that popular.    Seriously, most people don't pay attention to stories about lottery winners, and the ones who do will remember you no matter how discreet you are.  Greedy relatives are like Chinese Drywall or toxic mold in your home.  You need to gut it or move!

Since the OP is about a big PB or MM winner, I guess there would be more publicity, but the chances of that happening are so slim, I never really think about it.  Anyway, how many of the big winners can most people name except for Jack Whittaker or Brad Duke?   When was the last time we read anything about the West family? I can't even remember the name of the trucker who won MM in Georgia and I posted about him...or the woman whose life partner used her debit card & won, etc.

i just give you my idea

anime cosplay

i wear this

setup

and on a human it would look like this

or a funny headline with the lotto would be

ninja wins lotto

however, a party store is the best place to find it for this one, and it your best cheap way

this last one would be my fav

Absolutely.

A while back a woman pharnacist in Illinois won Mega Millions and she not only showed up in a disguise, but had a professional make up artist do it, wig and all.

She said, for one thing, being a pharmacist, as soon as word got out she won Mega Millions someone would probably try and sue her for a "drug mix up" they made up a story about.

coin your spot on man

with that kind of logic you could tell the media anything and get away with it

some of my ideas would be

am in the middle of getting divorced , so i dont want my x knowing

or your XTREME shy of people, and sense the lotto forcing you to get a pic, you agree on your terms

or just say you are in fact a real life ninja, and a rule is to never show your face lolz

my fav would be, i have threats agiants my life so i have to hide who i am

thus gives you the must protection, the media wont even touch you,

know why, if they try to prey on you and find out who you are, when you clearly are trying to hide it

you can sue them for threating your life

the media and the lotto would not Dare put your life at risk like that

they are forced to go along with it, kicking and yelling even

i mean a lawyer would have a field day with anyone trying to know who you was,

their lawyers would have a heart attack defending their actions of seeking your true face,

i mean it, their been stories where people who used the my life have been threated, and the govt and media got PWNED, it was like a restraining order for all of media, that megic words of life in danger

is like best defence ever,

you can't be compelled  to put your life in danger due to some dumb state lotto rules or media whores wanting to know who you are

its like a human right

they may Hate you for using it, but it can't be beat without them shooting them selfs in the legal foot

if they asked you why you play, say the ticket was a gift and you never refuse gifts LOL

or that you just always dreamed of winning, and a threat agiant your life wont make you run away form your dreams!

lol good points.

i guess telling the media your life will be in danger if the identity is leaked, might be "the best defence ever"

I like that!

Yes, I remember seeing that woman dressed up. You could still tell a bit who she was because she had a nice smile that wasn't common-looking.

If I had to do a press conference and actually appear, I would wear a disguise.  And I thought about a real crazy one, but then realized that would only make the news outlets show your press conference more often, which kinda defeats the purpose of the disguise in the first place. So it's gotta look somewhat real and uninteresting.

Justxploring, your killing us with the sex change incognito thing. There's a country song in there somewhere....

I hit the lotto and had a sex change to be anonymous

but my ex found me and said I made her give up on men

and now is after me for two reasons!

I think the perfect way to appear at the press conference, if you had to, would be to get the original Dr Zaius costume from Planet of the Apes.

"am in the middle of getting divorced , so i dont want my x knowing"

The Judge is likely to award your entire jackpot to your ex-wife.  You can't hide joint assets, legally.

I can clearly see your spelling is just as great as your knowledge of the law

joint assets in the middle of a divorce, hugwash

let me get this right

if am married, and she wants to get a divorce, and after the paper work is started,

and we are already moved out

then i win the lotto, 50% SURE belongs to her, i don't think so buddy

i have her killed for being a theft, and i take anyone defending her getting any thing as willing to help a  theft, and kill them too, i don't take kindly to being told being a theft is legal, i dare anyone to try and steal my stuff, they will die

the law is blind to reality, and i have issue taking anyone down to reality

to many people get away with lawsuits, and bitter  x's trying to take whats not their's

the law say whatever it wants, but i dont listin to no freakin bs laws,

can't you pay somebody to show his face for you? you have money now... money can buy things, and if you need to hire an actor to show his face instead of you, then why not?

they just need someone to show off, I have seen family related instead of the actual winner, so why not an actor? :)

I would give all answers to questions in the press conference as "Lottery Post dot com.".  it would go something like this:

So Ms. X, what are you planning doing with all of that $$$?  me:  "Lottery Post dot com."

How will this change your life? me:  "Lottery Post dot com."

will you give any of your money to charity?  me:  "Lottery Post dot com."

Yeah and then enjoy your life in prison from being convicted of several counts of first degree murder until they put the needle in your arm if you live in a place with the death penalty. Maybe with the money (if you get it) you could have a bunch of lawyers out there keeping you alive through appeals but eventually those will run out.  I hope you don't go through a divorce with someone who would know about a post such as this.