Calif. lottery winners try to remain as anonymous as possible

Comment #21

Daveyl — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:27:37 GMT

s5thomps, good plan! Another thread in the lottery post dealt with complete anonymity of winners, which ain't gonna happen. Your name, your ssan, your address, phone number and the ticket purchase location/winning amount are all on record. Lottery officials will interview the winners, and try to coax them into releasing information about their lives and other personal data, but it is IMPERATIVE that you only allow the minimum required information to be released publicly. Otherwise, every swingin... [ More ]

Comment #20

rocha1 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:46:45 GMT

congratulations to the winners ...all dreams come true.

Comment #19

Jack-C — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:43:38 GMT

Why in the world would you want a blind trust??? You have no access to the assets, nor do you have control of them.

A blind trust is a trust in which the fiduciaries, namely the trustees or those who have been given power of attorney, have full discretion over the assets, and the trust beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust and no right to intervene in their handling. Blind trusts are generally used when a settlor (sometimes called a trustor or donor) wishes to keep the

Comment #18

TheGameGrl — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:26:03 GMT

ohh shucks let me humble myself and a person can let me sign for it...I'll take the heat for publicity... *weg

Comment #17

viceroy2 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:14:04 GMT

Hi...

There has got to be a way to have SOME OTHER ENTITY'S name be released to the public.

What about having a corporation go in and collect for you?

Corporations can release their name, their address, any EIN they have, and in representing you sign the statement that verifies your documents are Genuine.

It isn't tax avoidance...the state is STILL getting their money. The Fed's are still getting theirs

Comment #16

CAL-LottoPlayer — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:20:49 GMT

Daveyl said: You ARE required to furnish your name, address, social security number, driver's license (or other ID) and sign a statement that verifies your documents are genuine.

So what you're saying is, a blind trust is not an option. I was hoping it would be.

Comment #15

CAL-LottoPlayer — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:16:45 GMT

OwlCreekBridge said: Mike and Lynda Weeks should have gotten a lawyer to protect their identities or at the very least, they should have printed out news articles like these and shown the lotto officials and prove that they can indeed remain completely anonymous.?

I always assumed California Lotto winners could collect anonymously. Now I'm not so sure. You're right about getting a lawyer. In California, a lawyer costs about $350/hour. A simple job like this would take no more than 10 hours.... [ More ]

Comment #14

louise black — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:06:37 GMT

congrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to the winner.

Comment #13

Daveyl — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:56:20 GMT

JWBlue, lottery interviewers give winners the option to have their names published on the lottery website. When my sister-in-law was interviewed (She won the Fantasy 5 Jackpot, $122,000.00) I was there as an interpreter. It was quite emotional for her, but she remembered what I told her about keeping a low profile, and declined to have her story published. You ARE required to furnish your name, address, social security number, driver's license (or other ID) and sign a statement that verifies you... [ More ]

Comment #12

OwlCreekBridge — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:28:25 GMT

To my understanding, if you win the multi-state lotto in California, the Mega Millions, thelotto officials are required by law to give out your full name and thecity where you purchased the ticket. You can refuse to have your picture taken if you wish. You can not collect through a trust in California, that is for other states like Ohio or Maryland but not California. Look at the winners history for Mega Millions. Every person who collected annymously or who used a trust to collect their money i... [ More ]

Comment #11

JWBlue — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:14:57 GMT

It is my understanding that a trust does not need to be created.

I thought the CA Lottery Commission don't need to release the names of the winners.

Comment #10

TheOtherOne — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:33:32 GMT

How hard is it for people to obtain oodles of information based off of someone's name alone?!?! That is why I would do as many of yo usaid -- create a trust or corporation and send that to the public.

I dont know what tax benefits/penalties would come as a result, but for the peace of mind it would be worth it.

Even if you make all your previous information private after yo uwin, records will still exist out there and someone savvy enough can easily look you up.

Next thing you know you... [ More ]

Comment #9

OwlCreekBridge — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:10:16 GMT

that settles it. Alex Traverso is either a boldface liar or an incompetent hack. This goes to show you the kind of geniuses working at the lotto office. If you ever win the big one, take the lump-sum and run, don't even trust these fools to manage your money with the annuity.

Comment #8

time*treat — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:28:16 GMT

Franchise owner has to share the bonus with the parent company

Comment #7

Perfecttiming2 — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:58:02 GMT

Hi JWBlue!

You are correct!

In CA we can claim lottery winnings anonymously........

This couple could have formed a trust, and allowed the trust to claim the prize for them , thus the name of the trust would have been released to the media instead of the names of the actual winners............

Comment #6

benir4u — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:25:05 GMT

The people who have remained anonymous usually go to a lawyer and redeem the winnings in some sort of trust that can't be revealed.

Comment #5

gonnawinwatchme — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:17:13 GMT

Good for them for trying to remain anonymous! I just posted this question, sort of, in another thread about how to do it.

Congrats to them

Comment #4

OwlCreekBridge — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:49:38 GMT

Lottery officials are legally required to release the winner's name, where the ticket was purchased and the amount won, (Alex Traverso) said.

I'm calling BS on this one. Alex Traverso the lotto spokesman, needs to get his facts straight. Lottery officials are NOT legally required to release the winner's name. How many times have we read a California SuperLotto Plus winner claim the prize anonymously? As in the winner's name was never given out to the public.

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Comment #3

JWBlue — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:43:05 GMT

Lottery officials are legally required torelease the winner's name, where the ticket was purchased and the amount won, he said

I thought winners in California could remain anonymous.

Comment #2

dpoly1 — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:43:46 GMT

Nice win .......... and I hope that they are not badgered by the greedy envious people!

WE THE PEOPLE ........... are having a tea party

Comment #1

s5thomps — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:37:42 GMT

When I win I wil remain ANONYMOUS too! Congrats to the winners

Calif. lottery winners try to remain as anonymous as possible

Lottery Post — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:16:37 GMT

A man and wife from Thousand Oaks, California, are overnight millionaires after the SuperLotto Plus ticket they purchased last week matched all six numbers in Saturday's draw.

After the winning ticket went unclaimed for two days, California Lottery officials announced Monday they were looking for the winners.

Mike and Lynda Weeks came forward Tuesday afternoon to claim their $30 million prize. The couple decided to take the cash option of $19.9 million.

The Weeks' winning numbers: 35, 1... [ More ]