Delaware couple anonymously claims $50M Powerball jackpot

Comment #27

dallascowboyfan — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:41:07 GMT

Congrats to the winners

Comment #26

jamella724 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:24:25 GMT

Most winners of lottery got their numbers from the most important event or things in their lives. Something that is can be considered as treasure events of their lives. Lucky for them, those important numbers were picked and gave them the biggest opportunity of their lives. I congratulate you and hope you will enjoy your winnings.

Comment #25

Cletu$2 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:53:07 GMT

Actually,as corrupt as Illinois officials are,you should consider yourself lucky that Illinois isn't an anonymous state.I wouldn't put it past them to try to claim a few lottery jackpots for themselves.

Comment #24

brees2012 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:06:55 GMT

I WISHED ILLINOIS WAS ANNYMOUS ....

Comment #23

HaveABall — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 03:58:57 GMT

, rdgrnr.

PLUS, congratulations happy couple on your big jackpot win and remaining anonymous in your RARE anonymous state (wonderful state is also State Income Tax Free

Comment #22

Piaceri — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:26:51 GMT

I agree about going public with no personal info. That is ideal. People get to hear the personal story, yet the winner maintains their privacy and safety. I would totally do it that way. It's a win-win situation.

I still don't fully understand Texas' limited publicity (although I'm hoping to!), but I've seen people claim in blind trusts or with other legal entities. I'm sure if you nest them enough, a series of legal entities can hide your identity with the limited publicity.

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Comment #21

haymaker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:26:00 GMT

Exactomundo Seattlejohn,

you hit the nail on the head,

The legislator that introduced the bill is smart enough to know that anonymity forever would never fly.

so he asks for something reasonable, a chance to show anonymity will not hurt tix. sales,

and may help espeacially w/ ppl. from DE, PA, NY.

Comment #20

Seattlejohn — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:15:09 GMT

Thanks. I think annonymity forever is the best. However, I think NJ's idea of 1 year is a better option than what the states do now; it's probably a compromise between protecting the winners fulfilling their state's mandate of a transparent lottery process. Most of the problems lottery winners have (greedy relatives contacting them, getting inundated with money requests from strangers, stalkers, kidnappers, burglars, etc) get started because the lottery publicizes their win at a time when they d... [ More ]

Comment #19

haymaker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:32:23 GMT

Doing well, hope you are also, thanks for asking.

I hav'nt heard any news about the 1 year anonymity law, in fact if not for LP I would't know about it at all.

There's not even any mention of it on the states lottery website.

i'm beginning to wonder if the silence has anything to do w/ the election.

Also wonder if it would include tix. that were bought before the law passed.

for example, you buy a MM for tomorrow and it's winner,but the bill for anonymity does'nt become law until... [ More ]

Comment #18

golfer1960 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:56:03 GMT

Hi Haymaker,

I guess you're right but it shouldn't be that way in this case.

The Freedom of Information act applies to all states but Delaware won't release the names after one year due to the safety and privacy of the winners.

Other than that, there is no good reason to let the names and identities of the winners out into the public domain.

If I win, I shouldn't have to move or hide to protect myself and my family.

I hope NJ understands that.

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Comment #17

haymaker — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:48:51 GMT

golfer1960,

the only way to get anything changed in jersey is to change incrementaly,

if we get the 1 year then change it to 5 years then forever.

Comment #16

golfer1960 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:25:05 GMT

I agree with you John. I like annonymity and letting the winners tell their story anyway. Great!

This is in line with the article from last week that NJ is considering letting winners become annonymous for only 1 year. That doesn't make sense to me to just have annonymity for just one year. Let it be forever like in states like Delaware. The article doesn't mention that the winners identity will be revealed in 1-yr.

Note to New Jersey Legislators: Let winners remain annonymous forever like... [ More ]

Comment #15

Seattlejohn — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:52:11 GMT

Congrats to them! This is how every state should do it; winners are allowed to remain annonymous (to avoid all the publicity problems (greedy distant relatives, kidnappings, theft, burglary, stalkers, scammers, beggars, etc) that arise from a lottery win), and the state can release their story without naming names or the city they live in.

Comment #14

waltoy — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:38:06 GMT

Congrats to them,, I'm next for sure

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helpmewin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:00:23 GMT

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Ronnie316 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:13:59 GMT

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dpoly1 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:12:59 GMT

AWESOME

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RJOh — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:12:09 GMT

Stories of jackpot winners picking their own numbers seem to be more common lately in spite of most winning tickets being QP's.

I like the idea of them only having to talk to lottery officials and allowing them to release their story to the public without any personal information.

Comment #9

mcginnin56 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:02:08 GMT

Who care about counting it, just start spending it before our economy collapses.

Comment #8

rdgrnr — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:50:31 GMT

From laborer to multi-millionaire.

That's a nice story.

And no more laboring.

Comment #7

helpmewin — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:02:56 GMT

I'm happy for them whoever they are

$33.05 million i couldnt even count that kind of money.

Comment #6

Original Bey — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:49:10 GMT

There are a few of my favorite things: Winning, Winning from Self Picks and Claiming Anonymously

Comment #5

sully16 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:31:19 GMT

Congrats to the lucky couple, Hope they have many years to enjoy their windfall.

Comment #4

Cletu$2 — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:42:10 GMT

Very smart couple to claim their jackpot anonymously.Congratulations

Comment #3

rock_nc — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:24:17 GMT

I pick my numbers alot, I do have some special numbers I play every drawing. Not won anything yet. still waiting on them to come up. Last night's powerball drawing, had no numbers matching either. Guess I will have to wait for Saturday drawing.

Comment #2

hearsetrax — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:02:11 GMT

heres to thar good fortune and hopefully thar decision to take the lump sum don't come back to bite them later

Comment #1

IPlayWeekly — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:53:31 GMT

Smart for them, I'm going to do the same thing

Delaware couple anonymously claims $50M Powerball jackpot

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:51:00 GMT

A husband and wife from Wilmington came forward Oct. 5 to claim their $50 million Powerball jackpot from the Wednesday, Oct. 3 drawing, according to Delaware Lottery officials.

The couple opted to remain anonymous and selected the cash, single-payment value for the jackpot, which totaled $33.05 million before federal withholding taxes. Delaware Lottery officials validated the winning ticket Friday.

I checked my numbers in the newspaper during a break at work, and when I realized I had won... [ More ]