Arizona bill to allow anonymity for lottery winners clears panel

Comment #30

jamella724 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:16:23 GMT

If they want to boost their sales is advertisement not enough? I also believe that whenever they announce the name of the winner they become a good target of bad guys out there. If they still wan to release the name can they guarantee the safety of the winner

Comment #29

Think — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:07:59 GMT

Hmmm...good point...Winners should be anonymous so people who like to play in pools should figure out how to do it correctly otherwise they would get screwed.

As far as legal settlements go, I am sure a lawyer could figure out how to set them up so that you could collect if the person ever got money.

I don't know that for a fact but you sure seem to know everything

Comment #28

VenomV12 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:19:08 GMT

All the people cheering this, bet you would not be so cheerful of this if you were on the other side of this and someone screwed you out of your share of millions and you never knew or found out too late because they other party was able to stay anonymous.

What if you had sued someone and got a judment against them in the past, maybe you were hit by a drunk driver or a business partner screwed you out of money, now if they won the lottery you would never know and they get away scot free with... [ More ]

Comment #27

belle$star3! — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:42:23 GMT

I agree with you on this - I am thankful that this bill passed too! Thanks to the politician that introduced this bill.

Comment #26

maringoman — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:51:04 GMT

Yessir! you're right on that one.

Comment #25

HoLeeKau — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:46:43 GMT

But I don't have to know their names in order to find the stories interesting.

Comment #24

maringoman — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:16:42 GMT

Lets be honest guys. We love reading about the winners and their unique stories. How they turned a mistake ticket into a fortune, or how a work pool finally won when one guy pulled out and so on. LP is popular because of these very stories. IMHO anonymity is good but it would eat into the euphoria that drives jackpots up faster.

Comment #23

rdgrnr — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:13:54 GMT

I'm shocked, appalled and rife with indignation at the very thought of a slime encased ball of squirming, writhing lawyers, undulating at the prospect of getting someone's money.

Comment #22

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:57:00 GMT

Now that sounds just down right despicable.

Comment #21

rdgrnr — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:47:42 GMT

Wherever large amounts of money lie, there will be an entangled ball of slime covered lawyers, writhing and undulating and slithering in orgasmic splendor at the possibility of getting someone else's money away from them.

Comment #20

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:43:59 GMT

You mean the pool leader can just say you lost and cash the ticket anonymity

Comment #19

haymaker — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:38:34 GMT

What they don't like is losing a chance to be hired for a fight over a lottery pool.

Comment #18

maximumfun — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:38:08 GMT

Lovely! Now hopefully the balance of non-enlightened states will fall like dominos

Comment #17

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:34:49 GMT

No I never noticed. Lawyers don't like ppl's being anonymity

Comment #16

haymaker — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:25:07 GMT

Ever notice how the ppl. opposed to this idea are w/out fail....lawyers

Comment #15

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:18:00 GMT

Ima B a winner.

Comment #14

helpmewin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:13:27 GMT

now your safe ronnie win that

Comment #13

Coin Toss — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:14 GMT

From the OP:

...the Republican sponsor against Democrats who argued it would diminish public accountability....

Has anyone ever seen anything about states that do allow winners to be anonymous having diminsihed public accountability ?

I don't think so.

Comment #12

Think — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:40:17 GMT

Michigan should go anonymous too.

The woman that won the $7.5 (19) Million MegaMillions jackpot 3 weeks ago let word slip to the piggery before she claimed the ticket and there were stories about her hiding and shutting off her phone on the local news here.

Comment #11

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:51:07 GMT

Comment #10

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:50:22 GMT

How many people can claim they won the lottery because they have lottery playing skills

Comment #9

HoLeeKau — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:39:48 GMT

Thank you Mr. Cavanaugh.

There are enough players who want to do the press conference and celebrate in public to keep the public from thinking it's all a sham.

And why don't we protect executives too? Well, people think of lottery winners and executives quite differently. Even tho many think CEOs make too much money, it's still earned by doing something most of us don't think we could do. On the other hand, lottery winners are just lucky and didn't earn the wealth. People're thinking that... [ More ]

Comment #8

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:30:19 GMT

WTG Arizona

Comment #7

HoLeeKau — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:28:06 GMT

Actually, I'd be more willing to come out with some details if my name wasn't attached to it. If the lottery releases my name, they get nothing else. If I can be anonymous, I would do a bit of an interview with them. I'd tell them how I played, and even a little about my personal background if they want to know. Just nothing that identifies me.

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:21:50 GMT

Its true. lol. lol. I have to think, if that guy can spend $10. and win $200 million, so can I lol.lol. I told a cashier the other day that I was going to spend $10. and win $200 million. He just smiled.

Comment #5

sully16 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:17:06 GMT

very smart.

Comment #4

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:15:16 GMT

I buy more $10. tickets these days. lol. lol.

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:13:54 GMT

I can understand how it is good publicity. If the guy in Fountain Hills had not come forward with his story we would have never known that he walked into a store for a $10. ticket and walked away with $200 million.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:02:15 GMT

With you there on this one Ronnie.

Outing a winner's name should be up to the Winner. The excuse that one has to stand before a battery of mics cameras is nonsense. People will buy lottery tickets regardless of who wins or not.

* Kavanagh said Good approached him in Fountain Hills after the bill passed a House committee last month and thanked him for carrying the bill.

That right there says it all.

What multi millionaire is going to take time out of his day to show up and T... [ More ]

Comment #1

Ronnie316 — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:51:59 GMT

Hooray for AZ.........

Arizona bill to allow anonymity for lottery winners clears panel

Lottery Post — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:39:31 GMT

A bill that would allow Arizona lottery winners to remain anonymous moved closer to passage Wednesday following a contentious hearing in a state Senate committee that pitted the Republican sponsor against Democrats who argued it would diminish public accountability.

The bill by Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, was prompted by the public release of a Fountain Hills man's name after he won half of a $587.5 million Powerball jackpot in November. Matthew Good's name was released under Arizon... [ More ]