Bill shielding Arizona lottery winners set for Senate vote

Comment #15

cbr$ — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:09:26 GMT

I hope this bill pass. winners need more time to relocate. The hounding start as soon as the story land in the paper.

Comment #14

myturn — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:04:19 GMT

Arizona Lottery should look at lotteries around the world, such as the UK National Lottery and Australian State Lotteries, who are required by law to give winners the right to anonymity. It works very well, the UK and Australian lotteries are the best run lotteries in the world.

Comment #13

pickone4me — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:36:04 GMT

He noted that a winner already has 180 days to claim their prize, giving them plenty of time to prepare for their names to be made public.

What an incredible disconnect. Do they even cut a check the same day that a person goes to confirm the ticket? Or does it take 3, 6 or more weeks, or even months depending on the state? How does one prepare without getting payment

Comment #12

Coin Toss — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 04:21:00 GMT

A move in the right direction but should be permanent with no time restrictions.

Comment #11

Romancandle — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:17:48 GMT

We or you need to know

Comment #10

Shelby Mustang — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:12:10 GMT

It doesnt have to be a circus. You can say as much or as little as you want but we as losing players do need to know that an actual living breathing person has won and not some anonymous ghost who we cant put a face and name together on

Comment #9

mediabrat — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:02:18 GMT

Well, of course the local TV station and newspaper would be against this. They don't get their precious media circus! Don't get me wrong, I think the media play a very important role in trying to keep our institutions honest, but they also enjoy hounding ordinary folks to pump up their ratings and circulation numbers.

Comment #8

CDanaT — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:19:07 GMT

Well Arizona...at least your leaders are trying...give em a kudos for that

Comment #7

Artist77 — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:19:55 GMT

I am always annoyed when a lottery says well they have x number of days to get things together before they claim so what is the problem??? I can only imagine worrying 24/7 about that ticket before I claimed it. The lottery people should be more in touch with that concern a big winner would have.

Comment #6

maximumfun — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:23:45 GMT

So they are calling this bill the run and hide bill? or the catch me if you can bill? or tag

Comment #5

HaveABall — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:56:42 GMT

Well, shadowlady, the lottery headquarters wouldn't allow you to do that AND still receive the monies ... so, you'd have to decide which you want more.

Comment #4

shadowlady — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:30:45 GMT

I agree with you (being in Colorado myself).

My husband and I agree that we would need a financial advisor, but I know that I would be strongly in favor of creating a corporation to claim the taxes through, so that would be one layer between us and the general public.

And if forced to have my picture taken, I would wear one of my wigs that I use for Cosplay, hat, large sunglasses, and some weird funky outfit, and maybe use my cosplay makeup to make me look really different.

Comment #3

Ron5995 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:05:06 GMT

There are legitimate concerns hiding winner identities, and lotteries like to publicize winner names. However, at some point the perceived risk to players becomes too large to ignore - or to put it another way, players increasingly shy away from playing large jackpot games, and by extension the lottery in general, which hurts revenue. It's simply a matter of time before most lotteries go the way PA Lottery, and others have, shielding winner identities for business reasons.

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Comment #2

mypiemaster — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:02:19 GMT

This new bill in the land of RONNIE is pure bull crap. They should go back to the original bill which provides better protection for the winners. The Arizona Republic and KPNX should butt out of this issue.

Comment #1

Marilyn222 — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:41:48 GMT

I wish they do the same here in Colorado. I hate to see myself in this mask

Bill shielding Arizona lottery winners set for Senate vote

Lottery Post — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:22:00 GMT

Winners of large Arizona lottery jackpots would have their names kept secret for three months to give them time to prepare for their newfound wealth and shield their financial affairs under a bill set for a Senate vote Monday.

The bill by Republican Sen. John Kavanagh is a more limited version of a bill he pushed in 2013 when he was in the House that would have kept winners' names secret forever. The bill failed in the Senate.

The Arizona Republic editorial staff objected to the original b... [ More ]