Georgia bill would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous — for a price

Comment #30

Suzy-Dittlenose — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:54:38 GMT

This is so dumb! There must be a bunch of uneducated/unethical hillbillies running the state government. One does not need a degree in ethics to see the error in their thinking.

Comment #29

Soledad — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:59:01 GMT

Kickbacks and bribes, the lottery way.

Comment #28

lejardin — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:50:10 GMT

LOL yea, that person will get the 4

Comment #27

g2natl — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 18:43:39 GMT

Seriously. The next state over, South Carolina, offers the same privacy for free.

Comment #26

DELotteryPlyr — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 21:19:13 GMT

funny (sad) thing is - the person in the state who thought this up will get a big raise or maybe even a bonus

Comment #25

JoeBigLotto — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:53:36 GMT

It's good to have options since I have a girlfriend and a mistress I probably pay 10 percent for more privacy lol . Don't care about the money just want my honey flow uninterrupted

Comment #24

Bleudog101 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:50:08 GMT

Music*, just want the secondary prize.

Comment #23

music* — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:53:03 GMT

Yes, Bleudog101, A California winner won $2,000,000.00 before taxes. It is on www.calottery.com There were other winners too.

It is about time that you win big Bleu

Comment #22

Bleudog101 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:40:02 GMT

Hey Music*...I see someone hit five #'s on PB last night, no doubt it was someone from lottery free Nevada--probably Las Vegas since it was sold @ Primm Lotto store in Nipton.

Comment #21

Coin Toss — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 05:25:55 GMT

OK Georgia, then add 4% to the jackpot payout of those winners who don't choose anonymous, fair is fair

Comment #20

C0w Pi3 — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 04:01:55 GMT

So the 6% the state gets already isn't enough huh? What a crock.

Comment #19

Dead_Aim — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 03:54:25 GMT

You pay us money and we will be quiet, they have a name for that. It is called blackmail.

Comment #18

lejardin — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 00:36:45 GMT

Just thought of something, WHERE does that 4% go? HELP fund college scholarships? RIGHT. How much will they charge in FEES to do this and the remaining dollars ...errr pennies will go to Hope? I can see it all now.

Comment #17

Backhoebob68 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:03:07 GMT

For a price huh. Real simple form a LLC and then no one can find the winner.

Bob

Comment #16

noise-gate — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:36:33 GMT

They probably collectively asked themselves the same question and arrived at Yes.

Comment #15

noise-gate — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:34:25 GMT

You would think

Comment #14

Dee88 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:33:19 GMT

Who's to say after your pay that 4% tax that they still won't release your personal information... I would have to have something in writing stating that none of my personal information will not be leaked out to the media or anyone else..and they will be held liable for it if it does happen..

Comment #13

Think — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:22:39 GMT

HA! Good one.

In most states the winners pay taxes on their winnings!

If Georgia makes winners pay taxes on the winnings then they shouldn't double tax them to remain anonymous.

I don't know what the GA tax rate is but if it is 5% then the tax on a $10,000,000 win is $500,000 and that should easily be way more than enough

to simply not release the winners information.

Comment #12

Think — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:16:09 GMT

State lotteries are pretty much monopolies.

We need some competition to protect us from crappy lotteries. It is time to legalize playing by phone, computer or mail other U.S. state lotteries from any state in the U.S.

Then the player can decide which games they want to play and where.

See how fast the bad games and bad policies disappear then

Comment #11

g2natl — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:39:38 GMT

Some very good ideas on this thread on how to maintain anonymity but still provide some transparency. Too bad the people who are running the bill through aren't reading them.

I still don't get why they are trying to do this with the 4% price tag, because that virtually guarantees winners of larger amounts, say over 25 million, are never going to use the option. You can get a competent lawyer to set up LLC's, trusts, even do legal name changes, for a lot less than that.

Comment #10

noise-gate — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:10:14 GMT

It's a catch 22. If you a lottery winner, and you love living in the State of Georgia want anonymity, you going to have to cough up the 4%. If you not enamoured with Georgia, your only choice is to do what Anthony Bourdain does, head to Parts Unknown.

Comment #9

MillionsWanted — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 19:04:17 GMT

Might be worth it if you live in the wrong part of town or know criminals. Or got greedy relatives.

Comment #8

dpoly1 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 18:50:31 GMT

One more Government rip off

Comment #7

Cyane64 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 17:03:29 GMT

How quickly they forget the recent home invasion/murder of the Columbus GA man who recently won a big Fantasy 5 jackpot, if he had the option to remain anonymous in his small town/neighborhood, maybe he'd still be alive and the perpretrators not gotten such light sentences! That is insane

Comment #6

lejardin — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:03:49 GMT

Anything for a buck, I agree what a CROCK.

Comment #5

music* — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:25:56 GMT

Each State is different. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Tinstafl. The costs will be paid by the winner and not taxpayers.

Comment #4

konane — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:24:00 GMT

4% is high so maybe they'll arrive at a lower percentage, but hope it passes. There are many companies whose sole focus is selling our personal information. We receive nothing in return except perhaps in some cases identity theft.

As pointed out in Lottery Post's previous article there are real concerns for physical safety of winners based on past tragic events.

Comment #3

CDanaT — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:23:06 GMT

Funny, I thought our publicly elected officials were there to represent us. While I don't reside in GA. nor do I vote for their leadership, this subject kind of sticks in my backside and makes me truly wonder why they don't want to provide protection for their voters who are winners ? If the winner goes on facebook or Twitter or other social/media sites and say I won I won , then it is that persons right and choice to draw attention to themselves and their new fortune.

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Comment #2

jjtheprince14 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:39:42 GMT

This is a crock and nothing but a money grab by the state.

It shouldn t cost anything to remain anonymous.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:29:41 GMT

Honestly is this best they can do? Ripoff potential winners. What a crock.

Georgia bill would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous — for a price

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:12:20 GMT

The Georgia Senate's higher education committee voted in favor Tuesday of allowing a bill to move forward that would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous but they would have to pay for that privacy.

Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson, the lead sponsor of Senate Bill 331, said the legislation is aimed at protecting multi-million dollar lottery winners from scam artists and other criminals.

It could put you at risk, Henson said during Tuesday's committee meeting.

Henson said eight... [ More ]