Virginia lottery winners of $1 million and more now able to remain anonymous

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CDanaT — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:43:45 GMT

Congrats to all lottery players in VA. Things are getting better.

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brees2012 — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 16:59:46 GMT

All 50 States should have anonymous for winners!!!

Wished Illinois was full anonymous .

They have it, if you win $250,000 or more you don't have to present your name etc.

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Todd — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:05:51 GMT

Sounds like a reasonable assumption

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hearsetrax — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:55:43 GMT

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Artist77 — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:55:14 GMT

So I assume this means if you win before July but present your ticket claim in July or later, the date of claiming controls

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Todd — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:40:34 GMT

Well, we're here to tell people about these things.

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Artist77 — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:31:38 GMT

I had not heard a thing about this change. Thank you Governor Youngkin. We are one step closer to full anonymity.

Virginia lottery winners of $1 million and more now able to remain anonymous

Lottery Post — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 13:13:45 GMT

Governor signs bill that lowers threshold for anonymous claims

By Kate Northrop

The Virginia governor signed a bill into law this week that will lower the threshold for a Virginia lottery winner to be able to hide their identity when claiming a prize.

Starting July, lottery winners of prizes worth $1 million or more in Virginia will be able to claim their winnings without revealing their names to the public.

House Bill 1799, sponsored by State Representative Scott Wyatt, was sign... [ More ]