Oregon lottery winners can now remain anonymous

Comment #6

CDanaT — Sat, 10 May 2025 15:07:31 GMT

Congrats to the state of Oregon for wanting to protect all Lottery winners. TN should follow that lead, especially where the education relies heavily on lottery players.

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play4shekels — Sat, 10 May 2025 11:32:35 GMT

On another note, I think the Oregon and Minnesota governors should run for President/ Vice President in 2028. It would be great to have the Koteks and Tampon Tim running around the White House

Comment #4

play4shekels — Sat, 10 May 2025 03:52:46 GMT

Knowing a million-dollar winner in Florida and how easy it was to locate him through searching the county Tax Appraiser's database, I'm glad to see another state acknowledge that winning a jackpot is both a blessing and a curse. The vultures started landing on my friend's doorstep in no time flat.

Florida allows winners to remain anonymous for only 90 days. Just long enough to pack up and leave your friends and neighbors and start over again somewhere far, far away. A hefty price to pay for... [ More ]

Comment #3

fbird — Fri, 09 May 2025 23:45:47 GMT

illegal immigrants can remain anonymous, why not lottery winners

Comment #2

Participant — Fri, 09 May 2025 22:30:51 GMT

Lottery Courier services are both retailers and resellers and this bill is well poised to preempt and/or deter their activities in the business of buying up numbers and reselling them at a higher price to players under color of service in this Beaver State .

Comment #1

mypiemaster — Fri, 09 May 2025 21:04:46 GMT

Way to go! Better late than never. Maybe other states will follow her example.

Oregon lottery winners can now remain anonymous

Lottery Post — Fri, 09 May 2025 20:15:42 GMT

Governor signs bill into law granting full anonymity to winners of any prize amount

By Kate Northrop

On Thursday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill into law that grants full anonymity to all Oregon lottery winners, regardless of the prize amount.

Oregon lottery winners will now be able to keep their identity private thanks to the passage of House Bill 3115, which stipulates that the only way the Oregon Lottery can publicly release a player's name is if the winner grants permis... [ More ]