Lottery winners right to privacy

Reply #15

TNPATL — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:44:19 GMT

Well I would collect my winnings and go into hiding. I would have to change my phone number and everything!!! I would just leave the state until things died down.

Reply #14

konane — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:42:17 GMT

After hearing of the shenanigans of the Texas lottery with their jackpot optimism and the previous posts about the Indiana lottery. I for one am now agreeable to openness as far as winners being provided for legitimacy purposes. If I won I know I d love anonymity but if there isn t oversight by the public and the press I fear some members of the big two lotteries might get creative with the games

Reply #13

Deadsantaclaus — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:35:56 GMT

Reply #12

konane — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:46:54 GMT

In my opinion you're dealing with a form of public funds since lotteries are voluntary taxation, therefore the winner has to be disclosed in some manner to inform people that it was not a rigged draw. Found this on the Powerball site where laws in LA permitted some anonymity. I'd personally find a good tax attorney, which would be needed anyway, and let them do the talking. Duchess TrustFebruary 12, 2005LouisianaBATON ROUGE, La. Just before noon this morning at the Louisiana Lottery's headqu... [ More ]

Reply #11

goldrush — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:12:36 GMT

In the UK, you can remain anonymous is you are a winner. A winner can opt for anonymity, which is absolute. Those opting for anonymity can be confident that we will make every effort to ensure that their wish is respected and cannot, in the event of any media enquiry, comment in any way on whether a winner has won, if they have chosen to remain anonymous. UK National Lottery

Reply #10

Rip Snorter — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:29:03 GMT

I've heard alot of stories about people who lose all their winnings and don't have anything to show for it. If I win, I plan to be sensible with the money by doing things like paying off the house, car, and other debts. The rest will be put into a combination of bank accounts and investments to provide a good income for me.prisoner six:I've never known anyone who won the lottery, but I've known a number of men who have been high, wide and handsome moneywise, then dirt poor, then rich again, se... [ More ]

Reply #9

MillionsWanted — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:26:40 GMT

If someone could invent a system which wins a lot of 2nd and 3rd prizes but no 1st prizes, you wouldn't have to worry about publicity.

Reply #8

PrisonerSix — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:47:59 GMT

I've heard alot of stories about people who lose all their winnings and don't have anything to show for it. If I win, I plan to be sensible with the money by doing things like paying off the house, car, and other debts. The rest will be put into a combination of bank accounts and investments to provide a good income for me.I know what you mean about privacy. Like I said in my other post, it amazes me how many databases our names and addresses are in. The only way to get private is to try and... [ More ]

Reply #7

PrisonerSix — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:35:35 GMT

You can say no to salespeople, charities, etc., but when someone shows up on your doorstep with a gun and/or tries to take you or a family member hostage, that's a different problem. That is the one you should really worry about.Even though the things you suggest help, they won't solve all of your privacy issues. It's amazing how many databases our names and addresses are in these days. Our names are on credit reports with at least 3 bureaus, they are in the databases of public utilities comp... [ More ]

Reply #6

Badger — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:34:18 GMT

I'm not so sure about that. There are people that keep a constant eye on anyone that wins a $1M jackpot or more, and they chase after the winners.A couple of years ago I was broadsided at an intersection. It was entirely the other guy's fault, and to his credit, he admitted it right off. My car was totaled, but the only publicity about it was the report of the police officer that came to the scene after I called. I wasn't injured and neither was the other driver.But all of a sudden, within a few... [ More ]

Reply #5

dvdiva — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:46:17 GMT

Depends how much you win. The smaller the prize the less the media will care. Anything under 100 million means no one will know who you are unless you want them to. If you break the record at 314 or 363 million it doesn't matter how hard you try to hide the media would find you.

Reply #4

Rip Snorter — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:19:50 GMT

The lottery's one of the few institutions that's ever existed where anyone with a dollar stands a chance to join the super-wealthy.... low risk, money-wise, lousy chances for winning, but a lot of common folks do win.However, it follows that, until they have the money in their hands, those poor people, low income people, middle income people don't have the wherewithal, nor the knowhow to own certain rights they'll have as soon as the money is in the bank account. That comes with owning shyste... [ More ]

Reply #3

MillionsWanted — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:37:50 GMT

In Norway anonymity for lottery winners are a rule. If they want to go public the lottery commision is happy of course. There are always some winners who wants publicity in the media anyway and the lottery commision takes advantage of those for their own publicity. In countries where you must have your name published only thing to do seems to be name change after winning

Reply #2

Badger — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:24:00 GMT

Since the lotteries here are run by the states, the information (at least to my understanding) is the same as any information regarding state government. That is to say, it is Public record . It has to be available to the average citizen upon request. No diffeerent than how much individual govts spend on different budgets, how the politicians vote, etc. They don't have to broadcast it, but it is always available on request.If you win a large jackpot though, there is no law that says you have t... [ More ]

Reply #1

PrisonerSix — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:42:10 GMT

Unfortunately, about the only way to keep contests and lotteries above board is to reveal winners' names it looks like, or at least make it possible to get the names of winners. Alot of contests may not publicize the winner, but will make the names of winners available through other means such as the WWW or by sending a SASE and requesting it.There are however, some ways, which have been talked about here, a big winner can keep their identity out of the public eye such as using a corporation, t... [ More ]

Lottery winners right to privacy

goldrush — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:58:50 GMT

We lottery players should organize a lobby to campaign for privacy. I was annoyed reading about the Powerball winner in Idaho, who requested anonymity, but Idaho Lottery insisted he reveal his identity. I can understand that the lottery wish to demonstrate that everything is above board, but it is not necessary to require winners to go public. We would not want our employer or bank disclosing our financial situation to the world, why do people, who a fortunate enough to win a jackpot have to do