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Nullus Anxietas |
No, the "It's a revenue stream for the state" part. Like every other entity's revenue stream, it's in their best interests to make the product as attractive as possible. To that end they advertise. Best way to advertise is with happy customers. That is the reason they wish winners to be publicised. I'm kind of surprised these lotteries even allow trusts to claim the winnings. I'm going to guess they have no legal way to prevent it.
+1 "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Big Stack |
If I won, and had to release my name, I would. But once it's out there, good luck trying to find me. There's be a new (unreleased) address (property bought under an LLC.) Obviously phone numbers would be spun and made private. All old emails would be abandoned. I'd look at the other ways I could shield myself. There are plenty of rich people out there who's names are known, but who don't get scammed. I'd be one of them. Only the people who I want to be in contact with would know how to find me. | |||
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| Get busy living or get busy dying!  |
I kinda feel for her, without reading (who knows how many) pages on a Lottery website for all the rules, the only way to get the rules and read them is to buy a ticket first. If she has a trust, perhaps she can endorse it Her name payable to XYZ trust and accomplish her goal. I for one would not want to be walking around known as having a couple hundred million, even though I would have my 229 with me! | |||
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I hope she sticks to her guns and just let the time run out , THaT! would show them ! Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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The ones that lived near me that won the biggest lottery ever have never returned. The news people camped out in front of their house and showed the world their address and which house they lived in. They collected that money and we would hear from one person they were in New York and Then another person from church would say they were in California and someone else would say they were overseas. That’s what I would do take the money and keep them guessing where I disappeared to. _____________________ "We're going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you're born to die," Walter Breuning 114 years old | |||
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Striker in waiting |
This exactly. How unaware do you have to be to sign the ticket before forming the trust? -Rob I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888 A=A | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
I think we're over estimating the knowledge base of all potential lottery winners, that they understand the ramifications of suddenly having mega millions much less a half a billion dollars. Not everyone knows the legal consequences and options, should they hire a lawyer, sure, but who, which lawyer, where to hide the ticket so that others in the family just don't grab it and run to the lotto office, are we presuming that every lotto winner learns they won by themselves, told nobody or nobody heard them shout when they won, lives alone and has the legal knowledge to understand setting up trusts, wills, investment accounts etc. I think not... If they did we wouldn't have broke lotto winners all over the place to begin with. | |||
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The first thing lottery officials always say is to sign the ticket in case you lose it. That has been repeated ad nauseam as far back as I can remember, so it would be the first course of action. Finding a lawyer takes time and doesn't come naturally to most folks, and in fact I'd bet most folks don't even know any lawyers personally. Me, I'm kinda proud of that fact!  -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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"Member" |
Yeah it's a nice problem to have. But she can afford to move and change her name. And everyone else she cares to bring with her. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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Can’t blame her. Seems an odd number of winners turn up dead within 5 years... ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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| Eating elephants one bite at a time  |
What happens to the money if it goes unclaimed? Everyone knows there was a winner and some people know who that winner is. Does unclaimed money get put back into the pot at some point? Is there any claim to lost winnings possible by others since the mony wasn't in the pot at the time of winning? | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Concerns about being a target for robbery aren't invalid, but those are the rules you agree to when you play and sign. I've never examined a lottery ticket closely, but it probably spells out those rules. If I were to win (and the odds of that are zero) I'd buy all the guns I want, and maybe a private security force.  | |||
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| Yew got a spider on yo head  |
Good for her and bless her little heart. You is a big person!! | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
It is a conundrum. You want the winner's name to be made public to assure people the lottery is on the up and up. You don't want the appearance that the money is being siphoned off to some crony. On the other hand, making your name public makes you a target. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Exceptional Circumstances |
Exactly! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Political Cynic |
lots of people are targeted by criminals after they win lotteries a few have even been recently killed over it [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Thank you Very little |
A big presumption that folks actually "have a lawyer" either on retainer or even a business relationship with one. I'd bet most don't, seriously who wants to be associated with a lawyer  Down here I'd bet the most contact folks have with attorneys is via advertising... | |||
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| Green Mountain Boy |
I'm not sure I could even find a lawyer with the phone book. !~God Bless the U.S. Military~! If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak | |||
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| If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly!  |
This. I'd disappear, and be completely happy in doing so. Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. | |||
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Keep posting on SigForum. It'll throw them off the track! -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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