[nickcarraway]

Didn’t many lotteries have rules the winner had to be public?

[Gay State Conservative]

IIRC those laws have been overturned.There was a case in New Hampshire where a winner successfully challenged such a law.I think it was in Federal court.

[coalminersson]

Depends on the state.

In Cal they track where the ticket was sold and see if there is video of the purchaser. If the person is different than the one who turns the ticket in, they try to establish a link between the two.

All this can be done without revealing the persons name to the public. Found this online:”Some are required to publicly identify winners while others are not. For example, in California, where a winner has yet to come forward to claim a Powerball ticket worth $2.04 billion sold in November, disclosure laws require the California Lottery to share the winner’s full name and where they bought the ticket Jan 7, 2023”