Lottery winners should be allowed to remain anonymous. Especially in this day and age of social media.
I know a guy who won 9 million in the California lottery in the late 1980s, he was attacked and robbed back then and to this day, still gets several scam artists a day confronting him.
Wasnt there an article on FR within the last 3 months about the Chicago winners of the lottery who chose to form an LLC in order for their names not to be published?
They could make a movie about this...
Just don’t go back to the neighborhood after the press conference.
Have a bank and financial manager all lined up to handle the windfall.
Clean your apartment out of perishables, valuables and necessities and have everything set up beforehand so you have a different place to go where no one knows who you are.
In Hong Kong ALL lottery winners appear in full burkha —kidnapping risk too high.
All gummint people there understand and permit this.
Just walk away from the shithole and stay of social nets, take a long ships cruise.
There was just an identical case in New Hampshire a couple of months ago.A court ruled that the winner could claim the prize anonymously despite what state law said.
Hire an attorney to stand in for you.
If I suddenly became wealthy I’d splurge on vehicles. I’d get all new fluids, belts, and a new battery for my 13 year old car, and replace my wife’s 17 year old car with something reliable that was made in the last 5 years.
Six states — Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina — allow winners to remain anonymous.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/can-you-spare-million-why-it-pays-stay-anonymous-after-n70071
He needs to get contact the lawyer who won the right for a Powerball winner in New Hampshire to remain anonymous. Even if that lawyer cannot practice in New York, he can advise (for a fee I imagine) a lawyer who can.
Don’t play the game if you aren’t gonna follow the rules.
If I ever won the lotto, my new job would be managing my fortune.