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Lottery winner claims prize in "Scream" mask to hide identity
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I mean, there can be a lot of A. Campbells, but I can't blame someone for wanting to hide their identity when it comes to lotto winnings. Don't they have the right to be completely anonymous?
It's a state by state thing if it has to be on public record.
They don't actually depending on the state. Some past winners have tried to have law firms collect on their behalf with not great results.
I thought about creating a brokerage network with some friends *years* ago that would pair real winners with people willing to "collect" the money on their behalf for a % of the winnings with us scraping a % off the top for the matching.
But it created three primary issues: potential money laundering problems, massive tax liabilities at the transfer and it ultimately relied on the collector being a good actor as possession of the ticket is the pre-requisite to being owed the money. So once it's handed over to the collector they can skip town and it's up to you to prove the relationship existed and was enforceable. These were all solvable issues but we just dropped it since it seemed like a weird bespoke business that none of us really had the time to run.
We also caught wind that this almost definitely already exists behind the scenes.
I'll never understand why you have to be photographed. I'm not more likely to play the lottery after seeing a couple in their 80s.
I think some states deny anonymity... which seems ridiculously dangerous to me with that kind of money.
Probably so organized crime knows who to target. Politicians gotta look out for their friends too!
You got to do what you can. A. Campbell feels broad enough. I'll change my name months before to like the most generic-assed name ever alongside that mask if I won too.
Why is claiming your lottery reward public in the first place? Should be entirely the winner's choice.
Imagine if the winner comes from some poor and harsh neighborhood and everybody knows he won, he gonna get fucked up
Imagine if the winner comes from some poor and harsh neighborhood and everybody knows he won, he gonna get fucked up
Might as well legally change your name as well with your name plastered on a big fucking board of a check.
Lotteries don't want anonymous winners so they can put a face and a story to the winner. Both so they can show that yeah, somebody actually won and we didn't just pocket the cash, and so folks will see the winner and be more inclined to gamble next time.
It's all about crafting that THEY WON SO CAN YOU fantasy. Hey look, Ma Kettle just won a truckload of cash by playing her bingo numbers.
It's all about crafting that THEY WON SO CAN YOU fantasy. Hey look, Ma Kettle just won a truckload of cash by playing her bingo numbers.
Well thats from jamaica according to the article
Probably not really the best place to let people know you have that much money now.
Probably not really the best place to let people know you have that much money now.
I would do the same but use some anime girl mask.
A lady did this in Jamaica last year too: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/11/1-million-lottery-winner-wisely-picks-up-check-in-emoji-mask.html
A lady did this in Jamaica last year too: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/11/1-million-lottery-winner-wisely-picks-up-check-in-emoji-mask.html
Smart. I wouldn't want anyone to know i was rich if i was ever to become rich. People will kill you or kidnap your kid for a dollar and a half.
Money makes people crazy. It's one of the reasons becoming rich isn't an ambition of me at all. Seems like a hassle.
Money makes people crazy. It's one of the reasons becoming rich isn't an ambition of me at all. Seems like a hassle.
I'm pretty sure folks who have won the lottery have done this before. No the scream mask specifically tho.:p
If you take the annuity. If you take the cash out you have to in some states and all multistate lotteries. I'd take the annuity every time. Way more money and a lesser chance of blowing it all and going broke.
Word. Life would be a living hell. Everyone you ever knew would have a sob story. And if you dare don't give them money on the spot they will hate your guts.
Your family will be targeted. Some of your family will turn on you.
If I ever win, a poorly shaped Cookie Monster will be accepting.
Don't you HAVE to sign the ticket?
Don't you HAVE to sign the ticket?
Of course an heir to a soup fortune would win the lottery
You need photo ID at the check cashing place
Smart move, even if the lotto people did try to blur you out or banned photographs there’s no stopping some rando from taking a pic on their phone on the sly
Man too bad I have a rather uncommon last name. Even a mask couldn't really hide my identity.
Luckily the chances of winning the lotto (when I play it) are slim to none so I dont have to worry about this!
Luckily the chances of winning the lotto (when I play it) are slim to none so I dont have to worry about this!