New Hampshire mystery woman refused to collect her 560 million lottery winnings without revealing her identity. She opted to go to court requesting that the judge allow her to remain anonymous after she won the lottery in January. The judge ruled that she could claim her prize and keep her identity a secret because her privacy is more important than the lottery rules in her state.
Her lawyer accepted 264 million on her behalf after taxes and immediately gave 249,000 to various non-profits from the designated trust. The secret lottery winner intends to give another 50 million in the future.
Lottery rules would disclose winner's name, hometown, and where the ticket was purchased so aside from revealing the name, the latter will be published.
Nightmares have been experienced by several past lottery winners and surprisingly many say that winning the lottery was the worst thing that has every happened to them due to becoming a target.
Source: The Washington Post
Would You Ensure Your Privacy If You Were Required To Disclose Your Name @senseicat
i would do the same ( like i am ever going to win the lottery).
With the money comes a lot of requests for money borrowing and it leads to strains in many relations, plus comes the security threat from local gangs after winning such a huge amount of money
Good post my friend.i am upvote and resteem .
Thank you for the upvote and resteem @pengenkaya
I strongly agree with the decision of the woman, concealing the identity is the best thing to do though the lottery winner because with a secret the woman's identity has been spared the bad guys who want to harm him to take the lottery prize he was waiting for. we see a lot, heard about the evils and nightmares experienced by the winners who do not conceal their identity
I would do the same thing. What is the point of flaunting off that much wealth? It can only lead to bad things. The only people who need to know I have that much money is my financial adviser, my real estate agent, and my travel agent :)
An interesting post for a friend thank you for sharing his story ..
if I feel confused, and do not know what to do, if I experience something like that
the prize is fantastic, hopefully be the next winner.
Great decision. Privacy is king. :-)