Lottery windfalls can buy anything except anonymity

Comment #42

Shelby Mustang — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:53:19 GMT

Hey it's simple you dont have to play, I frankly dont care who knows I won, I would be more focused on the fact that I had won. As for scammers, thieves, and the like, you'd probably have more to fear from your own friends and family than you would any stranger.

Comment #41

Get paid — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:42:09 GMT

Great I,m in texas,u have a option of a trust.

Comment #40

Stack47 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 23:32:11 GMT

Are you that narrow minded to think that people approaching lottery winners even years after a win to scam them has nothing to do with their notoriety?

The names of lottery winners are public record regardless of how they claim their winnings. The only difference in states that allow anonymity is the lottery doesn't publish the winners names. Shakespeare was nothing more than an average winner until he was sued and accused of stealing the winning ticket.

How long was it after his win that... [ More ]

Comment #39

MaximumMillions — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:18:34 GMT

If I wanted my life to stay the same I wouldn't, you know, play the lottery.

Comment #38

hearsetrax — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:08:57 GMT

Comment #37

Goteki54 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:27:59 GMT

I love how those who hit the lottery for several million dollars think that somehow their life will go on as usual or even expect it to.

Comment #36

Teddi — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 13:11:13 GMT

Are you that narrow minded to think that people approaching lottery winners even years after a win to scam them has nothing to do with their notoriety? How long was it after his win that Dee Dee finagled her way into his life? Real crooksters take the time to do their research, find the weak spots then go in for the kill. Time and time again we see clear evidence of these sham lawsuits popping up with claimants putting forth false eyewitnesses, false documentation, and even false (sometimes coll... [ More ]

Comment #35

Lynn-Lynn — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 03:47:37 GMT

Well congratulations.And God blessed, hope tthings are back to normal for you and your family.

Comment #34

VenomV12 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 03:13:08 GMT

You show up unannounced and uninvited to my home and it is going to be a very bad day for you, especially if you try to rub me or touch me in any way. Anything over $2 million is an automatic move in my opinion.

Comment #33

nina09 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:46:41 GMT

But why is she still remind the public she won?? After the unwanted attention you would think that staying away from the press would be a good idea.

You knew what you were doing when you got the ticket , so I don't want to hear the complains. Go wipe your tears with a hundred dollar bill.

Comment #32

Stack47 — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:17:45 GMT

Read the article posted on LP in 2007; it has all the lawsuit details including how Ford found out Shakespeare won.

You want to make it sound as if Shakespeare's lawsuit just materialized out of thin air and that his publicized win was not the instigating factor.

LMAO!

Moore met Shakespeare a year after the lawsuit. Are you that lazy or can't you read the article that was posted on LP

Comment #31

Teddi — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:56:22 GMT

Really...nothing in his life has changed. Is that really the story you want to stick with and sell to us?

Boy would I love to know where you get your facts. Then I want you to do a simple Google search on him for the year immediately following his win, then come back here and make this ridiculous assertion again with a sincere heart and a straight face.

Comment #30

Teddi — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 01:49:59 GMT

Again, what utter and total

How do you suppose the former friend found out he won the lottery in order to sue him? ESP?

Why don't we add up all the innocent winners who have been sued by greedy people, whose lawsuits would never have even seen the light of day, would never have even been conceptualized had not the lottery commissions plastered the winners' identities everywhere under God's green earth for free publicity. You want to make it sound as if Shakespeare's lawsuit just material... [ More ]

Comment #29

HaveABall — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:17:29 GMT

Big jackpot winner, Abraham Shakespear, lived similarly for 2 years before his eventual murderer engaged him, his imediate and extended family, his accountants, and his lawyers, in a 1.5-year relationship.

Comment #28

Stack47 — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:07:23 GMT

Shakespeare wasn't allowed to remain anonymous under Florida law, and the resulting publicity allowed the murderer to know who he was and target him.

Shakespeare lost any chance of anonymity when his former friend Michael Ford sued him claiming Shakespeare stole the winning ticket from him.

It's a crying shame that people have to die and get robbed etcetera - just because lottery commissions want to rake in more money, and misguided paranoids squawking about transparency are afraid the l... [ More ]

Comment #27

hearsetrax — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:54:50 GMT

next on wrecked exotics

Comment #26

JoeBigLotto — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:08:54 GMT

All I need is a new Lamborghini convertible with scissor doors and an open Arizona desert highway everything else and everyone else will be left behind in the dust and about my old phone and old phone number well I throw away thru the window when I hit over 100mph lol

Comment #25

DamGod — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:49:37 GMT

If you don't like the heat , stay out of the oven....simple as that

Comment #24

Gleno — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 13:44:40 GMT

Winning the big jackpot does not promise happiness, but it's fun to chase those jackpots.

Comment #23

Seattlejohn — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:35:09 GMT

I've been saying it for years years: don't let the lottery commission convince you to do any publicity at all. Avoid the press conferences, don't give interviews or have your picture taken. All the publicity does is boost lottery ticket sales; the lottery execs are incentivized to increase ticket volume, so it benefits them, not the winner. And, the commission knows about the problems that could befall a winner, yet don't say much about it.

I've read tons of articles about lottery winners wh... [ More ]

Comment #22

Scratch$ — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:20:16 GMT

EuroMillions winners can also remain anonymous, as can winners of several other major European lotteries. Europeans are way ahead of the U.S. in understanding the need for anonymity for lottery winners. Unlike most U.S. lottery commissions, the Euros put winner safety above greed-based publicity extravaganzas.

Comment #21

Scratch$ — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:10:23 GMT

^

Shakespeare and the murderer didn't know each other before he won the lotto. Shakespeare wasn't allowed to remain anonymous under Florida law, and the resulting publicity allowed the murderer to know who he was and target him.

It's a crying shame that people have to die and get robbed etcetera - just because lottery commissions want to rake in more money, and misguided paranoids squawking about transparency are afraid the lottery commission and da gubbermint are going to conspire to ste... [ More ]

Comment #20

RedStang — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 05:16:33 GMT

I don't need anonymity. I'll follow Nancys advice and just say no.

Comment #19

Stack47 — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:57:04 GMT

Shakespeare was illiterate and convicted for a string of burglaries, which qualifies him as one of the most likely of jackpot winners to lose it all. It's a sad story, but the outcome was almost inevitable after reading all the details.

Comment #18

BellasBMWLucki — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:32:34 GMT

i know mr.quezada also blew more than 1/2 or 3/4th as reported multiples times en nj news paper

IDIOT He IS,FOR SPENDING SO MUCH as news in nj said.

i sure would not do that.

feliciades MARIE HOLMES LATE 20S...

at 27.please mamita invest it wisely... love it!!!!

adios

Comment #17

myturn — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 22:00:44 GMT

Winners offered a choice

By contrast, the licensed operator of the UK National Lottery, Camelot, offers winners the choice of anonymity.

And six U.S. states also allow lottery winners to keep their identities private: Delaware, Maryland, Kansas, North Dakota, Ohio and South Carolina.

Why can't all state lotteries learn from the states listed

Comment #16

noise-gate — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 20:12:08 GMT

Still lives in Town-really? Did we not read that the Mother of his child wanted a share of the money because it was almost gone ..something about him sending Millions back to the Dominican Republic?

Have you personally seen him walking around Town or driving the same car

Comment #15

Gleno — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:13:44 GMT

Randall Rush sounds like a good egg. Good for him on his mission to help the needy.

Just hope he picks wisely as many charitable organizations are wasting lots of money on administrative costs, ie hefty salaries in the organization, and fund raising premiums which sometimes look questionable.

Congrats to him.

Comment #14

MaximumMillions — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:52:47 GMT

People here always say it's very unlikely, but I don't believe that at all. Identity theft is already a huge problem, that's without being a confirmed halfbillionaire. Look at the Sony data leak and how many people already ran into problems with that.

Comment #13

Scratch$ — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:45:53 GMT

Yep! You could ask Abraham Shakespeare about that, if only he hadn't been murdered for his lottery winnings

Comment #12

Scratch$ — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:42:47 GMT

Abraham Shakespeare won the Florida lotto in 2006, and was murdered in 2009 by a woman he didn't know before he won the lottery. She was able to know who he was and target him, thanks to the lottery commission's mandatory publicity. There's a video on YouTube where Shakespeare states that he'd like to have his old life back, so he could walk down the street without people knowing who he was. He apparently couldn't go anywhere in public without people recognizing him and hounding him for money.... [ More ]

Comment #11

MaximumMillions — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:40:25 GMT

Scammers are waiting and plotting I'm sure, better to give them as little help as possible.

Comment #10

wizeguy — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:34:37 GMT

I'd like to see all state lotteries adopt an anonymity option

Comment #9

music* — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:57:19 GMT

I found this on You Tube... The hunt is on for U.S. Lottery Winners from the Press Association. When I win then everyone will be looking for me. I might be able to request minimal publicity here in California.

Comment #8

shadowlady — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:43:11 GMT

I was reading news stories, that he skipped out on his rent, and owed a bunch of money in child support. But apparently he did reconcile with his girlfriend after the lawsuit, where she wanted half of the money, claiming the ticket had been bought with joint money.

Comment #7

hearsetrax — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:18:19 GMT

Comment #6

Todd — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:06:08 GMT

lol

Comment #5

MaximumMillions — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:57:15 GMT

Yet.

Comment #4

ErikB14 — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:40:41 GMT

Pedro Quedaza the powerball winner of $338 million still live in town,after two years of his windfall he still drive the same car and nothing bad had ever happened to him or his family.

Comment #3

MaximumMillions — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:26:54 GMT

And this is exactly why I would try to claim anonymously.

People would not find out because I would move.

Comment #2

Elizabeth03 — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:40:13 GMT

With the publicity from a windfall, you don't want to stay in your neighbourhood, it doesn't make any sense..

Comment #1

Original Bey — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:29:05 GMT

I hated the attention my windfall garnered but here I am in the spotlight again to tell my tale about those scary moments. Now please don't stalk me or rub my Budda Belly for luck.

Lottery windfalls can buy anything except anonymity

Lottery Post — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:18:41 GMT

Former Canadian lottery winners say lucky ticket holder should prepare for wave of unwanted attention

The hucksters started calling only hours after Brenda Schley's good fortune was announced.

Strange cars turned up outside her Clearwater, B.C., home. Then strangers began rubbing the 57-year-old for luck.

And that win only involved $1.75 million.

It's almost scary, says Schley, a year after matching six out of six numbers on a Lotto 6/49 draw.

We had to leave the house for abo... [ More ]