N.J. weighs keeping lottery winners anonymous

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brees2012 — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:33:57 GMT

ALL.....States ......Should......Be.....Anonymous

Comment #14

LottoBux — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:16:29 GMT

Here It Is

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/325585

Comment #13

Cassie8620 — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:35:49 GMT

lol good 1 firesauce. o and good luck 1 day on winning there in NJ.

Now,

I personally feel no 1 should have to be forced to share who they are (or)leave it up to the owner of the big jackpot$$$ him or her can choose if they want their name publicized, with a big fat $$$ check in front of the cameras, and or as in other states:

Age is fine and or age range...

City,County it was purchased and or won at, so others can continue to have such hope, that feasibly it will happen to them in... [ More ]

Comment #12

Artist77 — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:57:16 GMT

He may have to search the past posts to get what I said. Lol

Great name for a trust also. The Hot Sauce trust.

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:10:07 GMT

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:53:59 GMT

Saw on the local news a NJ woman won the NJ lotto...going to let Todd fill in all the details about her. Another feel good story coming up.

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Artist77 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:25:15 GMT

Firesauce, are you related to Hotsauce

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FireSauce — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:41:15 GMT

. Hope this gets passed before i win big

Comment #7

music* — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:38:07 GMT

with you Artist77. Continuous drops of water fill a bucket to overflowing. Change might be scary but it is necessary.

I am here in California and have written before about saying, NO to the media availability and NO to the photo celebrity. Others have gone before me and succeeded in this fight.

If I lose and am forced to do both events than I will do the five-minute walk of fame. I am considering again the advantages of choosing the Annuity as the prize levels increase to highs that wou... [ More ]

Comment #6

Artist77 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:46:19 GMT

I really think that lawsuit filed by the woman who won the New Hampshire lottery (and signed the ticket by mistake), helped to move the anonymous option forward across other states.

Comment #5

gy65 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:42:20 GMT

Lawmakers looking at similar legislation in other states

Arizona HB2552

Stipulates that upon request of a prizewinner that is paid a lottery prize or winnings of $100,000 or more, the name of the prizewinner is confidential and not a public record.

Specifies that if confidentiality is not requested, the name of the prizewinner is confidential and not a public record for 90 days from the date the prize is awarded.

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:16:04 GMT

Perhaps the thought of lottery integrity by plastering names and or photographs needs to be re-examined. Both DE MD just to the south of NJ are anonymous. Has any bad publicity/corruption come out of those states? In this age of lots of crazies out there it is time for the winner to have a say so.

Comment #3

Coin Toss — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:54:02 GMT

Excellent link, Raven62.

Every state lottery director should have to read it.

Comment #2

Raven62 — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:04:38 GMT

Is it better to be a famous rich person or an anonymous rich person?

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-better-to-be-a-famous-rich-person-or-an-anonymous-rich-person

Comment #1

equiners — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:03:27 GMT

I'm from New Jersey and I would be really nervous if everyone knew that I won a substantial amount of money. I think it would be OK to just announce the city and state of the winner without the name of the winner. Maybe even announce the actual store location but again, NOT the real name of the winner.

N.J. weighs keeping lottery winners anonymous

Lottery Post — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:37:37 GMT

So you've won the lottery and suddenly you find you have a bunch of new relatives. Distant cousins. A long-lost half-sister.

New Jersey lawmakers are looking to protect state lottery winners from potential moochers and scammers by allowing them to remain anonymous.

Only a handful of states permit lottery winners to keep their good fortune private, although some allow winners to put their money into trusts, allowing them some degree of anonymity.

A bill before the state Senate State Gove... [ More ]