New bill in Wisconsin could allow some lottery winners to remain anonymous

Comment #6

thaencyder — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:18:51 GMT

This is not helpful. At all. They should allow winners to remain anonymous indefinitely. Too many stories of winners' lives being ruined by greedy vultures around them. A lot of states allow anonymous collecting or via trust. Wisconsin should do the same and not this half baked idea of only a year of anonymity.

Comment #5

Artist77 — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:54:15 GMT

They know they are tossing us a crumb.

Comment #4

hearsetrax — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 13:29:04 GMT

thars always some screwy reason for why they make such decisions

one day maybe we'll find out

Comment #3

Artist77 — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:22:36 GMT

I just don't get these 1 year anonymity rules. Pretty useless. They expect you to disappear into oblivion during this year. Winners may not want to move.

Comment #2

Bleudog101 — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 20:24:14 GMT

Protecting Social Security #, give me a break. That has been in effect that I know of Federally since 1974.

Many years ago my hospital employer would print out the hours an individual worked. It included your SSAN for anyone to dig through the pile to see. Yearly we had surveys to fill out which were anonymous. Said in mine if someone steals mine in violation of Federal law and I'd sue. Well they quickly gave everyone an AHS # to use and no more SSAN used.

Fast forward two visits ago goi... [ More ]

Comment #1

LottoIntuitive — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:57:52 GMT

A winner's exemption from public disclosure under Peterman's bill includes shielding the winner's name, address, or social security number from public records requests for up to one year after the winner becomes entitled to their prize.

This bill would keep the safety and security of lottery winners in mind

Winners only get privacy for up to one year.

A lot of lottery winners have become victims of thieves and murderers. If they really cared about a winner's safety and securi... [ More ]

New bill in Wisconsin could allow some lottery winners to remain anonymous

Lottery Post — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:32:12 GMT

Bill advocates for a balance between transparency and a winner's right to privacy

By Kate Northrop

A bill was recently introduced in Wisconsin that would allow certain lottery winners to hide their identity when claiming a prize.

Some lottery winners might have access to more privacy in Wisconsin should bill LRB-4130 pass, which calls for extended confidentiality for those winning above a certain amount.

Representative William Penterman, the bill's primary sponsor, published a pr... [ More ]