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WA lottery launches "My Lottery 360°"Reply
Interesting. I'd say you are 100% correct the lottery is trying to match tickets to the people who purchased them. The lotteries realize that one of their weakest points in the customer relationship is that they have no way of knowing who the customer is and what they purchase. To a lottery-buying public that is accustomed to anonymous purchases, this may introduce privacy concerns. But once online purchasing becomes more prevalent in the US, the public will need to adapt because then the lotter
Nov 9, 2019, 9:39 am - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lucky Texan just claimed biggest prize ever paid to a single player in state's lotteryReply
I like to see who won and read their story. When everyone claims it anonymously, I think it takes some of the fun away from the game. Being anonymous is only great if you win.
Nov 3, 2019, 1:05 am - HiFi - Lottery News

Lottery first-timer's $551,575 winner nearly ended up in trashReply
The best policy is to remain anonymous. Once your win is publicly known, requests for help from friends and family, flood in. This is before crazy strangers try to get in touch.
Oct 21, 2019, 1:57 am - dannyct - Lottery News

Journalist faces subpoena in lawsuit over lottery scandalReply
I believe that anonymous States require an in person interview with the actual winner. This requires trust between the players and the Lottery Officials. Also the winners need to trust that their identity will not be released.
Aug 28, 2019, 6:24 pm - music* - Lottery News

Longtime Mass Lottery employee fired for allegedly cashing unsold winning scratch ticketsReply
Great info. This lack of oversight is going to help make all states anonymous. Everyone is laughing at the transparency argument.
Aug 25, 2019, 7:39 am - Artist77 - Lottery News

Tennessee Powerball winner claims $198 million prize sold at Hendersonville marketReply
Transparency was very important when states started their lotteries, but jackpots were much lower then and times changed. As for Eddie, could he get away with claiming via trust in an anonymous state?
Aug 3, 2019, 11:13 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Washington woman wins state's biggest lottery jackpot in a decadeReply
Maybe as a courtesy to the winners the newspaper omitted names. Or maybe their public records request wasn't fulfilled in time to meet the publishing deadline so they just labeled them anonymous.
Jul 24, 2019, 8:53 pm - cottoneyedjoe - Lottery News

Police officer sent to rehab for playing scratch-off lottery tickets on duty, lawsuit claimsReply
From the OP; The corporal further alleges he was sent hundreds of miles away to a rehab facility for gambling addicts after an anonymous tipster allegedly called the department and said he was doing scratch-off lottery tickets while on duty. I'm really wondering about the 'anonymous tipster'. Real? No such person? Friend of the Chief?
Jul 17, 2019, 9:26 pm - Coin Toss - Lottery News

Anonymous / Non anonymous statesReply
In 2015 a guy from Iraq won the state lottery game in Oregon for $6.4mil. from buy a ticket through an online reseller or whatever they are. An exception was made, for him specifically, to remain anonymous because he claimed he feared for his families safety in Iraq if it was found out there.
Jul 12, 2019, 11:04 pm - user34 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Wisconsin bill allowing anonymity for lottery winners heading to committeeReply
I think being that the winner was so young and probably didnt know his options very well, like considering getting an attorney before he claimed his prize, could have kept himself anonymous under creating a trust account to claim the prize under instead of his name.
Jul 8, 2019, 4:14 pm - Bluegal1 - Lottery News