ChiTownScion
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And most of them would probably be relatives. Just out of curiosity, does the winner have to go public or can they stay anonymous? I'd definitely want to stay anonymous and mostly because of ne'er-do-well relatives that I wouldn't want hanging around. I'd have to hire armed security to keep them out of my house...and that wouldn't even be a deterrent to some of them.
My understanding is that it varies state to state. Part of the selling appeal of the tickets of course is finding out, even if you don't win, who did win, and what plans they may have. I always get a kick out of hearing how some hard working man or woman with a lot of bills and responsibilities suddenly has a reversal of fortune for the better. Sometimes, however, the winners don't always seem so deserving- at least in my opinion. Like when some overly entitled trust fund baby wins.
I remember a few decades ago when one winner of a state lottery (jackpot, about $25 million) was some old geezer lawyer, a stingy old goat who sounded like he still had the first nickel that he'd ever made. When asked about his plans, he retorted, "I don't have to tell ANYONE how I'll spend my money!!" I remember thinking what a sour old jerk he seemed, and hoping that he'd die of a long painful illness that would take every dollar that he had in medical bills.
And then there was the guy who won big in a multistate lottery, who seemed like a hillbilly with a fourth grade education. He vowed that all of his newly found wealth was going to go "for the Lord's work." About a year later, an attache' case with over $100 grand in cash was taken from his pickup truck... apparently while he was in a strip joint... doing "the Lord's work," of course.