All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.
Mixed feelings on this one. I'd feel the same way, I wouldn't want to be publicly recognized for winning a lottery.
While that amount of money should afford anyone the opportunity to leave their community, and live somewhere well-protected and secure... she seems tied to where she lives, and surely going public would affect how she's viewed in some manner.
Mixed feelings on this one. I'd feel the same way, I wouldn't want to be publicly recognized for winning a lottery.
“She is a longtime resident of New Hampshire and is an engaged community member,” the woman’s attorney, Steven Gordon, wrote in court documents. “She wishes to continue this work and the freedom to walk into a grocery store or attend public events without being known or targeted as the winner of a half-billion dollars.”
On one side of the case are lottery officials who say the integrity of the games depends on the public identification of winners as a protection against fraud and malfeasance. A local woman holding up a giant check while cameras flash and reporters scrawl also happens to be a powerful marketing tool.
On the other side is a woman suddenly faced with a life-changing stroke of luck who, court documents say, wishes to live “far from the glare and misfortune that has often fallen upon other lottery winners.”
The law doesn’t appear to be on her side.
While that amount of money should afford anyone the opportunity to leave their community, and live somewhere well-protected and secure... she seems tied to where she lives, and surely going public would affect how she's viewed in some manner.