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laserhaas

(7,805 posts) Wed Feb 7, 2018, 04:57 PM Feb 2018

Winner of $560 Million Sues to Remain Anonymous [View all]

A $560 million lottery ticket is in jeopardy as the winner risks her fortune to remain anonymous.

After winning the Powerball a month ago, one woman has yet to cash in.

In New Hampshire, an unidentified woman won a Powerball jackpot of $559.7 million in January - but she still hasn't claimed her winnings. NewHampshire.com has received court documents that a Jane Doe wishes to receive the jackpot winnings while remaining anonymous, which is not usually allowed.

The New Hampshire Lottery Commission requires that lottery winners write their name, address, and telephone number on the back of the lucky ticket. The woman who won the $560 million jackpot quickly signed her name on the back, but has called that a "huge mistake."

The winner could have remained anonymous had the ticket been signed in the name of a trust, but Jane Doe was not aware she could do that before she wrote her own name. After learning she won the jackpot, the woman went to the lottery's website and read the rules before discussing the situation with legal counsel.

https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.businessinsider.com/lottery-winner-demands-anonymity-2018-2

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Winner of $560 Million Sues to Remain Anonymous [View all] laserhaas Feb 2018 OP

when you play the lottery gopiscrap Feb 2018 #1

Not true. She could have named a Trust laserhaas Feb 2018 #3

I would guess that would depend on GWC58 Feb 2018 #4

That was so sad malaise Feb 2018 #14

Your allegations are inaccurate. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #6

I think that if it was okay for her to set up an anonymous company beforehand... LisaM Feb 2018 #2

Concur laserhaas Feb 2018 #5

As Ms. Anonymous' long lost nephew, I applaud her decision. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2018 #7

Ha Ha laserhaas Feb 2018 #10

She should have read the terms on the ticket malaise Feb 2018 #8

Depends on the state extvbroadcaster Feb 2018 #9

I heard an attorney suggest you get your name changed legally TexasBushwhacker Feb 2018 #11

Wouldn't you change your name after cashing in? ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #13

You change it before cashing in to discourage "friends" TexasBushwhacker Feb 2018 #15

I guess that makes sense ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #18

What do you teach? I was a science teacher for 9 years TexasBushwhacker Feb 2018 #20

I teach English composition at the community college ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #21

Amazing how greedy people can be with other people's money n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2018 #22

I reminded her that, five minutes before, she did not want more than half a million ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #23

For most of the lotteries I know about, Grammy23 Feb 2018 #12

Of FFS BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #16

Could be unhappily married and does not want her spouse to get a cent. McCamy Taylor Feb 2018 #17

From reading the article it doesnt indicate any of that BannonsLiver Feb 2018 #19