This is why if you win something like this you shut the fuck up. You don’t tell your coworkers, you don’t tell your ex, and you definitely don’t tell anyone else that you don’t plan to share with directly. There are even (in the US) lottery attourneys just to help people stay anonymous, and handle the taxes.
Depends on where you are, though. Some US states require public disclosure of the winner’s identity in order to claim the winnings. You could use an intermediary, but that introduces risk because you’re essentially signing away the claim to them.
That’s the point of the attorney. They know how to set up a blind trust, which you sign the ticket over to, and the trust claims the ticket. The state can then fully disclose who won (the trust), without the lotto commission knowing the identity of who owns the trust.
This is why if you win something like this you shut the fuck up. You don’t tell your coworkers, you don’t tell your ex, and you definitely don’t tell anyone else that you don’t plan to share with directly. There are even (in the US) lottery attourneys just to help people stay anonymous, and handle the taxes.
Depends on where you are, though. Some US states require public disclosure of the winner’s identity in order to claim the winnings. You could use an intermediary, but that introduces risk because you’re essentially signing away the claim to them.
That’s the point of the attorney. They know how to set up a blind trust, which you sign the ticket over to, and the trust claims the ticket. The state can then fully disclose who won (the trust), without the lotto commission knowing the identity of who owns the trust.
Wonder if one has ever taken the money and tried to flee the country