Big lottery winners often prize anonymity
April 6, 2012 at 4:56 pm in Grand Forks Herald
The tiny Illinois farm town of Red Bud is the kind of place with few strangers and few secrets. Yet the community of 3,700 has a lingering mystery on its hands: Who bought the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, and why hasn’t the winner of the world-record $656 million jackpot come forward? Though secrecy surrounds the ticket sold at the MotoMart convenience store, lottery officials note it’s not unusual for winners to lay low and those who advise them say it’s just plain smart. Continue Reading
If I won I just might let my identity out so that relatives I haven’t heard from for a long time might try to put the bite to me…….Having a chance to say no time and again would be like an extended prize…….As for going through the cash like some do….It’s often those who’ve never had much all their life and have always dreamed for more that get caught doing that. I heard of one guy who was kind of homeless (Staying with relatives) when he won and gthen went nuts getting so many things like a fleet of limos that he actually went into the red within a few years…..He was a disaster before the money and a huge disaster after the money…
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If you win I will allow you to buy me a new SUV. I drive Chevrolets and prefer Tahoes. Thank-you in advance Tundra.
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