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To collect a $560M lotto jackpot, make her name public. She refuses
- tinus_hn 9y agoIt’s not like she’s walking away from the prize, she sued to be allowed to claim it and remain anonymous. Which is hardly unreasonable.
- TomMarius 9y agoIt is unreasonable. The lottery has written rules that you are not obliged to accept - but you can't claim the prize if you do not. The lottery is a business and the business depends on having the winner publicized. It's hardly reasonable to want to keep the prize while breaking the rules.
- tinus_hn 9y agoShe could have used an anonymous trust if she had thought of it in advance, so the defense the lottery depends on her being identified doesn’t work.
- FrozenTuna 9y agoSo now that she has major assets ($560 M in potential earnings), lets call her a business. Her business depends on her staying anonymous and collecting these earnings. It's hardly reasonable to deny the business that owns a $560M lottery ticket their money. See what I did there?
- TomMarius 9y agoShe has no assets because she didn't fulfill the requirements and rules of the competition. This is like supplying no work but demanding a payment anyways.
- FrozenTuna 9y agoAfter sitting on it for a while, yea. I've changed my mind. You're right.
- DerfNet 9y agoI think the lottery is doing just fine, and I'd bet most lottery players don't know the names of any lottery winners.
- TomMarius 9y agoMany people wouldn't trust a lottery in which no one has ever provably won.