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If the only way to prove the lottery is legit is to make the names of winners public, why not just make up a name?

• eesmith 9y ago
  Because, and I'll quote from article, "she signed her name on the back of the ticket shortly after winning, and altering the signature would nullify the ticket." That is, she could have formed an anonymous trust, but now it's too late.
  • thaumasiotes 9y ago
    This is completely unrelated to the question you're supposedly responding to. Some people are advancing the argument that it serves an important societal interest to publish this woman's name. Specifically, it builds trust in the lottery by publicizing that somebody won. bachmeier is pointing out that you could accomplish this equally well by making up a name and publishing it as the lottery winner. The fact that somebody signed a ticket has no bearing on that.
    • eesmith 9y ago
      I totally did not get that. I thought the suggestion was for the lottery winner to make up a name - an option which was no longer available. Even looking at it now, while I can see that interpretation, it doesn't come easily to mind. Thanks for pointing that out!