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This would never fly in Canada, where lottery winners must present themselves in person for wins, with publicity and all. Full names are given to the press, com
by cf100clunk 5y ago
This would never fly in Canada, where lottery winners must present themselves in person for wins, with publicity and all. Full names are given to the press, complete with home town and smiling face. Some winners have tried to skirt or directly challenge those regulations, to no avail. A winner cannot disappear behind an LLC or other apparatus. Frankly I'd be greatly worried about collecting a huge win from a Canadian lottery unless I departed the ceremony directly to a private plane for any of the well known tax havens in the Caribbean.
- misiti3780 5y agoIn Israel apparently too: https://youtu.be/9PK-netuhHA?t=351 https://youtu.be/9PK-netuhHA?t=351
- ghaff 5y agoI believe it's true to at least some degree of some US states as well. I assume this is a transparency thing so people know that the governor's brother didn't by "sheer chance" win the lottery.
- speg 5y agoCould you just change your name & address before you claim your prize?
- fivefifty 5y agoThat would suck. In China when you win the lottery, while they don't reveal your name, you still need to collect the prize/cheque in person and pose for publicity shots. This has lead to the amusing situation of most winners turning up in various masks or even full sports event mascot style costumes to collect the winnings.