2006-11-12 14:22:34 · 12 answers · asked by julvert h 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
I would tell my family and close friends, but it turns out that isn't your choice. For the most part, you have no rights to privacy as a lotto winner. In most states, if you win a big jackpot, you can't legally keep your information from the media.
This is from powerball's official site:
All but three states (DE, KS, ND) have laws that require the lottery to release the name and city of residence to anyone who asks. One state (SC) will keep your name secret if you request it, but if someone files a Freedom of Information Act request, you may have to file a plea with the judge to deny it.
2006-11-12 14:37:45 · answer #1 · answered by stinky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wonder what kind of friends they were if I couldn't share my good news with them....but....not the minute I realized I'd won.
Other than my spouse and my sister, the first people I would speak to would be an attorney and a financial adviser. Depending on the amount of money I'd won, I think there would be more than enough to spread the wealth, reasonably and responsibly. Since everyone is bound to find out anyway, I think making a prolonged attempt at "hiding" the news would lead to more than just a little animosity. I think I'd be more worried about being deluged with requests from total strangers than I would from my family and friends, most -if not all - of whom I'd be happy to share with anyway.
2006-11-12 22:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by happy heathen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really think I would tell only my parents, if u had a functionally family upbringing. If u tell your siblings, it would be like fighting over the will after someone u really love passes. Then if u tell just 1 friend, hon u will have friends crawling out of the woodwork like damn roaches. For sure, I would get an attorney before I did anything. That would be the 1st person I told and then take his advice.
2006-11-13 13:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by vickie p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One could probably hide it until the local press tells everyone FOR you.
Most state lotteries tell/blab all to the press. Good luck keeping any large prize a secret.
Sorry... nice idea, tho.
2006-11-12 22:31:21 · answer #4 · answered by Revenant Hamster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HEL L yes!! I wouln't tell them jack! Them blood sucking money hungry leeches would suck me dry before I made it to the bank! I'd cash the check, pack up and move the heck out of here...never to be heard from again!! Weeeeeeeeeee
2006-11-12 22:32:07 · answer #5 · answered by s w 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would tell my family, but I would wait to tell my friends until I'd spoken to a financial advisor.
Money makes people weird.
2006-11-12 22:29:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can hide it from ur friends but u can't hide it from ur family because u need identification in claiming ur prize. ur family will be the proof of that
2006-11-12 23:32:17 · answer #7 · answered by acidburn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't hide anything from them, I would even share it with them all. But that's just me
2006-11-12 22:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by exaluva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My immediate family would know, but that would be it.
2006-11-12 22:30:15 · answer #9 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they would be the first ones I give money to. I would be the second one to give myself the money.
2006-11-12 22:28:07 · answer #10 · answered by citygirl22_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋