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A HERETIC I AM

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24. Fair enough. I found this on the FL lottery website;

Mon May 13, 2013, 04:12 PM

May 2013

Can Lottery winners remain anonymous?

No. Florida Lottery winners cannot remain anonymous. Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide the winner's name, city of residence, game won, date won and amount won to any third party who requests the information; however Florida Lottery winners' home addresses and telephone numbers are confidential.

http://www.flalottery.com/faq.do

Well, if nothing else, it backs up my suggestion that the winner get out of town, ie. go on an extended vacation until the hype wears down.

My apologies for giving inaccurate or misleading information. That was by no means my intent.

It also goes to show that one should Google and/or "people search" themselves regularly to find out how much info on them is readily available.

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If you won the lottery who would you tell? [View all] Locut0s May 2013 OP

I would tell my husband, and my kids, of course. CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #1

My tax attorney, Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #2

Immediate family only. femmocrat May 2013 #3

I'd tell everyone after a week. Chan790 May 2013 #4

I have it already planned. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #5

i like your idea of telling nobody olddots May 2013 #6

My wife, my attorney, my financial guy would be the first people I'd call. GoneOffShore May 2013 #7

first step is to get an attorney and a financial advisor fizzgig May 2013 #8

The attorney ASAP. Xyzse May 2013 #9

I only have one friend I would trust. dawg May 2013 #10

2 people, initially. A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #11

Having had clients that won recently, as in the last 3 years... Chan790 May 2013 #22

Fair enough. I found this on the FL lottery website; A HERETIC I AM May 2013 #24

My partner, our 3 best friends and our cats. we can do it May 2013 #12

I guess I'm sort of lucky in that OriginalGeek May 2013 #13

I don't do the lottery SwissTony May 2013 #14

I don't play the lottery either, RebelOne May 2013 #26

In the 60s, my high school chemistry teacher won the lottery in South Australia. SwissTony May 2013 #27

I'd tell my family and a few friends mokawanis May 2013 #15

I'd tell my husband, and we'd get an attorney to set up a trust to collect for us. winter is coming May 2013 #16

my lawyer datasuspect May 2013 #17

I'd be fearing debt collectors. hunter May 2013 #20

I rarely play, but first I would look into getting a law firm to claim it for me Incitatus May 2013 #18

Every state but two requires you to claim the prize in your own name. Chan790 May 2013 #21

Nobody: Jeff R May 2013 #19

there was a cruddy short lived reality show about this olddots May 2013 #23

How much did you win? mnhtnbb May 2013 #25

I found a penny on the side walk. Locut0s May 2013 #28

Keep watching where you walk. My brother once found a Benjamin on the street mnhtnbb May 2013 #29

Wow lucky. And unlucky for someone else :P I found a 20 once. nt. Locut0s May 2013 #31

I'd put it in German bonds pscot May 2013 #30

My accountant and my lawyer. That's it. In_The_Wind May 2013 #32

An attorney who is also a CPA specializing in setting up trusts. Ikonoklast May 2013 #33

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