The winner of the 500 million lottery in the United States can win the prize anonymously, and each woman in her company gets 150 thousand dollars.
The judge ruled that the lottery winner could receive the prize anonymously.
According to the US media, on January 6th this year, a woman from New Hampshire won the first prize of $559 million, but in order to receive the prize anonymously, she took the New Hampshire Lottery Committee to court under the pseudonym "Anonymous". Last Monday, local time, the local court ruled that the girl could receive the prize anonymously, but she had to reveal her identity to the city or town where she lived.
In the 15-page judgment, local court judge Tambo wrote: "The court has no doubt that after the identity of Ms. Anonymous is announced, she will receive a lot of harassment, blackmail and other unpleasant communication. Although the lottery Committee believes that these harassment are only speculative, this case has received a lot of media attention, and there have been many precedents for bad things happening to lottery winners after their identities were made public. "
The ruling pointed out that Ms. Anonymous confirmed that her privacy was more important than public interest in her identity. However, Tambo also said that "Anonymous" must disclose its identity to the city or township government where it lives.
After learning that she won the prize on January 6, Ms. Anonymous asked the judge to allow her to receive the prize anonymously, and she was approved by the judge. However, the lottery regulations in New Hampshire require the name, location and prize amount of the winner to be disclosed. Both the New Hampshire prosecutor and the lottery commission opposed the woman’s anonymous acceptance of the prize and demanded that the winner’s information be made public.
In order not to disclose her personal information, the winning woman asked the judge to allow the designated trust to accept the prize on her behalf in court documents. However, lottery officials believe that even if the prize money is directly handed over to the trust, the winner must submit the original winning lottery ticket with the buyer’s name and address.
The female lawyer said that the woman did not want to be the target of social attention because she won the $500 million prize.
On March 7th, anonymous’s lawyer received a bonus of $264 million after tax on her behalf. At the scene of receiving the prize, the lawyer said that the winner intends to donate 50 million US dollars (about 320 million yuan) to two local charities in order to help those children who are usually hungry. In addition, each woman in the woman’s company will receive 150,000 US dollars (about 9.5 million yuan). （klopp）
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