Georgia lottery winners can remain anonymous. Lottery winners cant stay anonymous in most states. Arizona delaware georgia kansas maryland michigan texas north dakota and ohio. According to the georgia lottery corporation jumbo bucks lotto winners have 180 days from the draw date to claim the money.
Governor signs bill to allow georgia lottery winners to remain anonymous. Some people are trying to change that. Ohio south carolina texas and likely soon georgiaallow winners to shield their identities.
Some of these states have restrictions about how large the prize has to be before you can claim it anonymously. On monday georgia governor nathan deal signed a bill allowing lottery. Georgia lottery winners cannot remain anonymous.
By sharifa jackson october 23 2018 at 630 pm edt updated october 24 at 842 am. How to stay anonymous when you win the lottery. Nj lottery winners can now stay anonymous jan 22 2020 georgia senate passes bill that would give lottery winners anonymity feb 6 2018 georgia group fights to prevent lottery winners from.
The states that allow lottery winners to remain completely anonymous are. Georgia has joined a small but growing number of states that allow lottery winners to remain anonymous. In georgia a similar bill passed for those who win more than 250000.
South carolina where someone purchased a ticket worth 1537 billion at a convenience store is one of a handful of. There are many reasons why you may want to remain anonymous after winning the powerball lottery that i will write about in much greater detail in another post but for now ill just say that when you have a lot of assets you can become a target for lawsuits harassment and requests for money from family friends and often complete.