{"id":125132,"date":"2020-01-23T07:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=125132"},"modified":"2020-01-23T11:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T19:42:12","slug":"new-jersey-lottery-winners-can-now-claim-jackpots-anonymously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-jersey-lottery-winners-can-now-claim-jackpots-anonymously\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Lottery Winners Can Now Claim Jackpots Anonymously"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Lottery<\/a> winners will no longer be paraded in front of cameras while brandishing outsized novelty checks, thanks to a new law to protect the anonymity of players. That’s unless they happen to be eager for 15 minutes of fame, of course.<\/p>\n

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Bad news for giant check manufacturers: New Jersey lottery winners hit the privacy jackpot. (Image: New Jersey Lottery\/Casino.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy passed the state Senate and Assembly without a single dissenting vote earlier this month.<\/p>\n

New Jersey joins just a handful of states that allow winners to choose privacy \u2013 although some states allow players to claim prizes anonymously through trusts. Many, though, have laws that dictate a winner\u2019s name, hometown, and prize amount become public information.<\/p>\n

The thinking is that this transparency promotes the perception of the integrity of the lottery. But it\u2019s also good for business. The publicity generated by a big jackpot winner usually results in a spike in lottery sales for the subsequent draw.<\/p>\n

In 2013, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie rejected a bill that would have given winners one year of anonymity on the grounds it would \u201cundermine the transparency that provides taxpayers confidence in the integrity of the lottery and its games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Danger Money<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But many winners are uncomfortable with becoming a cog in their state lottery\u2019s relentless publicity machine, and feel dangerously exposed to potential scammers, freeloaders, and worse.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Florida laborer Abraham Shakespeare won $31 million on the lottery, only to wind up dead under a concrete slab three years later, murdered by a woman who had befriended him for his money.<\/p>\n

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In 2016, Georgia man Craigory Burch Jnr. was killed during a targeted home invasion shortly after winning a $434,272 jackpot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jason Kurland, a New York-based \u201clottery lawyer,\u201d told NorthJersey.com<\/em> recently that the best advice for new lottery winners is to keep your mouth shut and call a lawyer.<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t advertise it,” Kurland said. “Don\u2019t tell too many people you won. If your name’s out there, everyone comes out. Not only family you haven\u2019t spoken to in a long time, but charities. Mostly good. But some are bogus.”<\/p>\n

Powerball Lawsuit<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2018, the winner of what was then the eighth-biggest jackpot in US history — a $560 million Powerball prize — successfully sued the New Hampshire Lottery<\/a> for the right to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n

The judge in the case said he was in no doubt that the New Hampshire woman, known only as Jane Doe, would be subject to \u201can alarming amount of harassment, solicitation, and other unwanted communications\u201d should her name be revealed. Her right to privacy \u201coutweighed the public\u2019s interest in the disclosure of her name,\u201d he ruled.<\/p>\n

While the identity of New Jersey winners will be protected from the press and the public, they won\u2019t be flying completely under the radar.<\/p>\n

State agencies will be able to share their details internally so they can remove things like outstanding child support payments, public assistance overpayments, and defaulted student loan payments before handing over the dough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Jersey Lottery winners will no longer be paraded in front of cameras while brandishing outsized novelty checks, thanks to a new law to protect the anonymity of players. That’s unless they happen to be eager for 15 minutes of fame, of course. A bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. 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