New Hampshire Powerball winner<\/a> took the matter to the courts and ultimately won the right to preserve her anonymity and to claim her $560 million prize. The judge agreed with the plaintiff\u2019s claim that she would be subjected to an \u201calarming amount of harassment, solicitation, and other unwanted communications,\u201d should her name be revealed.<\/p>\nHe also decided that because she planned to give a large amount of her winnings to good causes, her \u201cprivacy interest in the nondisclosure of her name outweighs the public\u2019s interest in the disclosure of her name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Should the mystery Mega Millions winner ultimately reveal himself, he has the option to take the entire $533 million (less taxes) in 30 annual instalments, or $324 million as a lump sum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Speculation continues to swirl around the identity of America\u2019s tenth largest lottery jackpot winner, who at the time of writing has not yet come forward. The lucky customer won a $533\u00a0million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday night, having purchased a ticket at a Lukoil gas station and convenience store in Riverdale, New Jersey, about 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":74334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
$533 Million Mega Millions Winner Yet to Come Forward<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n