Friday, December 07, 2007

lottery winner id

bill rappleye

do we need to know?

whoever won the powerball with a ticket they bought in Warren, is keeping it very quiet…the winner has still not come forward, here on Friday 12/7…more than a week since the number was selected.  I hope he or she is interviewing lawyers, and financial advisers…and possibly engaging a public relations person…because the onslaught after word gets out will be more than any of us could have experieinced.  rappers believe by a huge margin, that the winner should be allowed to be private…here are the emails from this week.

Are you serious? In the political climate of out state of RI you would not want to keep this stuff from the public. Otherwise the pols would win all the money.
Howie, North Prov

simply its no ones business unless you want it to be
renee w, coventry

I do not think it is anyone’s business if I won the Jackpot or not.,
The Lottery loves to splash names all over the place because it shows REAL people win the games.
As a winner all the PR can hurt.  You get slammed with all kinds of people wanting to help you spend your money and for at least a while every move you make is filmed and reported by the media.  Life is stressful enough without the added stress of everyone knowing your business.
judith, coventry

If your a Player
and you WIN;
the played should at least
be given the name and address
of the one that beat them.
Zuke

They can’t live a normal life if everyone knows. They’d have to go into seclusion.
Al, No. Smithfield

No, it is not a right for the public to know who is a winner of any lottery, unless the lottery makes it a requirement to play the game.  If it is stated on the lottery ticket that, if you are a grand prize winner you must go public according to the dictates of the lottery administration.  Otherwise, playing the lottery is a personal and private matter between a player and the lottery administration.  Advertising winners in the lottery is a method used in advertising the lottery itself to garner more players in the lottery and therefore make more money for the state or the promoter of the lottery.  Nowhere, unless so stated on the ticket, does the public sector have any right to know who lottery winners are.
Jimmy P, Dubois, Wyoming

Yes we need to know who won the lottery, because it would be hard to believe that anyone won at all.  Can you imagine all the friends and relatives would appear out of nowhere though?  WHOOPIE, NOT.
ShrinkB

Suppose he owes me money… did you ever think about that!!
Peter T

Yes I think they sould After all the lottery is “state run” we should know where it went. Idon’t like is the medeia make a issue with the winners. Let them be.
MRA

I DO NOT THINK IT IS ANYONE’S BUSINESS WHO WON. THATS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE TODAY. THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO KNOW EVERYONE’S BUSINESS. WE NEED TO MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS. LEAVE THEM ALONE
DOREEN
MY FIRST OPINION WAS NO—-BUT NOW I THINK YES, WE SHOULD KNOW BECAUSE THAT MONEY COULD BE LINING SOMEONES POCKET -AND WE WOULD NEVER KNOW IF ANYONE REALLY WON -OR THE POWERBALL WINNER WAS FICTITOUS NAME
Sandra L

Although it may seem like a private matter, the public, much like myself would like to know who the winner is just out of curiosity and to be sure that there really was a winner, not the lottery just claiming that there was a winner.
Roxanne

The public has no more right to the information about a lottery winner than to his/her personal financial records.
Curiosity is one thing, but why are people so nosey?
Jan, Coventry

just as we protect the identity of certain crime victims the same anonymity should be afforded the winners of lotteries IF they request it. There are enough checks and balances through all the states that participate in the large jackpot style lotteries to keep it legit. The publication of these peoples names really puts them under siege from golddiggers and scam artists.
Capt Al, Exeter

I’m as curious about the winner as the next person. But, we have no more right to know what they won than we have a right to know how much their salary is.
Bill, Portsmouth

The ACLU would say yes so that all of the criminals they believe have rights can bring suit against you from the cousin you never knew you had.
Sergio, Narragansett

No I do not believe it is anybodys business but the winner and the lottery commission. Publicizing the winner only brings all the nuts out of the woodwork. Why is it so important to let everyone and anyone know that persons business.    It’s about time we regard our privacy with the respect all of us would like to have once in awhile.
Pam,  Cranston

There are things that the public doesn’t have a right to know, but either way one thing is for sure, & that is, that any lottery winner will soon discover that he/she has “relatives & “friends” they didn’t know they had knocking on their door & calling them.
Hound Dog, Bristol

No, I don’t think the public has the right to know who won the Powerball jackpot or any other lottery jackpot.  A person’s financial holdings should be kept confidential as long as it was not acquired illegally.
Nancy S, West Warwick