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bootstrapping_lad t1_ja009fg wrote
Reply to comment by buttfunfor_everyone in California Lottery stands behind $2 billion Powerball winner despite claim ticket was stolen by ILikeTalkn2Myself
Obviously that's the reason some states have the rules - that is well known and not at issue. I'm saying that it's unnecessary and does more harm than good.
bootstrapping_lad t1_j9ztz7e wrote
Reply to comment by buttfunfor_everyone in California Lottery stands behind $2 billion Powerball winner despite claim ticket was stolen by ILikeTalkn2Myself
I don't buy that argument. I live in an anonymous state and have never heard a single person wonder about the legitimacy of the lottery. IMO it does more harm than good.
Of course there are anomalies like McDonald's, but that doesn't outweigh the burden it places on the winners.
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You quoted the same paragraph twice, and none of your quotes actually explain their idea. They just describe the authors and state that they wrote a paper. Are you a bot?
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bootstrapping_lad t1_ja067vm wrote
Reply to comment by buttfunfor_everyone in California Lottery stands behind $2 billion Powerball winner despite claim ticket was stolen by ILikeTalkn2Myself
You must have missed where I said "IMO", which is an abbreviation for "In my opinion", in case you didn't know that.
> If you think relatives knocking on your door for cash is worse than multimillion dollar fraud… 🙄
State money is never more valuable than people's lives or right to individual privacy. Winning the lottery has a well documented negative effect on the winner's well-being including multiple cases of the winner being murdered. Some winners self implode. I'm not taking about that. I'm talking about relentless hounding by friends, family, distant relatives, organizations, and strangers. Winners have been murdered.
Let's do some of those Google searches you helpfully suggest:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/florida-lottery-winners-bill-convicted-killer-dee-dee-moore-support/
https://www.ranker.com/list/lottery-winners-tragic-ends/derrick920
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/curse-of-the-lottery-why-winning-the-mega-millions-could-kill-you
https://www.google.com/amp/s/english.elpais.com/international/2022-09-21/brazilian-lottery-winner-murdered-after-being-kidnapped-for-prize-money.html%3foutputType=amp
I'm not saying that lottery fraud is never a problem, I'm saying that we should not be shifting the burden of that onto the winners, because staying anonymous is always the best course of action for the winner. Forcing their identity to be known puts a big target on their back and that is not debatable.