I get that some people want privacy. But if you won the mega billion ultra powerball multistate lottery and took the one time payout of 800 million (which happens every few years), human nature and history tells us that one of these jokers, who are ordinary people, are going to make themselves famous with odd charity donations or buying stupid things on a whim that make the news.
I don't read about this sort of thing happening. I suppose it's happening, but I don't see it anywhere. Is the lottery at the highest levels a scam, that is to say, no real human being is getting the cash? I'd like to be shown otherwise. Thoughts?
A long time ago, in the 1990s, I remember a news story about a lottery winner who went broke. I also remember one fellow on Oprah talking about how miserable his life was after he won. You don't see these often anymore. Maybe it's the media landscape has changed, and they aren't news worthy enough.
These are the stories you see, if you do a search - https://www.abc15.com/news/state/curse-of-the-lottery-the-tragic-stories-of-big-jackpot-winners
The fellows here win $20 million, things like that. Not the ones every few years winning half a billion.
In one of these stories, a $314 million winner, who was already worth $17 million, went on some on major benders. Apparently he's still around.