Maryland lottery winner claims jackpot, remains annonymous

msmerymac · April 2012

Doesn't seem to be Miss McDonalds. Shocker.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/md-lottery-officials-holder-of-winning-mega-millions-ticket-claims-share-of-656m-jackpot/2012/04/09/gIQANmvk6S_story.html

BALTIMORE ? The holder of a winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Maryland claimed a share of the record-breaking $656 million prize on Monday, but will remain anonymous, state lottery officials announced.

The winner claimed the prize at lottery headquarters with a ticket matching all six numbers: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball, 23, said Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett. The winner will remain anonymous, but officials will share some details at a news conference Tuesday morning, she said. Maryland does not require lottery winners to be identified.

The jackpot was the biggest in Mega Millions history, and the three winners ? one each in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas ? will each receive more than $218 million before taxes. Kansas? winner claimed a share of the jackpot Friday, but also decided to remain anonymous.

Lottery players waited in long lines to buy tickets as the jackpot gradually climbed, leaving millions of losers to grumble about their misfortune and dream of what they would have done with all that money.

Maryland?s winner bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven store in Milford Mill outside Baltimore. An attorney for a Baltimore woman who initially claimed she had the winning ticket, then said she had misplaced it, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday evening.

Maryland has been the home of Mega Millions winners in the past. In 2007, Ellwood ?Bunky? Bartlett won roughly $27 million after taxes.

RedheadBaker · April 2012

I think if I won that much money, I'd remain anonymous, too.

msmerymac:
An attorney for a Baltimore woman who initially claimed she had the winning ticket, then said she had misplaced it, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday evening.

I don't get why someone would lie like that -- did she think they'd give the money anyway?

rayskit10 · April 2012

I am hard pressed to think of another reason.

emisi · April 2012

I thought maybe it was a ploy cooked up by the owner of the McDonald's to increase business. She did claim she hid it at the McDonald's, after all.

BQBride · April 2012

I would so remain anonymous if I won that much money. I'm a very private person anyway, and that kind of media glare and fame would be painful. I think we'd disappear to a desert island somewhere and start summoning our advisers, family, and besties.

kcpokergal · April 2012

The KS winner did the same.

Julia_JJ · April 2012

BQBride:
I would so remain anonymous if I won that much money. I'm a very private person anyway, and that kind of media glare and fame would be painful. I think we'd disappear to a desert island somewhere and start summoning our advisers, family, and besties.

I'd be afraid of the family and besties that would come out of the woodwork - "I just need a little to get back on my feet" or "I have this great business idea." Etc. etc.

msmerymac · April 2012

BQBride:
I would so remain anonymous if I won that much money. I'm a very private person anyway, and that kind of media glare and fame would be painful. I think we'd disappear to a desert island somewhere and start summoning our advisers, family, and besties.

Exactly. The other woman's whole "leave me alone, I didn't ask for the fame!" thing was such a hoax. She would have blown through the money in 2 years and declared bankruptcy anyway.

I'd probably be like, "Hey, mom, can I pay off your mortgage? Um, no, no reason. Nevermind where the money came from..."

SherbieKun · April 2012

Haha, I just saw a ticket for that mega millions drawing on the desk. I looked up the numbers and saw that exact same story. Feels like deja vu.

2Vermont · April 2012

It's Tef, isn't it? C'mon Tef, let your good friends know! ;-)

MarynJoe · April 2012

Where can I see the list of which states allow the winners to remain anonymous?

TefLepOM · April 2012

2Vermont:
It's Tef, isn't it? C'mon Tef, let your good friends know! ;-)

while we did buy at a Baltimore county 7-11, it was not that one. Sad. But, it is 2 teachers and 1 administrator in the public school system. 2 of them had part time jobs as well. I am happy it was a small group in my field!

jlthompson19 · April 2012

I don't understand why some states (mine included) make you go public. I think that's a safety concern.

msmerymac · April 2012

jlthompson19:
I don't understand why some states (mine included) make you go public. I think that's a safety concern.

They want to be able to use your name and likeness for publicity.

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