Lottery winners - how do they remain anonymous successfully?

[Old Greg]

They move to Swindon and get taken to the cleaners in the divorce court by a series of Southeast Asian ladyboys.

[VectraMan]

It's only newsworthy when the win ruins their lives and they end up alone, penniless and living in a bedsit 12 months later. By that stage they'd probably welcome some money from The Daily Mail.

[Mordac]

These jackpot winners - How do they remain anonymous, given that they do have to go to the camelot office to collect prize/validate the winnings whatever (as it says on the website), and also given that the media will be trolling everyone going into the office and trying to take photos/videos of their coming/going out, etc. and possibly trying to speak to them for interviews?

Also, when the cheque / deposit goes into the account, obviously the bank staff do get to know anyway. So they may leak the info.

So, this anonymity that Camelot offers, is it for real, practically speaking?

Just curious! Of course, I have not won a jackpot! (Will i ever???)

There's always the guaranteed method or remaining anonymous - don't claim the prize...

[FatLazyContractor]

OP - PM me, I will tell you how.

[AtW]

Lawyers make that kind of money when somebody gets caught in a threesome and asks for a super injunction.

FTFY

[SueEllen]

That's a pity, it was a great way to make another grand on top of your million winnings.

MF

You only make that money when you get caught in a threesome and someone gets a super injunction.

[AtW]

The press don't actually bother stalking lottery winners any more. In the first few years it was a big story every time, but the public lose interest in such things after a while. The Sun no longer bothers running a hotline offering a £1,000 reward (or however much it was) if you grass up somebody who's won the jackpot but wants to remain anonymous, the way they did in the first year or two.

That's a pity, it was a great way to make another grand on top of your million winnings.

MF

[NickFitz]

The press don't actually bother stalking lottery winners any more. In the first few years it was a big story every time, but the public lose interest in such things after a while. The Sun no longer bothers running a hotline offering a £1,000 reward (or however much it was) if you grass up somebody who's won the jackpot but wants to remain anonymous, the way they did in the first year or two.

There's enough big winners who choose to go public to provide a story every few months, and that's enough to keep the tabloids happy. It's no longer really very interesting news even by their low bar.

[SueEllen]

1. Tick the no publicity box
2. If you win enough camelot come to you
3. Live your life as normal

However if you win over £5 million expect the media to stalk you so you may as well go public and move to where a lot of millionaires/wealthy people live.

[Milkyway]

105

Given me 5 more numbers, and it will at least be useful for me to play them Euro Mills

[AtW]

105

[Milkyway]

These jackpot winners - How do they remain anonymous, given that they do have to go to the camelot office to collect prize/validate the winnings whatever (as it says on the website), and also given that the media will be trolling everyone going into the office and trying to take photos/videos of their coming/going out, etc. and possibly trying to speak to them for interviews?

Also, when the cheque / deposit goes into the account, obviously the bank staff do get to know anyway. So they may leak the info.

So, this anonymity that Camelot offers, is it for real, practically speaking?

Just curious! Of course, I have not won a jackpot! (Will i ever???)