Masking to claim lottery winning...

[Ojima-ojo]

So I came across this image (see below) circulating online where a lottery winner wore a "scream" custume to go collect his lottery winnings, his major reason for doing this being that he doesn't want his family members to recognise him.



This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

[libert19]

Sounds only fair. If I were to win lottery, I'd do same (but, I won't because I don't buy lottery tickets).

This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?

Not everybody likes their family.

... What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

Yes, I would, and to hide from everybody including family.


FWIW, this is from 2019, seems to have been resurfaced on social media recently: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lottery-winner-in-jamaica-claims-prize-in-scream-mask-to-hide-identity/

[Churchillvv]

He fears the enemy within than the ones outside because he can handle them his own way but family he probably wouldn’t do anything, yet the reason I personally would do is because as soon as it’s know in the family, you become the pillar and the bill taker until the whole win is exhausted and that’s when they can let you, that’s just how family operates and he probably knows he would suffer billings that’s why he chose to hide his identity from family and as well public.

[khiholangkang]

So I came across this image (see below) circulating online where a lottery winner wore a "scream" custume to go collect his lottery winnings, his major reason for doing this being that he doesn't want his family members to recognise him.



This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

Not everyone is treated well by their family, and not every family is proud of it. I understand how OP feels. He certainly prefers to keep his wealth private to maintain a normal life. His family, friends, and/or other loan sharks won't know, but he will certainly tell those he trusts and who have been by his side.
We know that when circumstances change for the better, many people seek our help. As the saying goes, the blind will see and the lame will walk when they know you have money.

The world is quite complex. Many people pretend, but the ones he is most wary of are those who would harm him. There are many evil people who would steal his lottery winnings, so this decision was the right one.

[xLays]

It’s the same here in the Philippines. I think they do that for their own safety because once they are identified, there’s a chance someone might try to steal or harm them, knowing they are holding decent amount. If I were in that situation, I would do the same and remain anonymous as much as possible so no one would know that I won the lottery.

Here in the Philippines, some people also suspect that the lotto winners are actually employees of the lottery itself that why they doing this kind of, making the winnings seem rigged. Because of this suspicion, not many people place bets on the lotto anymore. Most people now in the Philippines prefer online casinos instead.

[Youngrebel]

It is definitely a good move and shouldn't even be judged for it. Obviously the organisers also donot gave any problems with his mask he's wearing.  The world is such a dangerous place now every one always looking the next easiest way to make money.  If hos face is open and someone who knows him recognize and decides to go after him for an attack to collect the money he has won. No one one is to ever be trusted sef nowadays wether family and the world at large

[mikel_012]

This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

You should google what happens with many lottery winners where the family kills him to keep the money, the wife takes half and goes away, or the family breaks up because he does not want to waste money on many things with them. It's never a good idea to tell your family or friends that you earned a lot of money because many issues come this way.

For example this case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Abraham_Shakespeare

Or this case: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lottery-winner-mum-shot-dead-065345986.html

[Dunamisx]

So I came across this image (see below) circulating online where a lottery winner wore a "scream" custume to go collect his lottery winnings, his major reason for doing this being that he doesn't want his family members to recognise him.



This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

This is not about only exposing him to his family, but his integrity on the public interest and his privacy to safeguard him from attack by those who may wanted to hurt him and collect his money from him, life is not so hard, but most of the things we do are really affecting us without knowing when we exposed ourselves to the public, who knows maybe those that suffer all manners of attacks were as a result of public awareness to what they are worth.

[Obim34]

He did what was right, I would actually do the same if i were to be in his shoes.

It is either i do the same or refuse to come open, he has the free will to deny claiming the prize publicly.

This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?

He is masked, there is no way to confirm his identity, including those with him at the time of collecting his prize, the best way of staying safe is maintaining anonymity, even to family and friends, they may be the biggest threat you never know.

[Joy- maker]

So I came across this image (see below) circulating online where a lottery winner wore a "scream" custume to go collect his lottery winnings, his major reason for doing this being that he doesn't want his family members to recognise him.



This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

First of all, you saw this image online with this caption on it, but you don't really know if that caption was actually the reason behind the man's action. why are my saying this,  because I have came across an image online with different captions on it. So there may likely be another different reason why that man costume himself to collect that jackpot.
See buddy we are living in a wicked world that's why people are being very careful this time around, so this man Might not be hiding from his family as the caption said, because I believe this man is acting anonymous, just to hide his real identity from the public for his own safety. And if I happen to be in  that man shoes I will do the same thing, why because I might end up being kidnapped on way back home and that's the truth.

[Fortify]

What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

They say that money and the greed associated with it can bring out the worst in people, there have been countless stories where this has been true - breaking families and friendships apart because people closer to a lottery winner somehow think they should receive a cut. It's actually very sensible to receive the money this way, because it's not just people close to the person that may desire it, but actual criminals who know where this person lives and would actually kidnap them to steal it all. There are some pretty rough locations around the world where people would be killed for $100k or even $10k if somebody could steal it from them. What's odd though, is the mask in this scenario almost defeats the purpose of having a "verifiable" person come along to claim the money if they hide their face, it could be anyone including someone working for the lottery company.

[vanesha]

There must be a good reason for it, we don't know for sure. We can guess that maybe his family is not all good and he knows his family's character very well that's why he hides his identity, I agree with the man wearing a mask to hide his identity because not all families are good

[red4slash]

This got me wondering, why hide such a good news from his family when he should be celebrating with them? Isn't the general public more dangerous than his family?


What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

Sometimes not all families are good and it could happen to the person and not only family but the environment is also a consideration here.
When they live in a fairly toxic environment, getting benefits in gambling is something that is quite crazy when it is known to others because we could also be a target so by looking at all the possibilities that occur I think it would be quite reasonable when he really does not want to be highlighted too far with his personal life.

I come from a pretty toxic environment especially when it comes to gambling so I personally if I win like this maybe I will do the same thing.

It's true that we may have to enjoy this with our family when a big win happens but that doesn't mean we should pride ourselves on winning gambling because it could be that in an environment where gambling is not well accepted, this kind of pride could be lost and change in terms of treatment.

[Hypnosis00]

The idea of wearing a mask is reasonable, but doing it so that he will never be recognized by his family? I guess there's something with his family, or the lottery winner itself.

Mostly, your family will always be the first to know about the big success happening in your life, that's why I don't understand why he needs to avoid his family more than the surrounding neighborhood and those total strangers. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt, his money his rules. There must be something in his family that's why his behavior is like that, that he chose to be secretive from his own family.

[Slow death]

But even if he hides his face, he won't be able to use all that money without his family, neighbors, and many other people finding out. There are many things he will buy that he couldn't afford with his normal salary or his business, so people will wonder where he got so much money, and all they have to do is investigate to discover the whole truth. After that, people won't forgive him for lying. Lying is never a solution; it always makes the situation worse.

[Plaguedeath]

@OP really? how old are you? I think many people know that not all families are their families especially when you're poorer than them. There have been many cases because of so called "family", people can actually able to avoid that, however they don't want to break the relationship even though their family are toxic.

I would do same if I won a huge jackpot, it doesn't mean I don't want to celebrate with my family, but I don't want to show to everyone how much I win and I will treat my family depends on how much I want.

If they know you won $1 Million and you only spend $2K for the party, they will say you're stingy. But if they don't know anything and you spend the same amount for $2K, they will thank you for being kind.

[acroman08]

What do you all think? If you were in his shoes, will you wear a custume basically to hide from your family or to hide your identity from the general public?

Things like this are not uncommon, and personally, I would do it too, but the reason wouldn't be because of my family, but because of other people who might target me if they know I was the one who won the lottery. That being said, I still understand why he did what he did. There are family members who would do almost anything to get money out of you, I mean, there are even stories of family members conspiring against the lotto winner just to get money out of them.

[libert19]

...I understand how OP feels. He certainly prefers to keep his wealth private to maintain a normal life.

OP did not win lottery.

We know that when circumstances change for the better, many people seek our help. As the saying goes, the blind will see and the lame will walk when they know you have money.

This is first time I heard this saying. I didn't get it, so I asked ai, I still didn't get it, could you yourself explain now?

...What's odd though, is the mask in this scenario almost defeats the purpose of having a "verifiable" person come along to claim the money if they hide their face, it could be anyone including someone working for the lottery company.

I don't know how lottery works, don't you need purchased ticket that won and show it to claim the winnings? You alone should be having that ticket.

...After that, people won't forgive him for lying. Lying is never a solution; it always makes the situation worse.

imo people underestimate how ugly money can make family situations. It’s not always about strangers, sometimes it’s relatives feeling entitled, bringing old issues, or pushing “business ideas”. Plenty of lottery winners ended up broke because they couldn’t say no to family. Hiding identity at first buys time to think clearly.

[Davidvictorson]

I’m not surprised by this because I’ve read it before and I know that people can go great lengths to protect themselves from whatever they feel would threaten their security. And if I were in his shoes, I will most likely take the same measures as well. However, for the lottery organizers, what is the difference between showing up in a masked costume and having the event done without being televised?I see no difference.

[Natalim]

He fears the enemy within than the ones outside because he can handle them his own way but family he probably wouldn’t do anything, yet the reason I personally would do is because as soon as it’s know in the family, you become the pillar and the bill taker until the whole win is exhausted and that’s when they can let you, that’s just how family operates and he probably knows he would suffer billings that’s why he chose to hide his identity from family and as well public.

There are actually some families that turn abusive when they happen to know that their sibling has won a jackpot prize from any gambling platform. They forgot to realize that its his money, not theirs, so the best thing they could do is to wait if they will be given a good share, but won't demand to pay the bills or everything.

Sometimes, its our very own behavior that will led us to get the same behavior in return. The family is supposed to be the comforting home, not something to be scared of. But with the winner's case, I think his family has never been a comfort to him so what he feels is valid and reasonable.