Masking to claim lottery winning...

[Hispo]

Not all people on this world are fortunate enough to have supporting and lovely family members. I have friends who unfortunately have dysfunctional families, which leads to arguments and problems about money. One of them has even realized their siblings sneaked into his room in order to steal money from him. So it is not crazy to assume that lottery winner have family members who would try to abuse of him and get his new acquired wealth.

When comes to money, it si always a good idea to stay as low profile as possible, in order to avoid problems, not only with strangers but also with family that is dysfunctional.

[bubilas]

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?

He did everything right because his relatives will change their attitude toward him when they learn he's become richer. They'll stop being so sincere as they are now and become more accommodating to him sharing his money. And he'll also immediately have friends from his past who "suddenly remembered how good times were" and will also try to reconnect with him so he'll share his money.

Therefore, I completely agree and approve of this man's decision to hide his face behind a mask while collecting his winnings.

[imthegreat]

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?

I'm surprised that the lottery organizers allowed this guy to take a photo without showing his face. In the country where I live, showing your face is a mandatory condition for winning, and they even offer a word of gratitude to the lottery organizer. I don't think they'll give up the prize without that.
Unfortunately, there are conflicts between the winners' families, who believe the winners should now give them some money or at least celebrate their win with a bang. But the relatives, in turn, don't want to do anything of the sort.

[summonerrk]

Not all people on this world are fortunate enough to have supporting and lovely family members. I have friends who unfortunately have dysfunctional families, which leads to arguments and problems about money. One of them has even realized their siblings sneaked into his room in order to steal money from him. So it is not crazy to assume that lottery winner have family members who would try to abuse of him and get his new acquired wealth.

When comes to money, it si always a good idea to stay as low profile as possible, in order to avoid problems, not only with strangers but also with family that is dysfunctional.

It's a shame you have such relatives in your life; I hope they improve their behavior. In my family, it's common to smile at each other, and it creates an atmosphere of insincerity. Therefore, I completely agree with the actions of this lottery winner who hid his face. He did everything right. And perhaps his wife doesn't even know he did it.
You've heard the story about "when a lottery winner's wife asks what exactly they'll buy with their winnings, the husband turns to her with a surprised face and asks, "WE?""
And this joke perfectly captures the meaning of why this man hid his face. His money is his personal money, and he alone owns it.

[IjawMan]

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.

Strange things are going down and he alone can in better position to defend his reasons for wearing a mask to receive his lottery win. I do not want to judge without having to know much

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?

We do not know if this man is in good terms with his family members during when he won the lottery. We have our differences, all families are not same. The man might be hiding from what we can not know except he speaks of it.

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?

It will be determined by how safe I feel though I will not hide it from my family.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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?

It all depends on type of family a person comes from, I believe the man in question may be running away from billings which he believe will not be coming from the general public/people he doesn't know and doesn't know him, but basically from his family who will all now have to depend on him to solve every financial problem for them.

If I was in his shoes, I will do exactly the same, but not just because of my family but because of the general public, because when it comes to family, I don't have a very large family, I believe sorting them won't be a problem, but my major concern is the public, I live in a country where insecurity is at its highest level, one could get kidnapped simply for winning the lottery and showing your face at the time of picking up the money.

[Yablee0]

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?

What he did was either for two purposes perhaps protecting his identity from the general public maybe from kidnappers or from people's that could later come after him or harm him because people this days  are very unpredictable, secondly he could be protecting his identity from his family members perhaps avoiding unnecessary billings and expenses but in all that's his choice.

Stressing Furthermore, for me why will I hide such good news from people especially my families, I will joyfully go and claim my funds with out thinking otherwise. Winnings is something worth celebrating and I see no point hiding it, however is just how bad and so envious the current generation is if not why will someone even think of concealing such huge celebration.

[Fiatless]

Not all people on this world are fortunate enough to have supporting and lovely family members. I have friends who unfortunately have dysfunctional families, which leads to arguments and problems about money. One of them has even realized their siblings sneaked into his room in order to steal money from him. So it is not crazy to assume that lottery winner have family members who would try to abuse of him and get his new acquired wealth.

When comes to money, it si always a good idea to stay as low profile as possible, in order to avoid problems, not only with strangers but also with family that is dysfunctional.

It's a shame you have such relatives in your life; I hope they improve their behavior. In my family, it's common to smile at each other, and it creates an atmosphere of insincerity. Therefore, I completely agree with the actions of this lottery winner who hid his face. He did everything right. And perhaps his wife doesn't even know he did it.
You've heard the story about "when a lottery winner's wife asks what exactly they'll buy with their winnings, the husband turns to her with a surprised face and asks, "WE?""
And this joke perfectly captures the meaning of why this man hid his face. His money is his personal money, and he alone owns it.

Hispo didn't say it was his family members who acted in such a manner, but his friend's family. You are right that we cannot trust anybody, even if they smile at you. People could change their behavior for financial gains. I would not just hide my identity because of my family members, but also for those who live around my neighbourhood.     

[Accardo]

Hispo didn't say it was his family members who acted in such a manner, but his friend's family. You are right that we cannot trust anybody, even if they smile at you. People could change their behavior for financial gains. I would not just hide my identity because of my family members, but also for those who live around my neighbourhood.     

Aside the negative aspect of the scenerio - getting terrorized and being stolen from, the winner also have dodged unnecessary expenses from friends and family who would then see him as a financial savior for every single need that comes their way. Hiding behind the mask would help the man organize his money and spend based on his will, other than being pushed by friends or relatives to pay bills that wouldn't have been channelled to him had they not seen him on tv as a lottery winner.

[bakasabo]

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?

I'm surprised that the lottery organizers allowed this guy to take a photo without showing his face. In the country where I live, showing your face is a mandatory condition for winning, and they even offer a word of gratitude to the lottery organizer. I don't think they'll give up the prize without that.
Unfortunately, there are conflicts between the winners' families, who believe the winners should now give them some money or at least celebrate their win with a bang. But the relatives, in turn, don't want to do anything of the sort.

Is it possible to pay an actor to take picture with lottery organizers instead of you in your country? If it is needed, I am ready to pass KYC, present passport, but let this person take a picture with WINNER banner instead of me. Casino get their brand recognition anyway. Sound like a good idea. I get the prize, actor got paid, casino get their photo proof.

Now as to person hide his identity not to get recognized by family. How bad such person must be, to hide money from family, from people who raised and supported him. Even if family did something bad to him, there is not must to share winnings.

[xenomorfo]

It all depends on type of family a person comes from, I believe the man in question may be running away from billings which he believe will not be coming from the general public/people he doesn't know and doesn't know him, but basically from his family who will all now have to depend on him to solve every financial problem for them.

If I was in his shoes, I will do exactly the same, but not just because of my family but because of the general public, because when it comes to family, I don't have a very large family, I believe sorting them won't be a problem, but my major concern is the public, I live in a country where insecurity is at its highest level, one could get kidnapped simply for winning the lottery and showing your face at the time of picking up the money.

of course, look, it almost seems like you're discovering hot water
Where you come from helps you in so many things, if you come from a rich family you will have a better education, better food, better schools.. wealthy friends

basically the road is downhill, that's cheating

[banana33]

It's a shame you have such relatives in your life; I hope they improve their behavior. In my family, it's common to smile at each other, and it creates an atmosphere of insincerity. Therefore, I completely agree with the actions of this lottery winner who hid his face. He did everything right. And perhaps his wife doesn't even know he did it.
You've heard the story about "when a lottery winner's wife asks what exactly they'll buy with their winnings, the husband turns to her with a surprised face and asks, "WE?""
And this joke perfectly captures the meaning of why this man hid his face. His money is his personal money, and he alone owns it.

Yes, it's true, when you have people close to you who don't love you, it's very sad.
I say they don't love you because if they only think about themselves, this is what they demonstrate. Actions speak louder than words in this case.

Thinking only of yourself, selfishness, ultimately ruins everything

[Stable090]

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.

It’s kind of funny to me, why is he hiding it from his family members, but maybe he might be having personal reason for doing that, or maybe he believes if his family members knows that he wins that amount of money, attention will be on him, and maybe they going to start demanding for money, and thats the reason why he decided to cover his face.

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?

To you the news is a good one, but you should know maybe some of his family members won’t be happy about the news, thats why he decided to hide his face, and maybe he decide to hide his face for public because he knows how dangerous the public is also.

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?

If I know the kind of family am from, then am going to wear a custume to hide from my family, and the general pubic.

[Oluwa-btc]

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?

This is hilarious but definitely it's cool doing so knowing the family you're coming from, some families are just bent on collecting money and all that knowing you're going the wrong way and some are just ain't in support of their siblings gambling so he putting up this strategies to grab his wins. For me on one side he's a good one masking to stay off from the public for security purposes , so if that's the best way to stay off any of the mentioned person's then it's totally fine for me.

[Youngrebel]

Not all people on this world are fortunate enough to have supporting and lovely family members. I have friends who unfortunately have dysfunctional families, which leads to arguments and problems about money. One of them has even realized their siblings sneaked into his room in order to steal money from him. So it is not crazy to assume that lottery winner have family members who would try to abuse of him and get his new acquired wealth.

When comes to money, it si always a good idea to stay as low profile as possible, in order to avoid problems, not only with strangers but also with family that is dysfunctional.

How funny life can be. Imagine then people who are supposed to government you all the support in the world you need so that you can excel. They are the ones fighting so hard that things go wrong in your life.  Some even ho fetidh for your sake.
No wonder they say " it is the seat in your house that will call others to you.
Some people even say that friends are more helpful now than family. 

[libert19]

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Now as to person hide his identity not to get recognized by family. How bad such person must be, to hide money from family, from people who raised and supported him. Even if family did something bad to him, there is not must to share winnings.

Lol, I don't think you know how bad families can get, if someone doesn't like family he comes from there ought to be reason for it — for example, there are this narcissistic parents who sabotage their own children, check /r/raisedbynarcissists/ sub and read a few stories.

[TopT3ns]

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?

This is hilarious but definitely it's cool doing so knowing the family you're coming from, some families are just bent on collecting money and all that knowing you're going the wrong way and some are just ain't in support of their siblings gambling so he putting up this strategies to grab his wins. For me on one side he's a good one masking to stay off from the public for security purposes , so if that's the best way to stay off any of the mentioned person's then it's totally fine for me.

The policy of being secretive illustrates how one is clever enough to handle a social reality at times, which is hostile to some decisions in life. I concur with the fact that we are supposed to consider the physical and mental safety as always our first priority when risk taking. Else you would find it so difficult to have a functional family without external interference. Such masquerade actually serves us well in keeping humble and alert to any situations that may pose any threat to ensuring our peace.

[Altryist]

Not all people on this world are fortunate enough to have supporting and lovely family members. I have friends who unfortunately have dysfunctional families, which leads to arguments and problems about money. One of them has even realized their siblings sneaked into his room in order to steal money from him. So it is not crazy to assume that lottery winner have family members who would try to abuse of him and get his new acquired wealth.

When comes to money, it si always a good idea to stay as low profile as possible, in order to avoid problems, not only with strangers but also with family that is dysfunctional.

I know a real case where a person managed to build a successful business, and when his relatives found out about it, they started borrowing money from him, which they never paid back. They believed that he was already rich and did not need that money, and that he should help his relatives if he was lucky enough to become wealthy. That is why I understand people who want to hide their identity when it comes to money.

[Mahiyammahi]

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?

Here we can see that the lottery winner is being given media coverage. If he gets media coverage, he is not only safe from his family but also from the people around him. And it will depend on his winning amount. It may also be that he does not feel financially secure for the amount he won in the lottery.

If it were up to me to get media coverage, I might have done the same. I don't want to expose myself to others and show them what I have. I remember the Only Fan star who showed off his crypto wallet live and then got attacked and his bitcoins stolen. It's not just family, if you have money, you'll have enemies around you. So it's best to try to keep yourself safe from your own place as much as possible.

[Kelvinid]

Instead of wearing a mask, wouldn't be simpler to just deny taking a photography or having a whole show when receiving the prize? The fact the winner weared a mask seems more an attempt to create hype and interest from the audience around the event than hiding the identity of the winner. If he wished discretion, he got exactly the opposite that way...

We might not know their rules, but for sure that's still an option. And possibly needed to avoid doubts. However, the winner prefers to go public and allow pictures, provided that he won't expose his face. And for me, it was not a problem because they can't see my face as well. Nobody could recognize you that way, aside from those people who are in charge of the set.

And if his family is so detestable in a way they can't even know he won, better that this man uses his prize to stay away from them. Or is he hiding himself due to another reasons, like for an example, for having debt with one family member or another at same time he doesn't wish to pay back?

I don't believe that is the main reason. It is about the security of his family. Very unusual, but I think this is very important nowadays.