Can a mega winner say no to public presentation? - page 5.

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Quote from: Accardo on November 17, 2023, 04:47:29 PM

The disadvantage is on the player, while the advantage is on the casino. Players to avoid being known by family and friends to have such an amount of money, should avoid going public to announce their win on interviews. Insecurity in most parts of the world, is increasing, hence our privacy should be a top priority. Winning such an amount is great, but not a type to celebrate with the public. Because when they find out, they'll help the winner in finishing their funds. Congrats to him for winning big with little amount of money.
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The decision to allow gambling companies to have a sort of public presentation with them whenever a gambler wins big I think should be determined by the kind of person who had a big winning. For instance, if a popular celebrity wins big in gambling, the gambling companies will definitely want to have a public presentation that'll show the receipt and amount of money he got from the winning. These public presentation I think will be beneficial to both parties because even the celebrity us gonna get more famous than he was before the winning if he allows them to make his winning public.
But for someone that lives a private life and also not interested in public knowledge of himself and his winning, I think the best thing to do is to avoid such public presentation

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Quote from: Stepstowealth on November 17, 2023, 05:32:26 PM

Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

Appear in public, wear a nose mask and keep half your face hidden the whole time, ask for your name to be kept private on the publication or Media presentation, you can be referred to as "the winner of the lottery, Mega bet winner, Jackpot winner" or whatever name feels convenient for the casino, but your name just be kept private. After claiming your reward money, be sure to change your location for your safety.

I think names are announced for the winner but the location might be hidden or changed from the original location. The purpose of announcement is for other prospective winner to keep playing and try to win too and by that they get money from the customers loses. The reason that reputable betting companies want to announce name is so that you can be sure it was going to somebody but I have also heard that those names are not actually real names.

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Those casinos should respect the privacy of every gambler but if its on their terms and conditions and you agree on that, I believe its already too late to contest it and you just have to deal with it. We know the risk of getting exposed with a lot of money especially in some country so make sure use some money to protect you as well. Lottery winners can be exposed too in some country, luckily that in my country as well they remain anonymous.

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Quote from: Accardo on November 17, 2023, 04:47:29 PM

The disadvantage is on the player, while the advantage is on the casino. Players to avoid being known by family and friends to have such an amount of money, should avoid going public to announce their win on interviews. Insecurity in most parts of the world, is increasing, hence our privacy should be a top priority. Winning such an amount is great, but not a type to celebrate with the public. Because when they find out, they'll help the winner in finishing their funds. Congrats to him for winning big with little amount of money.

The gambling company want to use the guy for advertisement to attract more users to their casino or sportbetting company nothing more, they are not doing this in the best interest of the winner but in theirs and this can be dangerous and threatening to the security of the young man who by luck had won such huge amount of money. It's almost a similar story that happened sometime this year where a Man Hides $30 Million Lottery Win from family, appears in costume to receive prize money, same way the young Ghanaian can protect himself from public notice by costuming himself to receive his prize money to reduce the tension that the public presentation could cause him.

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I guess it depends on what State if you are in the US,

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16 States Where Lottery Jackpot Winners Can Remain Anonymous

-Arizona (only for winners of $100,000+, but city and county will be revealed)
-Delaware
-Illinois (only for winners of $250,000+)
-Kansas
-Maryland
-Minnesota (only for winners of $10,000+)
-Mississippi
-Missouri
-Montana (town or city may be revealed)
-New Jersey
-New Mexico (only for winners of $10,000+, but you can request anonymity if you have security concerns)
-North Dakota
-South Carolina
-Texas (only for winners of $1 million+)
-Virginia (only for winners of $10 million+)
-West Virginia (only for winners of $1 million+)
-Wyoming

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/remain-anonymous-win-mega-millions-182448839.html

So maybe other States wanted to let everyone knows that some real person won the lottery and that it was not rigged or something and so it is allowed publicly for anyone to check.

But for me, for privacy safe I would rather remain anonymous, I don't want anyone to know that I have won the lottery.

So with that, it really depends on what State or what the laws of your country, if you can remain hidden from the public eye, the better for you.

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I'm pretty sure most people aren't aware, but you aren't really obliged to pick up a cheque in person. These ceremonies where someone is handed a huge check for lottery winnings are just for show mostly. There's much more paperwork.

If I won millions in the lottery, I'd just send an actor to attend the event for the pictures maybe. Surely I wouldn't want my name to be on the record either. But there also exists a thing called power of attorney. Everything can be handled by a third party so long as you give them legal permission to overtake some of your duties such as signing on your behalf for certain things. Surely something equivalent could be arranged with any lottery organizer. They just want their pictures, it doesn't have to be the actual winner in them and get exposed.

And if they force you to attend or lose the money, show up in full face and gloves. Protecting your facial identity is no crime Roll Eyes

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Quote from: AmoreJaz on November 17, 2023, 05:39:00 PM

Quote from: CryptSafe on November 17, 2023, 05:36:06 PM

Every business would in one way or the other look for a good means of publicity. This is the case of the betting company you mentioned here. The casino knew that was a good means of marketing their product so possibly they might have enticed the winner with some extra tips for going public and granting the press interview to a question and answer session.

This singular act always have a role to play in projecting the name and image of the product in question so I am not surprised because that was a good opportunity for them to do so and the move was accurate per time.

I strongly believe this particular aspect is optional as it requires privacy and confidentiality. Maybe he was tipped for it and as far as I know it is every ones right to remain anonymous in such situation but he chose to do it publicly so be it what ever the repercussion may be for him going public. As for me, I do not see the need for going public after all while I was playing the game did anyone know about it so why now that I have won big?

that is true, acknowledgment in public would depend on the winner as he may have his reasons not to go public and for me, that's very understandable. but if he did agree with the company, it will be good in the marketing department as it can entice more bettors to use their platform. also, it is a testament that they are really giving such big amount to the winners. it will further give inspiration to those who are betting to bet more. looking forward about their luck.

That was a good move by the casino because it would help project them massively and as we all know, bettors or gamblers like such places where they can be assured of win and for seeing this announcement and publicity, they would conclude that the casino is reliable and transparent in dealings. This is just what they want and they do not mind giving it a try to see for themselves what the outcome would look like.

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I want privacy and that's going to be my decision if ever I win the lottery I guess that everyone can do that and request it to the lottery management while they can announce that someone unnamed has won it. It's funny that when I've seen in some news that a lottery winner has presented himself in a mascot. That's for real and that's the privacy that he's asking from the management and I think if they really are going to require the winner to be presented in the public and to the media, that's all that you guys have to do. Just put a mask and don't let any identifiable object be within you so the public eyes have no idea who the winner is.

But this is also can be done by management themselves and let it said that there's an actual winner where they'll just use someone to wear a mascot and declare that he's the one who's won today's jackpot. It can be a source of corruption and that's why for some countries that are known to be corrupt, they won't believe someone is a lottery winner unless it's being shown in the media with their bare and naked eyes. But for that winner, it's going to be a source to the robbers on who's the next target.

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Lottery winners in my country are not being televised and remains anonymous for the safety reason and I believe every winner should have the right to remain private and have the right to decline this.

Maybe they are doing this for the validity and a proof that a real person won the jackpot but still the government or that private casino should think for the safety of the winner and consider it as their top priority, I wish that guy a better life and a safer life too now that he has the money to protect himself.

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Quote from: CryptSafe on November 17, 2023, 05:36:06 PM

Every business would in one way or the other look for a good means of publicity. This is the case of the betting company you mentioned here. The casino knew that was a good means of marketing their product so possibly they might have enticed the winner with some extra tips for going public and granting the press interview to a question and answer session.

This singular act always have a role to play in projecting the name and image of the product in question so I am not surprised because that was a good opportunity for them to do so and the move was accurate per time.

I strongly believe this particular aspect is optional as it requires privacy and confidentiality. Maybe he was tipped for it and as far as I know it is every ones right to remain anonymous in such situation but he chose to do it publicly so be it what ever the repercussion may be for him going public. As for me, I do not see the need for going public after all while I was playing the game did anyone know about it so why now that I have won big?

that is true, acknowledgment in public would depend on the winner as he may have his reasons not to go public and for me, that's very understandable. but if he did agree with the company, it will be good in the marketing department as it can entice more bettors to use their platform. also, it is a testament that they are really giving such big amount to the winners. it will further give inspiration to those who are betting to bet more. looking forward about their luck.

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Every business would in one way or the other look for a good means of publicity. This is the case of the betting company you mentioned here. The casino knew that was a good means of marketing their product so possibly they might have enticed the winner with some extra tips for going public and granting the press interview to a question and answer session.

This singular act always have a role to play in projecting the name and image of the product in question so I am not surprised because that was a good opportunity for them to do so and the move was accurate per time.

I strongly believe this particular aspect is optional as it requires privacy and confidentiality. Maybe he was tipped for it and as far as I know it is every ones right to remain anonymous in such situation but he chose to do it publicly so be it what ever the repercussion may be for him going public. As for me, I do not see the need for going public after all while I was playing the game did anyone know about it so why now that I have won big?

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

Appear in public, wear a nose mask and keep half your face hidden the whole time, ask for your name to be kept private on the publication or Media presentation, you can be referred to as "the winner of the lottery, Mega bet winner, Jackpot winner" or whatever name feels convenient for the casino, but your name just be kept private. After claiming your reward money, be sure to change your location for your safety.

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Anyone who gives him such idea that he should leave the geographical environment where its or leaving before and transfer to another geographical environment, I think its a nice ideas because you may think that all that is celebrating with him have him in good mind but not knowing that, they will be the one to rubbish him by stealing his money by organising a gang to come and rub him, so it's better for him to travel far where friends will not see him and plan for how it will utilise the money, sometimes some of the advice is real and cool

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

I often think, why do jackpot winners or big wins from lottery or gambling have to be announced? Isn't it really possible to maintain privacy? If that is indeed a requirement as proof that the money has been given to the winner, wouldn't it be possible to remain anonymous? Because I saw there were several news items that might be related to the winner with fairly incomplete data and in the end it boomed. Really, this is indeed dangerous for that person. because this opens up criminal avenues, especially if many people already know that the person is the one who earned a lot of money.

In my opinion, casinos or gamblers or related platforms should be concerned about this, with the privacy of the winners. So they can also guarantee that they are safe after winning. Or I've also seen news about one of the jackpot winners who wore a costume when receiving the prize so his face was not known. And you can also just use initials for the name. But I don't know, maybe this is related to the platform's policy.

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I created this topic as a result of this news, a young Ghanaian man won 6,000,000 GHC ($501,664) with a bet of 40 GHC. This happened few days ago and it trended on social media. Some of the comments from netizens are that the young man should leave Ghana to avoid being robbed or poisoned.

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

As far as I heard, Ghana is not a safe country at all and very poor, so this half a million in winnings there is like half a billion in the USA or Europe. I don’t know what the conditions are at the bookmaker where he won the money and what the laws of Ghana are about this, so I don’t know if he can refuse to be public, but it is obvious that it is in his interests to maintain maximum confidentiality of what happened.

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I created this topic as a result of this news, a young Ghanaian man won 6,000,000 GHC ($501,664) with a bet of 40 GHC. This happened few days ago and it trended on social media. Some of the comments from netizens are that the young man should leave Ghana to avoid being robbed or poisoned.

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

This was the huge amount of dollars,So he may be fear to share in the public as you said.I had come across many news the bitcoin traders itself get kidnaped for the ransom in the Africa nation like Ghana,Nigeria.So it's better to not share about their win in the public,but you had made the mistake by sharing in our forum.Because we don't know about the threads to this person by the ransom people in our forum.It doesn't mean the people in the forum will do for the ransom,the reason was the forum access to many people.So the underdeveloped country like this the people need of security and move to the other countries like Canada or United States with this money into the US.He may get the warm welcome from the US,Since the country was based on the capitalized nation.It's better to get away from Ghana is imortant one now.

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A mega-winner should be able to refuse a public presentation, I certainly would. We don't all come from rich areas and we can't say that most of us live in safe conditions, simply put, we don't all have safes in banks and private security. With that said, sometimes (or better to say all the time) it's far better to keep your head down and not talk loud about big money stashed in the house.

So this kind of thing can be like drawing a target on one man's back, that is not nice... Casinos are doing that just for marketing, but as I said, that can be a big trouble for some ordinary people who won big.

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I created this topic as a result of this news, a young Ghanaian man won 6,000,000 GHC ($501,664) with a bet of 40 GHC. This happened few days ago and it trended on social media. Some of the comments from netizens are that the young man should leave Ghana to avoid being robbed or poisoned.

If you're not careful, public opinion could be disastrous sometimes,we need to go for what we want, what if you're being attacked at the cause of traveling, or wherever you've decided to go without having a prior plan will not cost you than before or staying in your own country.

Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

I think the best idea is for the gambler to seek for his privacy ftom them gambling platform, but if they insist on making the announcement because it's a big win, then we must be very smart to make his location or appearance turn a mystery to the public, just as I've said already, if he's smart enough .

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Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 02:08:38 PM

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

This should be something of a choice if it's not part of their terms and conditions. I mean, if the gambling company doesn't have any form of rules that state that the casino has the right to request the user's image or winnings for promotional purposes or any of such, which the user will accept before proceeding with registration, then the person will have the right to reject such an appearance.

Sometimes most people who win such a big amount are the ones who, out of excitement about the winning, start advertising themselves on social media for people to know how skilled they are.

Most times, the casino, since the money is a big amount, invites such people over to their head office for the payout, where they want to congratulate him one on one, and from there they can plead with him not by force but to willingly allow them to record and make his winning public as it's something worth celebrating, unless those who care so much about protecting their privacy won't say no to such an offer.

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The disadvantage is on the player, while the advantage is on the casino. Players to avoid being known by family and friends to have such an amount of money, should avoid going public to announce their win on interviews. Insecurity in most parts of the world, is increasing, hence our privacy should be a top priority. Winning such an amount is great, but not a type to celebrate with the public. Because when they find out, they'll help the winner in finishing their funds. Congrats to him for winning big with little amount of money.

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