Will a trust shield a lottery ticket winner's privacy?

Yesterday’s post was about the Iowa Lottery’s $16.5 million winning ticket where the actual purchaser of the ticket appears not to want to be identified. Yesterday in The Attorney-Client Privilege – When silence is not so golden I explored the factual issues of whether the Iowa Lottery would honor paying the winning Lotto ticket if the person or persons behind the trust did not come forward and explain how they came into possession of the ticket. Apparently the Lottery Commission, Iowa’s Attorney Generals and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation knocked heads all day yesterday and last night announced the beneficiaries of the Hexam Investment Trust have until this Friday to step forward from out behind the curtain, to identify themselves and explain how they came into possession of the ticket or else forego the winnings. It’s time to do or die. 

Read Iowa Lottery says Friday is deadline for Lotto winner to come forward.

Lottery: All who had mystery $16.5M ticket must be interviewed