Yes. Most other countries allow winners of large prizes to remain anonymous as do a half dozen or so American states. All this does is put a bullseye on winners and make them a target for every moocher, con artist, investment huckster and nut job out there. People should not be required to put up with that.
It’s all in the details. This lady screwed up royally and she did so by signing the ticket and per the law in New Hampshire whoever signs the ticket is disclosed. What she should have done is formed a trust or an LLC and had the trust or the LLC sign the ticket plus she could remain anonymous. But she screwed that up this is all about a bunch of nothing the lady screwed up and that’s that
She could have remained Anonymous but having her Trust collect the winnings but she signed the ticket there for whoever signs the ticket in New Hampshire is disclosed. That said there have been numerous other winners in New Hampshire who had their trust collect the winnings and to this day our anonymous
It seems people should get used to following terms to which they agreed at the outset.
Unfortunately, I've never been in a position to be sure, but I have always believed I would have no problem at all saying "no" (and in very creative ways) to anybody and everybody that would approach me if I won the lotto.
If it is a government run program, not only no but hell no.
Let’s just remove every possible shred of a chance to stop crooked government bureaucrats from manipulating the process and awarding the money amongst themselves by hiding the destination of the money.