Best I can tell...there is about 10 states..where you can remain anonymous.
Main reason a lottery winner shouldn’t remain anonymous:
An information-security director for a lottery vendor has been charged in a bizarre fraud case in which authorities say he purchased a lottery ticket at a Des Moines gas station in 2010 and enlisted the help of others to try to claim its $14.3 million prize...
...They also discovered Tipton rented a silver 2007 Ford Edge on Dec. 22, which matched the vehicle of the buyer of the winning lottery ticket...