程阳：美国新泽西州彩票匿名法案通过后

首爆强力球3.38亿美元巨奖

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【彩票还有“新闻”吗？】全球彩票“中奖”已经不是什么新闻。不过在中国中奖者“露脸”还是新闻，在美国中奖者“匿名”才是看点。在公开性与隐私之间，东西方正在相逆而行！_____程阳：美国新泽西州彩票匿名法案通过后首爆强力球3.38亿美元巨奖 http://t.cn/zTPMRNB

中国媒体在报道欧美彩票中奖者时，为了新闻效应多选择“露脸”的报道，给了大多数民众“国外中奖者都必须公开身份”的感觉，其实事实上并非如此。总的说来，是否公开中奖者身份，是国家或地区立法机构的事情，彩票机构无权决定，中国民众或媒体要求中奖者“露脸”之类的要求，应该通过法律程序向国家相关机构提出。

—— 【程阳解答】为什么中国不像国外那样公开中奖者？

美国之前有5个州法律允许彩票中奖者匿名领奖——堪萨斯州、马里兰州、特拉华州、北达科他州、俄亥俄州。密西根州与新泽西州2012年把彩票彩票中奖者匿名领奖纳入立法议程，新泽西州的(A2982)法案通过成为法律，使美国匿名领奖的州达到了6个。而密西根州的结果拭目以待。

—— 程阳：美国新泽西州彩票中奖者匿名领奖法案通过成为法律

2012年11月28日开奖的美国强力球彩票，头奖5.88亿美元奖金被2注均分，一张中奖彩票诞生于密苏里州全家实名领取，另一张中奖彩票来自亚利桑那州被匿名领取。自2010年一名密苏里州男子赢得2.58亿美元大奖后，“强力球”已连续16次开奖后没有赢家。截至28日晚开奖时，奖池金额已达5.88亿美元，为“强力球”彩票最高纪录，在美国彩票奖金排行中位列第二。第一名是2012年3月30日，美国超级百万开出的6.4亿美元被3注均分，分别来自伊利诺伊州、堪萨斯州和马里兰州，堪萨斯州和马里兰州中奖者均利用本州法律选择匿名领奖，而伊利诺伊州法律必须实名领奖。

—— 程阳：美国强力球5.88亿美元巨奖另一半被亚利桑那州夫妻匿名申领

$338M NJ Powerball winner says he'll help family

By DAVID PORTER | Associated Press – 3 hrs ago

Store employee Pravin Mankodia stands outside Eagles Liquors in Passaic, N.J. Monday, March 25, 2013. Mankodia sold the winning $338 million Powerball ticket that was claimed by an unidentified New Jersey Resident.

PASSAIC, N.J. (AP) — The winner of a $338 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family.

Pedro Quezada, 44, entered Eagle Liquors store, where the ticket was sold, late Monday afternoon. The Passaic store owner ran Quezada's ticket through the lottery machine to validate that it was a winner as a newspaper and television outlets recorded the moment.

The New Jersey Lottery confirmed that the winning ticket was validated at the store at 4:30 p.m. Monday, but officials said they didn't yet know the winner's name.

Quezada, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, told reporters in Spanish that he was "very happy" and that he intends to help his family.

His wife, Ines Sanchez, told The Record in Bergen County that Quezada called her with the news Monday afternoon.

"I still can't believe it," she said. "We never expected it but thank God."

The numbers drawn Saturday were 17, 29, 31, 52, 53 and Powerball 31. A lump sum payout would be $221 million, or about $152 million after taxes. It's the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.

The family's apartment sits at the end of a short dead end block that abuts a highway in Passaic, 15 miles northwest of New York City. Neighbors spoke with pride that one of their own had struck it rich.

Eladia Vazquez has lived across the street from Quezada's building for the past 25 years. The block has a half-dozen three-story brick apartment buildings on each side, and Vazquez says it's a neighborhood where everyone knows everyone, including what car they drive and what parking space they use.

Vazquez described Quezada and his wife as "quiet and not overly talkative" but sensed that they seemed to be working all the time.

"This is super for all of us on this block," she said. "They deserve it because they are hardworking people."

Alberto Liranzo, who lives two floors below Quezada, said the lottery winner has five children and owns a bodega in Passaic.

Dominican immigrant Jose Gonzalez said he barbecues and plays domino with Quezada in the summers in a backyard on their street.

"He sometimes would work from six in the morning to 11 at night, so I did not see him much," Gonzalez said in Spanish. "I am happy for him. ... I don't know where he is now but I imagine he will drop by to say hi to his friends."

Richard Delgado, who lives down the block from Quezada's building, also described Quezada as "a hard worker, like all of us here. We all get up in the morning and go to work."

Delgado said he got up Sunday morning and was going to take his dog for a walk when he heard the radio announce the Powerball results.

"When I heard there was one winner and it was in New Jersey, I immediately went and checked my tickets," Delgado said. "I wanted to be that guy."

When asked what it would be like to suddenly win such a large amount, Delgado said a person would have to set priorities.

"No. 1 is your health, because if you don't have that, the rest doesn't matter," he said. "No. 2 is your family. You take care of your own and live the rest of your life in peace. That's all anyone can do."

No one had won the Powerball jackpot since early February, when Dave Honeywell in Virginia bought the winning ticket and elected a cash lump sum for his $217 million jackpot.

The largest Powerball jackpot ever came in at $587.5 million in November. The winning numbers were picked on two different tickets — one by a couple in Missouri and the other by an Arizona man — and the jackpot was split.

Nebraska still holds the record for the largest Powerball jackpot won on a single ticket — $365 million — by eight workers at a Lincoln meatpacking plant in February 2006.

Powerball is played in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The chance of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is about 1 in 175 million.