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Bill would allow Texas Lottery winners to pay for anonymity

Feb 18, 2015, 9:37 am

Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow big lottery winners to keep their identity a secret, but they would have to pay for that privilege.

Right now, Texas Lottery winners are not allowed to remain anonymous. In some cases, individuals have established a trust or turned their winning ticket over to a trust to claim the prize for them. But, Texas law requires that someone come forward to participate in a news conference and collect the money.

House Bill 1504 would change that and allow winners of more than $1 million to keep their privacy, if they are willing to part with some of their prize money.  The proposed bill would allow winners to remain anonymous if they fork over 5% of their winnings.

The bill is titled, Relating to a lottery prize winner's choice to remain anonymous on authorization to withhold five percent of winnings, and was introduced Tuesday by Rep. Terry Canales (D).

The 5% would go to the state lottery account, which is used to payout prizes, for operation and administration of the lottery, and foundation school fund.