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Life After Lottery: Winners Discuss How Life Changed After Hitting Jackpots; Keeping It Secret
The only thing better than winning the lottery is doing it anonymously. There are countless stories of lottery winners who've gone bankrupt in part from empty-handed "friends" or scammers looking for a rich target. In Massachusetts, winners must divulge their names and pose with novelty checks boasting their jackpot amount unless they create a trust to collect their cash. Attorney David Spillane, a partner at the Quincy-based law firm SKB Attorneys, who's done nearly 100 of these trusts, connected us with some of those winners who chose to keep their paydays a secret to see what life …
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He's Won The Mass Lottery 80 Times; Here's What He Says To Do Before Claiming Your Prize
So you've just won the lottery. Now what? "Call me," David Spillane says with a laugh. The Quincy-based attorney should know. He's collected 80 lottery checks over the past several years. He specializes in creating trusts for lottery winners to protect their identities. Related: Pittsfield Trust Claims $1M Lottery Jackpot State law requires large lottery winners to identify themselves. That includes a photo op holding the giant check with the dollar amount printed in bold, black letters. This makes them a ripe target for scammers, money-grubbing "friends," and people be…