Northern California has
sold the $425 million winning powerball ticket to one winner. While
fantasizing about winning is fun, such a large sum of money comes with
consequences to personal privacy.
If you’re a dreamer like me, winning the lottery has always been a
fantastic, but tangible dream. I’ve spent hours finding ridiculously
extravagant items: castles in France, suits of armor, luxurious libraries,
golden toilet paper, and oceanfront property. The list goes on and on. I
even have a Pinterest account titled “lottery”. I realize I am never
going to win. But the pure fun my brain has from imaginating the ways my life
would change is worth the $2 dollar price tag of a ticket.
It was announced that one winning Powerball ticket worth $425
million was sold in Northern California. The gas station, Dixon Landing
Chevron, will receive a $1 million dollar prize for selling the winning ticket.
Nobody has come forward to claim it; it usually takes a few days for
someone to get it together. Only six states in the US allow the winner to
remain anonymous: South Carolina, Delaware, Maryland, North Dakota, Kansas, and
Ohio. There are ways around this; some states allow an individual to remain
anonymous if they claim the money through a trust or a company.
This is the sixth largest jackpot in the US. The largest was
a $656 million Mega Millions split by three separate winners in March 2012.
The odds of winning the jackpot is staggering - about 1 in 175 million.
But somebody has to win, right? Despite the fact that these odds are not
in my favor, I buy tickets anyway, and so do thousands of other hopeful souls.
We know we are not going to win. But we can still hope and dream.
Sadly, if I ever did actually win the lottery, there are many serious
things to consider. A huge sum of money comes with huge responsibility
and obviously, power. Online reputation management companies such
as Centel Media™ can help, with services such as Negative Article
Suppression that are essential to
maintaining a positive place on the internet. I’d like to enjoy my
Pinterest account without being hassled by negative publicity, thank you very much!
If you happen to have unflattering photos of yourself on a social media
site, or any site, consider Centel Media™ Negative Image Suppression service.
Such things as online reputation management may be overlooked in
such tumultuous times. There are other pending decisions to be made. Who
do I tell? What lawyer do I use? Who do I share this with? Should I move?
And so on. Don’t forget that it is important to have control of what
information the media decides to grab ahold of and publicize. While these
aren’t as fun as my Pinterest dreams, they are pretty important. There are more
things in life that equal happiness than just money. Online reputation
has a dramatic effect on quality of life, and no amount of money can erase the
pain of having the world see in you in a negative light.
Renee Miller,
Creative Writer,
Jonathan Wong,
Editor-in-Chief,