Anonymous Lottery States 2025

Yes

Has no lottery

Partially

State	Can Lottery Winners Remain Anonymous?↓	Winners Eligible for Permanent Anonymity	Additional Lottery Anonymity Details
Arizona	Yes	Winners of $100,000 or more	Winners of $600 or more are confidential for 90 days after the prize has been awarded .
Arkansas	Yes	Winners of $500,000 or more	Winner can remain anonymous for three years. If the winner is an elected official or someone related to the official, the winner is allowed to remain anonymous for six months. After three years, the records will become public information.
Delaware	Yes	All winners
Georgia	Yes	Winners of $250,000 or more
Illinois	Yes	Winners of $250,000 or more	Eligible winners can request to have their name and hometown confidential. You must make this request at the time of claiming the prize. However, the claim form states that this will not prevent disclosure from a Freedom of Information Act request.
Kansas	Yes	All winners	Winner must request anonymity.
Kentucky	Yes		Sharing personal info is optional, but can be obtained through an open records request.
Maryland	Yes	All winners	No data published without consent.
Minnesota	Yes	Winners of more than $10,000
Mississippi	Yes	All winners	No data published without consent.
Missouri	Yes	All winners	No data published without consent.
Montana	Yes	All winners	No data published without consent.
New Jersey	Yes	All winners	Winner must choose to remain anonymous.
North Dakota	Yes	All winners	Winners have the option to release their information or to remain anonymous
South Carolina	Yes	All winners
Texas	Yes	Winners of $1 million or more
Virginia	Yes	Winners of $10 million or more
West Virginia	Yes	Winners of $1 million or more
Wyoming	Yes	All winners	No data published without consent.
Colorado	Partially		The first name and first initial of the last name goes onto the Colorado Lottery website.
Florida	Partially	Winners of $250,000 or more	Florida winners can stay anonymous by claiming the jackpot prize in the name of a trust. The name of the trustee or its attorney will be published. \| if you win a prize larger than $250,000, your information is automatically kept confidential for 90 days after the prize is collected.
Michigan	Partially	Winners of more than $10,000	Under current state law, winners of prizes over $10,000 for in-state lottery games can keep their personal information private. \| winners of a multi-state jackpot can remain anonymous in Michigan by claiming as a lottery club
California	No
Connecticut	No		Past winners have claimed their winnings using a trust. According to the New Haven Register, in such instances, the lottery will promote the winner using that legal entity’s name
Idaho	No
Indiana	No		Winner can keep their anonymity by creating an LLC or trust to claim their lottery prize.
Iowa	No
Louisiana	No		A winning $190M Powerball ticket was claimed by a Lafayette tax attorney representing a family partnership
Maine	No		Winner could could file their claim in the name of a trust, and the trust becomes the winner.
Massachusetts	No		Winners may establish a trust to claim their winnings.
Nebraska	No		The regulations say a claim can only be filed under the name of an individual or a legal entity.
New Hampshire	No		Winners may establish a trust to claim their winnings.
New Mexico	No
New York	No		Winners may establish LLC to claim their winnings.
North Carolina	No
Ohio	No	All winners	Prizes can be claimed by the holder of the ticket, an executor or administrator of the estate, or the trustee of a trust. The name of the claimant is public record.
Oklahoma	No		Winners can establish a trust.
Oregon	No
Pennsylvania	No
Rhode Island	No
South Dakota	No
Tennessee	No		Past winners have claimed their winnings using a trust.
Vermont	No
Washington	No		The Washington Lottery says that winners can establish a trust to claim their winnings. However, in the event of a public records request, the documents forming the entity may be released and reveal the names of the winners
Wisconsin	No
Alabama	Has no lottery
Alaska	Has no lottery
Hawaii	Has no lottery
Nevada	Has no lottery
Utah	Has no lottery

Disclaimer: Lottery laws and regulations are subject to change. Interested parties are encouraged to consult with legal professionals or official state lottery authorities for the most current information.
Many states that do not explicitly allow anonymity still provide loopholes. For example, winners may claim their prizes through an LLC or trust, which enables the individual to remain anonymous.

Winning the lottery is a dream come true for a handful of lucky people. After all, who wouldn’t love to spend a few dollars and potentially be set up for life with millions of dollars?

Unfortunately, though, being a lottery winner has its cons. Among these is paying taxes on your lottery winnings. Additionally, people that have scored the jackpot may suddenly find their phones constantly ringing with relatives, friends, and even unknown people asking for loans. They may even start receiving communications from investment brokers and other financial experts that want to take them on as new clients. Furthermore, winners whose identity and newfound wealth are disclosed to the public leave them open to robberies, kidnappings, and even murders.

To protect these winners, some states have allowed big jackpot winners to remain anonymous. Only a small number of states allow winners of the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpots to remain anonymous.

The Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball, explicitly states that if you purchase a winning lottery ticket in the following eleven states, you have the legal right to remain anonymous:

Arizona
Delaware
Georgia
Kansas
Maryland
New Jersey
North Dakota
Ohio
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia

All remaining states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands require lottery winners to publicly come forward to claim their cash prize.

As of 2019, several states are pushing for legislation that would allow lottery winners to remain anonymous if they so choose. Additionally, some states have alternative ways for lottery winners to protect their privacy, such as claiming the prize in the name of a trust or LLC.

Anonymous Lottery States 2025

Sources

Other Categories