Quote from: tsaroz on Today at 02:00:23 PM

Quote from: sokani on November 17, 2023, 06:08:38 PM

I created this topic as a result of this news, a young Ghanaian man won 6,000,000 GHC ($501,664) with a bet of 40 GHC. This happened few days ago and it trended on social media. Some of the comments from netizens are that the young man should leave Ghana to avoid being robbed or poisoned.

I know some of us must have seen the formal presentation of a mega winner to the public by a gambling platform. Most times, these bookies invite media outlets to their offices to cover the ceremony, so that the news could be captured on newspapers, tv, internet etc. My questions are... Can a bettor reject being unveiled to the public? Are gambling platforms paying an extra money for the publicity?

There are many examples of people being or trying to be ananymous when they win a large amount of money. Large amounts of money for a normal person do attract different risks. Being anonymous is much easier online while offline lotteries prefer to share the person and how it changed their life and most people also like the fanfare along the win. Sometimes it's the terms and conditions of the lottery that comples the winner to express themselves on media while when not such terms in existence, there are example of people

Same goes into this winner too on having some costume.
https://news.yahoo.com/chinese-lottery-winner-wears-costume-223523976.html

If they would really be allowing such kind of publicity and minding about request of someones when it comes to their privacy then it wont really be that bad on wearing up some costume.
Yes, it do really impose that huge risks on winners side when it comes on exposing themselves to public considering on the amount that they have won on which it is really that
something that could make those criminals will really be taking advantage on, specially if they do know on whose that winner or simply being targeted by those people
who do have bad intents. So it is really just that your have the rights on making yourself that getting those win in private but if this cant be possible then wearing costume would be your solution.

It should really be that standard on where someone could have the option on neither they are willing to exposed themselves or not in the public rather than on making it compulsory or needed.
Well, for some part of marketing on why they are doing this but speaking about safety and security then it would really be that totally opposite.
For most instances which winners would really be not so dumb to make their faces to be publicize and we arent that a fool on not to know about the risks and danger on doing so.