Some people like to brag about their riches.
Some would rather bask in relative anonymity.
Some state senators are trying to pave the way to accommodate the latter.
A state senate committee on Thursday passed a bill that allow winner of the state lottery to remain anonymous, Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press reports.
Sen. Tory Rocca, R-Sterling Heights, told Egan that the anonymity might help winners avoid scam artists and violent criminals and money-grubbing relatives.
But not everyone is jumping in the pool on this one.
The Freep reports that the Michigan Lottery Bureau opposes the bill, fearing anonymity would take away publicity and depress ticket sales. -- A.L.
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