The family’s $487 million winnings qualify as the eighth-biggest jackpot in the history of the US, which led to weeks of speculation about the identity of the winner following the drawing on July 30th. New Hampshire is among the only states in the country in which lottery winners even have the option to remain anonymous, if they collect their winnings through a separate trust, as this family has chosen to do. ABC News reports that the family plans to give a hundred grand to various charitable organizations right away, including End 68 Hours of Hunger, four local food pantries near their (probable) hometown of Raymond, NH, as well as the Raymond Coalition for Youth. Interestingly, the family’s evident civic-mindedness also rubbed off on the Hannaford grocery store,where the winning ticket was purchased, since the $75,000 bonus from selling the ticket, plus an extra $25,000, was also donated to charity by the store. The winning family’s lawyers (or, more accurately, their trust’s lawyers) were seen at a news conference announcing the win, as well as the charitable contributions. More such contributions are planned for the future, although it isn’t known whether or not they will be made public. After taxes, the $487 million comes to $256 million, so they have plenty of money left to do good works with, and according to attorney William Shaheen, that’s exactly what they plan to do with it: And if you have any relatives around Raymond, New Hampshire that you haven’t heard from in a while, why not give them a call? It’s worth a shot.
