A U.S. district judge denied the man’s request for a closed trial over a lawsuit he filed against his ex-girlfriend for allegedly violating a nondisclosure agreement about his winnings.
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Winner of $1.35 billion jackpot in Maine files lawsuit in effort to protect his identity
The man, who purchased the winning Mega Millions ticket at a Lebanon gas station, is suing the mother of his child, accusing her of violating a nondisclosure agreement and compromising his anonymity.
‘Somebody’s got to win’: Big jackpots, bigger dreams tempt local lottery lovers against all odds
The good news: Maine is the seventh luckiest state in the nation with five lottery jackpot winners receiving a total combined jackpot of $1.2 billion. The bad news: The odds of winning the big jackpot in a lottery like Powerball are 1 in 300 million.
A week later, one question grips Lebanon, Maine: Who won the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot?
No one has come forward to claim the prize after a winning ticket was sold at the Hometown Gas & Grill on Friday the 13th.