Yep, that too. We get up to a year to come forward and claim the money. It would drive me crazy the whole time, but I would spend that time consulting with lawyers and financial advisors, and arranging to move to another state, possibly another country. I step forward, claim the money, then disappear. My name is common enough that if someone with my name shows up in another part of the country, or Canada, someone might be able to link me to the guy who won a bunch nearly a year ago, but I'd lower the odds of that happening as much as possible.