Why Is Chinese Lottery Winner Afraid of Being Famous?

Every week, Chinese local newspaper will publish the photo of national lottery winners’. And almost all of winners are appeared in disguise with huge award recipients in their hands.

Some of them just simply wore a mask, sun glasses and hood to cover the head. Others were more creative, for they disguised as Batman, Spiderman or a medieval knight. This phenomena is in China is nothing new now.

Hiding their identity is not the luck winners’ prank but a special approach which is the last resort to them to adapt to Chinese city life. Since the lottery prize amount is up to over 10 million dollars (even higher than some American lottery), sometimes risk and trouble is higher than the benefits produced by winning lottery. No matter it is worry about be force to denote the money or be kidnapped, the Chinese lottery winners just don’t want to be famous in public, and think it is the best way to proceed with caution. According to some newspaper, a few of the winners even don’t’ intend to tell their families regarding the lottery prize, and wish to continue to live current life.

Last month, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett visited China for charity discussion, and referred that it is really a big concern that Chinese rich are afraid of be revealed. It can probably explain why it is difficult for Hurun Report to track Chinese billionaires.  

At the same time, public became interested in commenting on the new millionaires’ photo, especially for their clothes. Some people even posted those photos in their blog, and choose their favorite to offer some inspiration for party’s costume, like Halloween, Christmas, and New Year parties.