the trust itself is the identity for the back of the ticket...
For example, you form a trust... something like "the Excalibur Trust" (would defeat the purpose using the family's last name).
Back of the ticket would be signed by the person cashing it in, but the printed name would be "The Excalibur Trust". Make sure to photocopy BOTH sides of the ticket, for some type of recourse, as it provides things not made public (ticket code... what they type in at the terminals to validate small winners, Ticket serial number, Store code, etc...)
The other option would be to still use the trust, just pose as your own trustee... I'm giving this option some serious thought because it eliminates the need to involve anyone else... just make up a real good cover story for the press something like... "I do this professionally, any major jackpot winners call me to collect your jackpots for a reasonable fee" or words to that effect... It must be something that, in the public's eye, removes you as a major beneficiary in the jackpot... still, I think the whole public domain thing is a bit like playing with fire... why is it so different in Delaware? How does their lottery commission justify anonymity when all the rest don't?
I wouldn't recommend using the same lawyer that drafted the trust to act as a trustee to cash in the ticket... Get the trust done up first for some lesser value (like 10 bucks or something) and the clause that you can, at your discretion as grantor, add to the trust holdings at any time.
my battle plan would be to
1. learn all I could about trusts so I would know what to ask for.
2. Hire an attorney to draft the trust document up per my explicit instructions, leaving NO word or phrase open to ANY alternate interpretation. (also make it easier to win PB AND MM in the same week than to have you declared incompetent and have your grantor powers revoked... by Anyone, even your successor trustees... all they need to know is that they're gonna be rich, shield them from as much detail as possible.)
3. Hire a second attorney (preferrably one from a different geographic region) to go over the document for errors and loopholes BEFORE the Trust is put into effect by the notary and BEFORE you ever have need to exercise the document. Once the document is sound, get it notarized and put into effect.
4. Seek the advice of two good financial advisors and tax attorneys (never put all the eggs in one basket), be theoretical... "what would YOU do if you won a few million?" rather than "what should I do because I Just won A few million?"... develop at least a rough plan of action with this information.
5. Set up the financial "net" to hold the windfall... start several accounts with small balances in several different institutions (again, not all eggs in one basket, but also FDIC insurance is on a "Per Institution" basis... 1 million in one bank, bank folds, you get 100,000 back lose 900,000 ...BUT... 1,000,000 in TEN different institutions, all fail (highly unlikely), you get it ALL back) so the infrastructure is already in place and can handle the large cash infusion that awaits. It's the initial disbursement that's gonna be tricky... find out if taking one huge check to one bank is even possible, or if a financial advisor has knowledge of another way to load all the separate accounts up at once.
6. Live like NOTHING has changed until you're ready to move (leave NO forwarding address, no new telephone number ,cancel mobile phone accounts... just to totally cover your tracks.)
7. keep the MAJORITY of the money in the protective cover of the trust itself, allowing a bi-weekly "trust management" salary for yourself that doesn't entice too much scrutiny for curious or even litigious onlookers. If you buy an expensive house, find out "just for kicks" what the mortgage payments would have been, incorporate that into your "cover story".
8. Don't take the Lamborghini grocery shopping... or anything else that pegs you as "just into big money"... lay low... don't go for a big house with 1/2 acre of land in a posh neighborhood, go for building your own in the middle of a good 200 to 300 acre parcel (that's fenced and posted for NO TRESPASSING)...
if only picking the numbers were so straightforward...