The Guyana Lottery Company has strongly denied claims by a recent lotto winner who was robbed that she had asked for her name and photograph to be withheld from advertisements...
News Source: Stabroek News
She told Stabroek News on Sunday that following her win the lottery company carried her photograph in an advertisement which appeared in the newspapers and on television. Skeete told Stabroek News on Sunday that she was particularly displeased with the advertisement given the current crime situation in the country. She also said she had approached the lottery company beforehand requesting that her photograph and other details not be published but this was not heeded.
However, in a telephone interview with this newspaper yesterday, General Manager of the Lottery Company, Tracey Lewis said Skeete had consented to her name and photograph being published in the press. The GM noted that following her win Skeete visited the company's office and underwent the necessary verification exercise after which she was interviewed by a staff member of the company.
Lewis said at this point Skeete was asked whether she had any problem with her name and photograph being printed in the press and she answered in the negative.
According to Lewis, on the morning of the presentation Skeete did not only speak with lotto staff but also members of the press who were there to cover the ceremony.
"So for her to say now that we went ahead and published her name after a request for this not to happen is not true."
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