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That’s what the Rhode Island Lottery is suggesting to minimize the spread of coronavirus, although some who regularly play lottery games are not so sure.

On Monday the Lottery said it is allowing lottery winners to claim prizes to all games by mail, as long as the winner submits personal identifying information along with the ticket.

Pre-virus, the Lottery only allowed winnings of less than $600 to be claimed by mail, something normally taken advantage of by those who bought a ticket while passing through the state. (Retailers who sell lottery tickets also pay out winnings of less than $600 and that is not changing.)

Winnings can also be claimed at Lottery headquarters on Pontiac Avenue in Cranston. Advanced social distancers in no rush for cash can wait until the COVID-19 crisis passes to get their cash.Winners have up to a year to claim their prizes,” Lottery spokesman Paul Grimaldi said in an email about the new policy. “People who want to adhere to the governor’s ‘stay-at-home’ directive, or who fear tickets will be lost in the mail, should simply wait until after the COVID-19 crisis passes to turn them in.”

To reduce the risk of coronavirus spread at the Cranston headquarters, Lottery staff are being screened verbally before work and then “we expect to have a sheriff on duty by the end of the week to screen customers,” Grimaldi said.To claim winnings by mail, you need to include the winning ticket with your signature on back, address, telephone number, copy of photo ID and copy of Social Security card (or document showing Social Security number).

“Could you imagine placing that winning ticket (say $20,000) in a mailbox and hoping for a response/check and waiting a week or more for a response, maybe a check,” Paul McHale of Coventry wrote to The Journal. “Add to that, and worth more ... your identity info is in that same envelope. What could go wrong! Could you sleep for a week while waiting?”