I have two quick comments about the winner of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions lottery. Bear with me.

First, stay anonymous. The winner purchased the ticket at a convenience store in Simpsonville, S.C. South Carolina is one of few states that allows the winners of these games of chance to keep their identity hidden.

I strongly encourage this individual to do precisely that. I don’t need to know who he or she is. Nor does anyone else. Exposing one’s identity also exposes one to scammers, relatives real or imagined, crooks and thieves.

Protect yourself from those who would seek to take advantage of you.

Second, wait for the rush that will occur at KC Mart #7 in Simpsonville. It never fails: the retailer that peddles the winning ticket at these high-dollar games suddenly becomes the most popular such establishment among those seeking to win the next big payoff.

What they don’t realize is that the odds of the same retail outlet selling the next winner are even more astronomically remote than they were for the first one.

A fellow won a $40-something million Texas Lottery drawing some years ago in Amarillo. He bought the ticket at a convenience store. That same store had a gigantic rush for the next drawing.

It’ll happen now with the KC Mart #7. I’ll be giggling from afar.