Maryland Lottery Director says online sales coming

Comment #27

four4me — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:11:44 GMT

For all you paranoid schizophrenic's that RFDI chip you carry around is easier hacked than your computer.

Comment #26

Colt45ML — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:53:11 GMT

If, like in Europe, all winners remain anonymous, and there is no tax on lottery winnings, then I would have a lot less misgivings about online sales. However, I contend that buying your tickets on line just makes it that much harder to keep it a secret. I think hackers would immediately set about finding out whose computer the winning ticket was sold on.

Comment #25

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:04:49 GMT

VenomV12,

Yup, all those things and more. Jobs blown because of a comment someone made on Facebook or because of what someone else said that a person said opn Favcebook, etc...

Comment #24

VenomV12 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:55:21 GMT

Lol, seriously. I can't believe people setup Facebook accounts and basically give all their information away, what they are doing, where they are going, who they are dating, everything and on top of that, for free. Facebook literally made the Feds and law enforcement's jobs ten times easier.

Comment #23

Coin Toss — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:40:54 GMT

VenomV12,

I agree with you about Facebook. If there is a 'shadow government' out there or just a grouop of bad people in general, they don't even have to make any effort at all to assemble a dossier on people, they people are gladly providing it for them - on Facebook.

Comment #22

grwurston — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:57:48 GMT

They didn't say if the payouts will be the same as the offshore sites. So I wonder if this is only about being able purchase tickets online. The way the state budget is going here...

Comment #21

malie10 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:09:58 GMT

I can watch my TV and bet the ponies, but i still go to the race track.

exactly

Comment #20

VenomV12 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:04:02 GMT

The Illinois lottery and the information they required was enough to let me know I will never play online. The informationt they required is more than enough for some hacker to steal your identity and God knows what else.

And as I mentioned before now that your winnings can be tracked there are going to be some people that are going to be slapped with some nice tax bills down the road that they were not expecting. Plus, I like supporting my local retailers.

I refuse to setup a Facebook ac... [ More ]

Comment #19

krisjaxun — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:02:01 GMT

Actually, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, And Checks Are Forms of Payment. If your financial institution gets hacked, that has nothing to do with your playing on-line. if a hacker does attack the lottery's computer, i doubt your info would just be sitting there waiting to be taken, but you never know. they had my info already from my subscription i bought on-line so it was just a matter of signing and buying tickets. I love it.

Comment #18

krisjaxun — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:56:14 GMT

I am an Illinois resident and i set up a lottery subscription on-line. The Illinois Lottery already had my info so going on-line to buy Mega and IL Lotto tickets did not require me to enter the info again. your info is only entered once to set the account up. the good thing about it is, i dont have to worry about a lost ticket, someone claiming they are part owner of the ticket (office pool), or someone trying to steal the ticket or say i stole it from them. there is no physical ticket printed.

Comment #17

Cletu$2 — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:07:35 GMT

You'd have to be some kind of stupid to put your social security number and credit card numbers on line with hackers all over the place looking to steal peoples identitys.

Comment #16

haymaker — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:52:59 GMT

I'm not what is called an early adopter i'll see how it pans out.

Comment #15

Coin Toss — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:34:51 GMT

Illinois has online sales, state residents only, and you have to give them your social security number and a credit card number to play.

Considering major bansk, government agencies and others have been hacked I'd say at this point not for me.

Hacking into an online lottery website with SSANs and credit card numbers would be a hackers dream come true.

No thanks.

Comment #14

mediabrat — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:52:00 GMT

There are some things that Europeans get wrong, and there are other things they get right. This is an example of the latter.

There's a whole big world out there. It wouldn't hurt to look beyond our nation's borders once in a while and see what we can learn from other people.

Comment #13

mediabrat — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:49:03 GMT

Where did you read such a thing?

He didn't. That was his opinion, indicated by the use of the word should .

Don't worry, Thrifty, I'm sure New York will have online play set up by the end of the year. They already have online subscriptions for MM and Lotto with PB coming soon, it won't be long before they take the next step and open up individual draws to online players.

Comment #12

rad242 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:20:08 GMT

Targetting the younger generation?

Parents tell your credit cards to run for cover

Comment #11

rdgrnr — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:53:36 GMT

Just because the Europeans do something doesn't necessarily make it a good idea.

They're a bunch of frigging socialists over there.

You can't even point toy guns at people in France.

Englishmen never brush their teeth.

You want that kind of stuff spreading over here

Comment #10

THRIFTY — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:40:44 GMT

You should have to go to a retailer to set up your acct.

Where did you read such a thing?

Lottery players set up their accounts online from the comfort of their homes. I feel that they will follow the European countries model to sell lottery tickets online. They have been selling lottery tickets online successfully for a long time. I think that Illinois followed the England model.

Comment #9

THRIFTY — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:24:04 GMT

You can buy lottery tickets online and at lottery retailers in most European countries mainly the UK. Lottery players use both in England. I do not understand why USA lotteries are so slow to embrace the Internet relative to European countries.

Comment #8

Cletu$2 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:47:30 GMT

I'm sure that Iowa will go online in the near future.The gals at the Iowa lottery are just crazy about computers and everything electronic.Especially Twitter Farcebook.They're always running contests for their Twitter Farcebook fans.

Comment #7

Uff Da! — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:21:29 GMT

If Washington State ever goes the route of online sales, I would be one who would quickly switch most, if not all, of my ticket sales to online. I'm retired, so it would be very convenient to just sit home and buy my tickets rather than to have to drive the three miles to the nearest outlet. They'd sell more tickets to me, too, as there are many times (twice in the last two weeks) that I just skipped buying tickets when I didn't have any other reason to go to the store. But I suspect those peopl... [ More ]

Comment #6

haymaker — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:12:22 GMT

not sure how it would work since my state has not offered it,

but you,re right no one is getting my ssn.

Comment #5

OldSchoolPa — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:03:22 GMT

That only makes sense from a retailer POV, but not from the lottery or lottery player POV. One can buy lottery tickets at Lottery HQ and if they win big, no retailer gets a cut. So online is same...it cuts out the middleman. Besides, I would not want to set up and share my SSN and bank account details on anybody elses computer. So that is a bad idea haymaker.

I like the setup just the way it is...no need to complicate the matter in the interest of some retailer getting a cut. So since you pr... [ More ]

Comment #4

jarasan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:24:40 GMT

Retailers will flip out, granted there still be a lot of store sales, I mean there are those that can t even fill out a playslip........but the internet......................

Comment #3

haymaker — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:33:45 GMT

You should have to go to a retailer to set up your acct.

after that any ticket you buy online would be counted as sold by that retailer.

i would still go out to get mine, but it would be convenient if for some reason i could not get to the store.

I can watch my TV and bet the ponies, but i still go to the race track.

Comment #2

Cletu$2 — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:09:03 GMT

Is Martino able to see into the future or what?Maybe he can tell us what the MegaMillions Powerball numbers will be this weekend.

Comment #1

Uff Da! — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:49:39 GMT

I find it very hard to believe that online sales won't have an impact on retail sales at traditional lottery retailers. Martino says In no place . . . has this happened, but only one state has done it so far, and that hasn't been for very long. Give it time.

Maryland Lottery Director says online sales coming

Lottery Post — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:19:18 GMT

Includes audio report

The Maryland Lottery hopes to have its online lottery sales platform up and running by January 1, 2013.

Lottery Director Stephen Martino tells WBAL Radio that the Maryland legislature approved $500-thousand for the lottery to start up the program and hire some additional staff.

Martino says the time has come for Internet lottery sales in Maryland.

We just think this is a way that people are doing business and commerce is moving. You can buy practically anyth... [ More ]