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Reply #11

KY Floyd — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:05:57 GMT

Since you can get a cash advance with your debit card, not allowing certain types of purchases with it is rather pointless. In many places there will be an ATM only a few feet from the lottery terminal anyway. It seems to me that makes it even more ridicuous than laws banning alcohol sales before noon on Sunday, which is nothing but dicrimination aginst people who don't plan ahead.

Reply #10

BaristaExpress — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:51:17 GMT

Here in Delaware no lottery purchase is allowed with a debit card (CASH ONLY

Reply #9

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Reply #8

tntea — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:55:17 GMT

We take checks and debit cards to play the lotto. Considered Cash...

Reply #7

LottoVantage — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:19:26 GMT

I only use my debit card for debit activity at my banks ATM. If I use it in a store or whatever, I use it as a credit card. Why? Because anyone around you including the clerk can steal your PIN number and play havoc with your bank account. When used as credit no PIN number is required.

Reply #6

lottocalgal — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:51:16 GMT

We can do it in Cali too, If i'm not mistaken only credit cards are unnacceptable.

Reply #5

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:12:55 GMT

I haven't tried buying lottery tickets with a debit card, but I don't see why not. Like KY Floyd said, it is basically cash. On the other hand, I know you ae not allowed to buy tickets with a credit card.

Reply #4

KY Floyd — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:44:17 GMT

Debit cards are essentially cash, and Coin Toss is right that it could have been a disservice. Unlike a credit card, you can't spend money you don't have, but like a credit card, you can spend money and not see it leaving your wallet. For a lot of people that makes it too easy to spend more than they need to. For others it's a way of avoiding huge finance charges from excessive credit card use.

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Reply #3

Coin Toss — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:12:41 GMT

Justxploring

I never realized debit cards are accepted in Florida. Did she just do me a favor?

Or a tremendous disservice

Reply #2

LANTERN — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:46:51 GMT

Here on Tx you can buy lottery tickets with debit cards.

Reply #1

Stack47 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:40:08 GMT

Most stores in Ohio take debit cards.

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justxploring — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:18:23 GMT

On Tuesday evening I purchased my daily Fantasy 5 ticket, and believe it or not, I didn't even have one lousy dollar in my wallet. This has never happened to me before. How embarrassing! Fortunately, nobody was in back of me. :-)

The clerk at Albertson's asked me if I had a debit card and told me to swipe it and enter my PIN. I asked for cash back too (why not?) and she gave me a ticket, $10 and a receipt for $11. It said Lottery Purchase $1.00

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