Has lottery courier service turned into a betting platform?

Reply #14

bigbuckswede — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 07:55:55 GMT

Hi.

They are regulated and are granted an official license by swedish gambling authorities, if they break the rules they can be fined up to 10% or 100m euro. Some companies have been fined already in sweden (not any lottery company buy casino) So im fine with the fact that you bet on it nowadays. Powerball and Mega Millions is also betting on results in Sweden.

Reply #13

Todd — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:45:38 GMT

Sorry to hear that options are limited in your country. (I do love everything else about Sweden!) I'd suggest avoiding anything other than actual lottery ticket purchases. I know that all the USA lotteries are actual lottery ticket purchases, so perhaps just stick to the USA games.

Reply #12

bigbuckswede — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 18:42:21 GMT

Todd/

You are wrong, for some countries they have changed to a betting platform. I live in sweden and swedish new regulations forbid them to buy real tickets to existing lotteries. They were late on applying for a new swedish license, but now they got one. I have placed bets on their site. I don't get any scanned ticket anymore also.

I can also add that in Sweden they have recieved a warning for allowing bets on Eurojackpot, this is not allowed because swedish Svenska spel is authorized to... [ More ]

Reply #11

Broetchen — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 21:05:11 GMT

That could be the explanation.

It looks like nowadays they are offering three types of games: lottery courier services, their own lotteries drawn by a RNG, and betting on lotteries. E.g., they have two different versions of Eurojackpot:

Eurojackpot : If you select this one, they seem to buy a ticket in the real Eurojackpot lottery Eurojackpot Go! : This is their own lottery, where they draw the numbers every hour with a random number generator

I couldn't find a game on their website t... [ More ]

Reply #10

Broetchen — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 20:45:56 GMT

It happened in 2015.

As far as I remember, they did background checks on him before letting him collect the money.

Reply #9

BobP — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 05:33:01 GMT

Back in the day TheLotter booked their own bets, they only paid a percentage of the jackpots and even that had a limit. They began buying actual tickets some time ago. Maybe there are games they can buy tickets for and those they can't, but still want to offer wagering on. Look at what they say they are paying or the size of their promoted jackpot compared to the actual. Not saying anything has changed.

BobP

Reply #8

Stat$talker — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 00:14:32 GMT

I see,..also was this Jackpot win pre or post Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi War?..

It's a real possibility the U.S. may've confiscated the money, or banned such a wire transfer.. if the Country was on our unfavourable list at the time...

Its been done at least once that I know of... Blocked what amounted in the Billions..!!

-Stat$talker

Reply #7

jackpotismine — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:02:15 GMT

Thanks Todd for the reply. I knew you were the one to ask.

Reply #6

Todd — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 11:11:41 GMT

Thelotter has not changed to an online betting platform. They buy real lottery tickets and you get a scanned copy of the lottery ticket for verification.

For example, when you play Powerball or Mega Millions, you fill out the numbers and they have a real human buy a real ticket from a real lottery retailer in the United States.

In addition to buying tickets for just yourself, they provide the opportunity for group play using real tickets, so you can basically participate in an office pool

Reply #5

jackpotismine — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 10:23:41 GMT

Perhaps the best person to 'chime' in on this is Todd.

Reply #4

Broetchen — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 08:21:12 GMT

Yes, I didn't mention the name because I didn't know if it would be against the forum rules.

Other than in the past, thelotter's current terms of service include the large paragraph winnings for bets on lotteries . This paragraph very clearly mentions that you are only placing bets on secondary lotteries which can have the same names as the official lotteries. They also write Lottery-Style Games are provided by European Lotto and Betting Limited ( ELBL ) - a provider that is known for running... [ More ]

Reply #3

Nikkicute — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 06:22:35 GMT

You mean thelotter is that the service?

I've seen advertisements on this site for years, it's the only one I know of.

Reply #2

Broetchen — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 20:36:36 GMT

The man who ordered the ticket was both: He was from Iraq and was in Iraq at the time of the Jackpot win as well.

The courier bought the ticket from a regular lottery retailer in Oregon on the other man's behalf.

Reply #1

Stat$talker — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:08:03 GMT

Hummm,.. intresting... Were they in Iraq , or just from there , or both at the time of the Jackpot win

Has lottery courier service turned into a betting platform?

Broetchen — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 09:57:25 GMT

I think that many members here have heard of the lottery courier service that once someone from Iraq utilized to win the Oregon Megabucks jackpot.

Has this site recently changed from a courier service into a site that only place bets on lottery outcomes?

Their latest terms of service sound like they can choose if they buy you a real lottery ticket, or if they are just placing bets on a lottery trough a bookmaker on Malta.

I'm asking because I somehow liked the idea of taking part in dif... [ More ]