'Lottery Places' supported on all major mobile devices
MARTINSVILLE, NJ — For the first time lottery players have a simple way to find a store to buy lottery tickets no matter where they are.
Lottery Places, a new mobile app available on iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone, finds your current location and instantly displays the nearest lottery retailers.
As the on-screen map is panned and zoomed with common gestures, additional lottery retailers are found and displayed in real-time. Touching a retailer reveals more information about the store's location and services, and one button-press displays driving directions to the retailer.
What makes Lottery Places unique is its ability to find retailers across state and country borders, all in one app. Before today lottery players would have to visit individual government lottery websites, each of which uses a different and sometimes confusing method of finding lottery retailers, and only in one state or country at a time.
In the United States alone, the Lottery Places app replaces the need to visit 45 separate government lottery websites and apps to find lottery retailers throughout the country.
Best of all, the app is completely free, with no time trials, pro-level versions, or in-app purchases required. All of the features are available to everyone for free.
"Lottery Places solves a real problem that everyone experiences at one time or another: how to find a nearby store that sells lottery tickets," explained Todd Northrop, creator of Lottery Places.
"Whether you're at home, at work, traveling, or on vacation, open up Lottery Places and instantly see all the closest lottery retailers," Northrop said. "Because the app is free to use forever and it is available on all three major mobile platforms, it truly is an essential app that no lottery player — indeed no mobile user — should be without."
Lottery Places launched today on all three major mobile platforms: iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone. And because the Windows Phone app is actually a Windows universal app, it also works on all desktops, laptops, and tablets running Windows 8 or higher.
In addition to finding lottery retailers near your current location, Lottery Places can also locate retailers in any other location using the search feature. Just type a full or partial address and the app will pinpoint the location on the map and instantly locate the nearest lottery retailers. Driving directions can be displayed either from your current GPS location or the search location you entered.
"If you know you're making a stopover you can see if the airport has a lottery retailer," Northrop suggested. "Or maybe you're visiting a friend and you want to check for nearby store locations. In practically any scenario, Lottery Places can find the nearest lottery retailers."
Advanced map features, such a traffic reports and satellite views, are included to help determine an ideal lottery retailer to visit.
Also included in the app is the ability to report any problems that might be found with particular retailers. For example, if the phone number is listed incorrectly on a retailer, the app user can press the Report Error button to instantly send a note directly to the app's developers to fix the problem.
The Lottery Places website (www.lotteryplaces.com) includes more information about the app, as well as app store buttons to instantly download the app for free.
Lottery Places is available today for free download.
About Lottery Places
Lottery Places was created by Todd Northrop, the founder of Speednet Group and the developer of Lottery Post (www.lotterypost.com), the world's most popular website for lottery players. For over 15 years, Mr. Northrop has been inventing and developing lottery-related websites, books and apps, providing accurate, player-friendly information and interactivity for lottery players worldwide.
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Very interesting. Might come in handy while I'm traveling state to state.
When away from home this App will simplify finding a Lottery Retailer!
I agree, I always play in other States when I travel.
I like it, especially for places like New York were surprisingly few bodegas sell tickets and visitors can easily overlook hole-in-the-wall type joints. (Why don't cvs, Duane reade and walgreens sell tickets?)
Also the airport part is interesting.
However searching Heathrow Airport London didn't really turn up any results, and you can play in any WHSmith shop, on a playslip landside, directly over the till airside.
Another Triumph Todd. Thanks and congratulations!
This project has been in the works for 8 years now. I've come close to launching it, only to realize it wasn't right yet. A real labor of love.
If you'd like to help out, please do download the free app — I think you'll find it quite useful — and then please post a review on the App Store/Play Store. Reviews are greatly appreciated!
This is great. I'll be playing in VA/NC soon and I'm always looking for places close to highways that sell lotto. Tested the store navigation and it was dead on.
Please be sure to post a review in the App Store!
Edit: I see that you already did -- thanks!!!
Just downloaded it. Will definitely use it when I go out of state.
Great app. Just learned that an area hi rise close by sells tickets in their convenience store.
I sure could have used this 2 days ago . I was in NYC By Herald Square walking around for 40 min looking for a place . Walked up 6 th ave ( Ave of Americas ) to Times Square . All the way over to Radio Music Hall . Down 5th ave to 39th back across to Broadway the up Broadway a while then back to 6th and back to where I started . What a nightmare '
This wiil be a big help !!! Thanks Todd !!
l uploaded the app to my phone yesterday & it performed perfectly. Great job Todd!
For a minute l thought Shia ' motivational speech had something to do with it, but the 8 years comment killed that thought.
I think we've all needed this at one time or another -- myself included.
Thanks for the feedback (noise-gate, got your private feedback too, thanks).
Please be sure to also post a review on the App Store/Play Store -- that helps more than anything. Thanks!!
Great App!!!
I love it!!!
Great app, Todd. I'll download it tonight. It will come in handy when I'm traveling. It will make it easier to locate a lottery retailer near the Interstate, with out going totally into a town searching.
I've never had a need to find a place to play lottery. I will look at app to see what else it can do.
As soon as I saw this app, I added it to my phone and tablet. I reviewed it shortly after. Please remember to review this wonderful app. Thank you Todd!
I noticed it won't let you save (yellow star)the destination which is strange. Doesn't matter. Usually save the addresses in my gps anyways.
Todd, I need your to build an app for me. Similar to this lottery place. Instead of lottery I want it to be liquor stores. How easy would it be for you to do this with the technology you already have built over the last 8 years. Inbox me pls
Thank you Todd. Had never added an app before but easy enough to do and a wonderful App.
Fantastic! Very glad to hear you like it. Please be sure to post a review on the app store!
On the Apple App Store you write a review by pressing the Review tab (the center of the three tabs), and then press "Write a Review".
On the Google Play Store you write a review by scrolling down until you see the stars, then press then number of stars to rate the app, and that opens the review panel.
Thanks!!
One thing I agree with you. Great idea and most liquor stores have terminals.
After I saw that posted earlier, I did a quick search and found quite a few "liquor store finder" apps. Some are better than others, according to the reviews. There are also websites that provide the same service; I used this one and it showed every pkg. store in my relatively small town with only one mistake, including a bar.
Personally speaking don't need an app to locate a lottery dealer cause retail lottery dealers are ubiquitous in NJ.
I could have used something like this when I was in Portland in a few weeks ago. I usually try to buy tickets when I'm in another state, but wasn't able to find a place this time.
and GOOD LUCK TO US ALL WHO WILL BE PLAYIN,AGAIN OUR LOTTERY #s, this evening $$$adios! ! !
Gleno:
For you in NJ yes. In NJ,our state yep... You're right(certain areas they are ALL OVER.)Some areas?
Not so much.
However...
when i go to NC, to visit regularly mi familia, (mom,dad, my sister, 1 of my brothers in NY
(and familia in Pennsylvania) it will be quite useful for me,i am sure i will find this quite helpful.)
adios..."
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