LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Lottery is teaming with PayPal to offer players a new way to fund their online accounts.
Starting Monday, the lottery says players may use PayPal to fund accounts to play online games. To make a deposit into their lottery account, players must have a balance in their PayPal account or the account must be linked to a financial institution account.
Players also may withdraw winnings and direct them to their accounts with the payments system company.
Lottery players can win up to $500,000 instantly online. The lottery offers more than 30 online games with plays ranging in price from 5 cents to $20. The lottery in January added four draw games to its online offerings: Powerball, Mega Millions, Lotto 47, and Fantasy 5.
Lottery officials say more than 276,000 people have registered to play online games, which were launched in 2014.
The acceptance of lottery payments represents a departure for PayPal, which has traditionally avoided any gambling-related financial transactions.
This could go nationwide.
And here I thought PayPaö doesn't except transfers for gambling, drugs and sex work.
Hence the last sentence in the article.
Offering a variety of Online games is the future of any successful state lottery and the Michigan Lottery understand it.
It is best to use debit cards, no fees or charges, as it comes straight out of saving account.
Does Michigan accept out of state players??
No, but Massachusetts offers a subscription service which is available across the country by phone, with a debit card.
Thank you. Mi players need to be aware, they have a FP 13 out 732 draws. Last FP 13 was 130. The ones below are longest out.
I must be dense this morning, but I don't understand your post. Explain please.
FP = Front Pair 13
Skipped 732 draws. Other words, the pair is at the maximum skip and has not been drawn in over 2 years, math avg skip is 100 draws.
I appreciate any & all tips and was going to follow & play but it's only been 72 draws not 732.
FP13 pulled in Michigan on 3/11/16 as 132. Maybe that was a different state.
But here's a really past due straight...572. Last show as a straight on 2/12/2002. 14 long years!!!!!
Thank you so much. In other words, don't play them numbers!
Soon enough my subscriptions to Mega Millions, L4L and Megabucks Doubler will expire in August. So far only Megabucks Doubler has done anything, but there's always the next drawing. I may take a year off from their subscription service, we'll see.
You need to learn how to use the tools on LP. Michigan Mid FP stats.
You Didn't State That It Was For Midday In Your Earlier Post.
So Tami Was Correct
My mistake, for omitting it was Michigan Mid.
Now I see why I rarely play pick 4's; this is all too confusing to me. If I do it is a QP str/box or just str.
You need to learn how the game is played before you even bet. If you play FP 13....
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there are 10 combos with each pair, whether they are FP SP BP.
I read right past that
I don't think Cash 3 games are covered.
Please keep Pick 3 numbers and discussion in the Pick 3 forum. This is a news story about the Michigan Lottery accepting PayPal payments.
How much does paypal charge for this service? Is it worth it?
Megabucks Doubler is the only game that's not offered in KY; why do you get a subscription from Mass when you can get tickets for the other games in KY?
It's free to pay someone or for something using your PayPal account or debit card. However, they charge 2.9% plus 30 cents per transaction when you get paid or receive funds into your account.
Because though I live in KY, MA will always be my home state. Megabucks Doubler is strictly a Massachusetts lottery hence that is why you can buy those subscriptions over the phone.
I still play KY Cashball, MM, and Powerball and play MM and PB when I cross the Ohio River to nearby IN, or if traveling to OH, get tickets in that ANONYMOUS winner state.
As for lotteries I have no loyalties to any state, play every state I may travel to. Too bad Nevada wouldn't get in on the bandwagon!!
I asked years ago about a subscription service in KY and they said that is for snowbird states, that was their reply!! Massachusetts has a super duper larger lottery than KY will ever have, but am grateful I can play here.
"I still play KY Cashball, MM, and Powerball and play MM and PB when I cross the Ohio River to nearby IN, or if traveling to OH, get tickets in that ANONYMOUS winner state. "
I've crossed state lines to play games not available in my state. When I lived in Ohio I played Quinto in PA before the Ohio Lottery got a Pick-5. Even though MM and PB are the same game, tickets can be only cashed in the state they were purchased in so unless I purchase out of state tickets on a whim, I buy MM and PB tickets in KY.
As for the Mass Lottery having better games, I see nothing special about playing a 6/49 game with 14 million to 1 odds where the highest jackpot ($18.6 million) was won 32 years ago especially locking up the same combo for a year. And the odds of over 1000 to 1 to win $100 are terrible.
Granted Mass has a much larger selection of games than KY, but I really doubt you move to KY just to play lottery games.
From our experience with PayPal, it's not secure!
Someone scammed us using PayPal AND PayPal would not reveal the identity of the person that hacked the account. "To protect THEIR privacy"!
According to their website only their Megabucks Doubler is available for non-residents.
Agree. Paypal would love to collect their percentage on a players lottery winnings. I don't know why
someone would be so foolish and use that as a way to collect lottery winnings. People get angry when
someone has their winnings stolen by a friend, family member or scam artist. Why have PayPal help
them do it and charge you more on top? They are not secure. It's been laden with problems, outrageous
fees and conditions for a long time. It's not a service I would jump at to receive my lottery winnings. Hack
central also is something to worry about. They've made some changes over the years but with how #1
focused they are, to accept winnings and expose their underbelly, what they get out of it must be very big
in some ceo's eyes.