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[anonemus]

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Can You Buy Powerball Tickets Online? A Full Map Of Where To Buy Tickets, And Warning About Online Sellers

[badkuk]

Might help

Can You Buy Powerball Tickets Online? A Full Map Of Where To Buy Tickets, And Warning About Online Sellers

There's also some warnings on this Powerball page

CAN I BUY POWERBALL TICKETS THROUGH THE INTERNET?

No. Start with that answer and then slowly back into "sometimes". Gambling is illegal in the United States. A State has the right to gamble or create a lottery ONLY within its borders. When a game or information about a game cross a state line, or the national border, then it falls into federal jurisdiction. So, some lotteries do sell TO THEIR RESIDENTS through the Internet but not across their state line. Powerball tickets can only legally be purchased at a state lottery sales terminal in the lottery jurisdictions that sells the Powerball game. A lottery can also legally sell tickets on the Internet, but only to persons within its own state. No one can sell lottery tickets by mail or over the Internet across state lines or the U.S. national border. No one except the lottery or their licensed retailers can sell a lottery ticket. No one. Not even us. No one. No, not even that web site. Or that one. You really don't need to send me questions about a specific site. None of them can legally sell lottery tickets across a state border or the U.S. border. No.

Law prevent the SALE (exchange of consideration) of any interest in the outcome of a gambling event. If you are not buying from a licensed retailer in teh state or from the state lottery site (within the borders of that state), then you should not expect to be able to collect your prize. There are no regulations of websites that claim to sell tickets or to sell you a "service" to buy and hold tickets for you. Many lotteries believe that they would violated state and federal laws is they paid on those tickets purchased (if actually purchased) by an unlicensed reseller.

You can legally travel to another state, buy a ticket, and bring it back to your home state (at least I believe that no state now has a law forbidding the possession of a lottery).

CAN I PLAY POWERBALL FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE OR THE U.S.?

No. Repeat as necessary. If that changes, we will say "yes" here and tell you how.

CAN A NON-RESIDENT WIN POWERBALL?

If you legally purchase a Powerball ticket, you can play the game and you can collect prizes. You do not have to be a citizen or a resident to play the game. You can be a tourist. That said, some states do have rules that seem to imply that a winner must produce evidence of citizenship or a federal SSN, but there are other ways to hold back taxes for a winner who does not have a U.S. SSN. Occasionally, some state lawmaker talks about limiting wins to U.S. citizens, but no laws have passed so far.

[EQAddict]

Thx for the info! Am still dreaming.......

[Walter]

The Federal law regarding online gambling was meant for sports betting. The government flipped flopped whether online Lotto should be included. People should know that the prize isn't really US$1.3B, cash out is just a mere US$806M less taxes (25-30%) so only about US$560M.

Forbes Welcome

[shadow]

Ask a relative to buy for you.


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[frenchtower]

My losing ticket. I'm keeping it for a while just in case they do a Steve Harvey

[EQAddict]

Thx for the info! Am still dreaming.......

[istan]

Migrate to Canadian Province or Australian Major City or just stay.

[_Cathy_]

Migrate to Canadian Province or Australian Major City or just stay.

Leave this country! I think Canada is the best place to immigrate.

[KenGarcia]

Leave this country! I think Canada is the best place to immigrate.

Sobra daw bait ng mga tao jan, according to my friend na nasa Winnipeg, Manitoba. Yun nga lang harsh ang winter.