Lottery Online is a lottery website that offers a variety of games including instant tickets, keno and video lottery terminals (slot machines in all but name). Players can play for real money or simply for fun and prizes. The site also allows users to view past winning numbers and jackpots, as well as find other information about the lottery.
The lottery is a popular form of gambling around the world, and it is regulated by many governments. While some governments prohibit the practice, others endorse and regulate it. In the United States, state-run lotteries are legal, and players can purchase tickets at retail outlets, over the internet or by phone. Other lotteries are run by private companies, such as the International Lottery Foundation in Liechtenstein, which operates a number of sites referred to as the ILLF brands.
A Lao immigrant who won the Powerball jackpot will share his $1.3 billion prize with a friend after he finishes his cancer treatment. Forty-six-year-old Cheng Saephan from Portland, Oregon, made the announcement on Monday at a news conference. He said his wife Duanpen will take half of the money, and he will give the other half to his friend, Laiza Chao.
Saephan’s winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in Portland, which is home to a large community of Iu Mien immigrants from Laos. The winner will receive a lump sum payment of about $422 million after federal and state taxes are taken out. The couple plans to invest the rest of the money in a business and in helping family members.
Before 1967 buying a lottery ticket was illegal in Canada, but the federal Liberal government introduced an Omnibus Bill that year that allowed it. That law also amended the country’s anti-trust laws to permit interprovincial competition in lotteries. In 1968 Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau, seeking to recoup the costs of the World’s Fair and a subway system, tried to pass off his “voluntary tax” as a lottery. It was not a lottery for two reasons: The prizes were in silver bars rather than cash, and the winners were chosen by answering four questions about Montreal during a competition. In the end the Quebec Appeal Court ruled that the “tax” was not a lottery.