Lottery online is a form of online gambling that involves buying lottery tickets. It is a popular activity amongst people from all walks of life, with the potential to earn huge sums of money. Lottery games are played in many countries, including the United States and Canada. While some governments prohibit online lottery, others endorse it and regulate it. In the United States, state lotteries operate lottery games with a variety of prizes and rules. In some cases, the winner receives a lump sum payment, while in other instances the prize is paid out over several years.
The state-run Vietnamese lottery company Vietlott announced on Thursday that two customers won Jackpot 1 and another two won Jackpot 2 of the national lottery. The winning numbers are 09 and 08, respectively. The two Jackpot 1 winners bought tickets in Ho Chi Minh City and the other in neighboring Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, a company official told RFA’s Lao service.
While the lottery is not a legal form of gambling, the country’s communist government allows it under certain conditions. Ticket sales are permitted in special economic zones, where the government has control. However, the practice is illegal in most other parts of the country. In addition, the lottery is subject to strict state controls and a limited number of vendors are allowed to sell tickets.
Despite the restrictions, there are numerous websites that offer lottery-style games. Typically, these sites charge premiums on base lottery prices and do not require players to purchase physical tickets. They are also able to provide players with access to free play, which increases their chances of winning without paying a subscription fee. The majority of these online games are operated by GTech Corporation, a privately-held American company that has claimed 70% of the world’s lottery-style business, according to its website.
Before 1967, purchasing a lottery ticket in Canada was considered illegal under the federal Omnibus Bill, which was intended to bring up-to-date a number of obsolete laws. That year Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau attempted to circumvent the law by introducing a lottery in which silver bars were offered instead of cash prizes. This lottery was not recognized as a lottery by the Canadian federal government, and Drapeau was ordered to stop operations in 1968.
Cheng Saephan, a 45-year-old immigrant from Laos who lives in Portland, Oregon, won a $1.3 billion Powerball prize in early April. He plans to share half of the prize with his wife, Duanpen, and the other half with a friend, Laiza Chao, who chipped in $100 to buy tickets with them.
In Canada, four nationwide lotteries are operated by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, a consortium of provincial/territorial lottery commissions: Atlantic Lottery Corporation (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador), Loto-Quebec (Quebec), Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (Ontario) and Western Canada Lottery Corporation (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). Private companies also offer online lottery games. Currently, Lotto 6/49 is the most popular game in Canada.