With advances in technology, lotto players are now able to play lotto online no matter where they live. This has opened up a whole new market for lottery players. In the past, if you wanted to play the lottery you had to either be living in or visiting the country whose lotto you were interested in. Now, you can play international lotto online at your convenience, without having to travel or even leave home.
One of the biggest advantages to playing lotto online is that it allows you to access all the data and historical winning results for all the different lotteries from around the world. You can then use this information to choose your numbers or you can let a professional company like Giant Lottos do it for you. This saves you both time and money, which means you have more to spend on buying tickets and increasing your odds of winning.
The winner of a multi-million dollar prize in the Oregon Powerball lottery will share the cash with a friend who chipped in $100 to buy the ticket with him, officials said Monday. Forty-six-year-old Cheng Saephan, who lives in Portland, is a member of the Iu Mien ethnic group that fought alongside American forces during the Vietnam War. He wore a sash at the news conference and said he and his wife Duanpen will take half the prize money, with the other going to his friend Laiza Chao.
Officials in the communist nation of Laos are rigging the national lottery, manipulating the results to avoid large pay-outs, sources in the country say. Drawings for the country’s lottery, which take place three times a week, often show a number that disappears from purchased tickets or is deemed unlucky and unlikely to win. The number 509, for example, showed up only as five on tickets sold throughout the day of Oct. 14’s drawing, RFA’s source in the capital of Vientiane told this correspondent on condition of anonymity.
Private business interests with links to the ruling elite also have a stake in the lottery, and are responsible for its operation, the source added. This includes companies that provide the lottery’s website and mobile app, and charge premiums on base lottery prices to buyers. The company behind the app, GTech Corporation, claims to have 70% of worldwide online and instant lottery business.
While it is not legal in all jurisdictions to sell lottery-style games on the Internet, there are many websites that do so. In addition to offering a variety of lotteries, some offer additional content such as sports betting and scratchcard games. In some cases, these sites are run by legitimate lottery operators that are licensed by the government. However, some operate illegally and are not regulated by the government. As a result, they are vulnerable to fraud and other threats. In addition, they often rely on misleading marketing practices. These tactics are especially effective in attracting people from regions where gambling is not legal.