The legal framework surrounding lottery online in Vietnam is intricate and reflects the government’s cautious approach to gambling activities. However, the country’s laws distinguish between traditional lotteries and their online counterparts, indicating that a gradual opening of the market is underway. The state-owned Vietnam Lottery Company, or Vietlott, is the only entity legally authorized to conduct lotteries in the country. Other websites that offer lottery games, such as UptoPlay, accept payments in the Vietnamese
In Canada, buying lottery tickets is legal as long as the winnings are not used to finance a criminal activity. Until 1967, lottery tickets were illegal in the country, but that year Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau proposed a lottery to recover some of the money spent on the World’s Fair and a new subway system. For a $2 “voluntary tax,” participants would be eligible to participate in a lottery drawing that awarded silver bars instead of cash. Drapeau claimed that the lottery did not contravene federal law, but a judge later declared that it did and ruled it to be illegal.
Today, the four Canadian nationwide lotteries are operated by provincial and territorial governments. They include Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max (which replaced Lotto Super 7 in September 2009), Daily Grand, and Millionaire Life. These lotteries are administered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, which is composed of five regional lottery commissions. These are the Atlantic Lottery Corporation (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador), British Columbia Lottery Corporation (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), Ontario Lottery and Gaming Authority (Ontario), Quebec Lottery and Gaming Corporation (Quebec) and Saskatchewan Lottery and Gaming Corporation (Saskatchewan).
Online lottery games offer a variety of bonus features that can add to your chances of winning big prizes. These bonuses can include free tickets, special codes, and additional draws that are held during specific events or holidays. Some of these promotions are offered by lottery companies as part of their marketing strategies, while others are available through promotional links. In addition to these, many online lottery sites offer a variety of games and contests that can earn you bonus credits or other prizes.
The biggest lottery jackpot ever won was the $1.6 billion Mega Powerball prize in January 2015. It was split by two winners—a family from Laos and a man from the United States. The winner was a member of the Iu Mien ethnic group, which helped American forces during the Vietnam War by acting as guerillas along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The winner reportedly planned to invest the winnings in real estate. He wore a sash at the press conference identifying himself as a member of the Iu Mien. The sash was a nod to his homeland in Southeast Asia, where the group once lived as subsistence farmers.