Er det lovligt at spille lotteri over internettet?
Statslotterierne og MUSL (den organisation, der driver Powerball) are all very firm in their assertion that playing the lottery in any manner over the Internet is illegal. We are not lawyers and can’t provide legal advice, but we are not so sure about their position. Their absolute certainty that it is illegal may have more to do with not wanting to lose control of the player interaction, og mindre at gøre med et fast juridisk grundlag.
Når vi vurderer lovligheden, we look at what has actually happened in court cases. There have been people in the past who purchased a lottery ticket from an Internet Web site, vandt efterfølgende jackpotten, and the lottery attempted to block them from receiving the jackpot. In each case, the winners took the lottery to court and won. They received their jackpot as if they walked into a store and purchased a ticket.
You must keep in mind that any type of Internet-based lottery service is not risk-free. From a legal standpoint, tjenesterne beskæftiger sig med smuthuller i den nuværende lov, og den amerikanske kongres har taget skridt til at gøre disse smuthuller tættere, particularly in trying to prevent banks and credit cards from allowing Internet payments for lottery services. But there is a much bigger threat when you use an Internet lottery service: bliver flået af.
Ved ikke at foretage et køb i en butik, du gør muligvis noget værre end at smide dine penge væk: you may be helping to keep a scam operation running. Stay away from anything referring to a “syndikat”. We are not aware of any site using that terminology that is not a scam. Also beware of sites that state “Forsikret af ___” at the bottom. It is like saying “Vi køber ikke rigtig lotteri, men stol på os, du får betalt, hvis du vinder.” Have you ever heard of an insurance company paying out a $200 million Powerball jackpot? We haven’t.
We do allow some advertising on USA Mega for lottery services. We recommend that USA residents stay away from such services, and make your purchases in a store. The ads are directed at non-USA residents, som muligvis ikke har de online lotteribegrænsninger, der findes i USA.
