Est-il légal de jouer à la loterie sur Internet?
Les loteries d'État et la MUSL (l'organisation qui gère 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, et moins à voir avec une assise juridique solide.
Quand nous évaluons la légalité, 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, a ensuite remporté le jackpot, 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, les services traitent des failles de la loi actuelle, et le Congrès américain a pris des mesures pour resserrer ces échappatoires, 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: se faire arnaquer.
En ne faisant pas d'achat dans un magasin, vous faites peut-être quelque chose de pire que de jeter votre argent: you may be helping to keep a scam operation running. Stay away from anything referring to a “syndicat”. We are not aware of any site using that terminology that is not a scam. Also beware of sites that state “Assuré par ___” at the bottom. It is like saying “Nous n'achetons pas vraiment de billets de loterie, mais fais nous confiance, vous serez payé si vous gagnez.” 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, qui peuvent ne pas avoir les restrictions de loterie en ligne qui existent aux États-Unis.
