È legale giocare alla lotteria su Internet?
Le lotterie statali e MUSL (l'organizzazione che gestisce 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, e meno a che fare con una solida base giuridica.
Quando valutiamo la legalità, 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, successivamente ha vinto il 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, i servizi stanno trattando le scappatoie nella legislazione attuale, e il Congresso degli Stati Uniti ha adottato misure per rendere più strette quelle scappatoie, 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: essere derubato.
Non effettuando acquisti in un negozio, potresti fare qualcosa di peggio che buttare via i tuoi soldi: you may be helping to keep a scam operation running. Stay away from anything referring to a “sindacato”. We are not aware of any site using that terminology that is not a scam. Also beware of sites that state “Assicurato da ___” at the bottom. It is like saying “Non compriamo davvero i biglietti della lotteria, ma fidati di noi, verrai pagato se vinci.” 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, che potrebbero non avere le restrizioni della lotteria online esistenti negli Stati Uniti.
