Er det lovlig å spille lotteri over Internett?
De statlige lotteriene og MUSL (organisasjonen som 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 å gjøre med et fast juridisk grunnlag.
Når vi vurderer lovligheten, 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, vant deretter 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, tjenestene er i smutthull i gjeldende lov, og den amerikanske kongressen har tatt skritt for å gjøre disse smutthullene strammere, 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: blir dratt av.
Ved å ikke gjøre et kjøp i en butikk, du gjør kanskje noe verre enn å kaste pengene dine: 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 av ___” at the bottom. It is like saying “Vi kjøper egentlig ikke lodd, men stol på oss, du får betalt hvis du vinner.” 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 kanskje ikke har de online lotteribegrensningene som finnes i USA.
