US Powerball jackpot

[medhead]

I got to play for free at lottoland!

 

[TheRealTMA]

I got to play for free at lottoland!

I think you paid too much.

 

[TheRealTMA]

I'll respond to that scepticism after I have the $2.1 billion in my bank account.

It'll just make you unhappy, so you'd better donate it to deserving AFF members.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Draw has just taken place.

Results here:

Powerball - Numbers

I got zero numbers!

It also appears that at least one person has won the top prize.

 

[cjd600]

I got the Powerball and one other.
Oh well...

 

[kamchatsky]

When I go to Lottoland home page, I got this:



Someone must have won it and cleaned up their account!

 

[Buzzard]

Apparently the winning ticket sold in California.

 

[vetrade]

FWIW Lottoland is registered offshore (Gibraltar) which doesn't actually buy a ticket in the Powerball for you. there's a good chance they would not have the funds to pay you if you happened to win.

Non US residents have long been able to buy tickets online at thelotter.com which is linked to the official website. If you buy from thelotter.com they actually physically buy a ticket for you so you know you will be able to collect and the only deduction from your winnings is the 25% obligatory tax.

 

[JohnK]

FWIW Lottoland is registered offshore (Gibraltar) which doesn't actually buy a ticket in the Powerball for you. there's a good chance they would not have the funds to pay you if you happened to win.

So why do people use them? Hope? Greed? Both?

 

[vetrade]

So why do people use them? Hope? Greed? Both?

I think most people mistakenly thought that lottoland was their only option to buy if the lived in Oz whereas it's always been easy to buy online from a bona fide agency in the US.

 

[Caito]

3 jackpot winners. Lucky buggers. Nice little bit of pocket change

 

[Dr Ralph]

FWIW Lottoland is registered offshore (Gibraltar) which doesn't actually buy a ticket in the Powerball for you. there's a good chance they would not have the funds to pay you if you happened to win.

Non US residents have long been able to buy tickets online at thelotter.com which is linked to the official website. If you buy from thelotter.com they actually physically buy a ticket for you so you know you will be able to collect and the only deduction from your winnings is the 25% obligatory tax.

What you've said isn't correct. You might want to do some more reading on the matter.

 

[medhead]

Well that was confusing, click on "my ticket" and the numbers showing are the same as the winning numbers. :shock:

...

took a while to realise that the playing card graphic with Xs on it showed my actual ticket/bet.

Probably should've written down the entry numbers yesterday.

 

[vetrade]

What you've said isn't correct. You might want to do some more reading on the matter.

Perhaps you should be more specific. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but I have no reason to think I am.

 

[cjd600]

I got the Powerball and one other.
Oh well...

...which returns me $5.70!
So excited to share in the winnings!

 

[TheRealTMA]

What you've said isn't correct. You might want to do some more reading on the matter.

Why was vetrade incorrect? This does seem to be my understanding as well. While truth in advertising and gambling seem distant partners, the lottoland operations do seem to be leading many Australians astray. Most people, as I heard even from some ABC radio announcers yesterday, seem to believe, or were conned to believe by various newspapers, that they actually bought tickets in the US lottery. They simply did not. They in fact just placed a bet with this lottoland company on the outcome of the actual draw. Seems very misleading. Made a s**t load of money for the company out of gullible Australians though.

Whereas the lotter group 'seem' to actually buy real tickets in the specific lottery that you request, being US, UK or European lotteries.

Where's the error in the above?

 

[medhead]

I couldn't be bothered reading the T&Cs too far, so not sure about US powerball. But I got up to the Euro lotto, where they claim that your bet is passed onto Eurolotto who then assign a ticket - or something like that.

 

[farstar]

...which returns me $5.70!
So excited to share in the winnings!

Is that after tax?

 

[Buzzard]

Read in today's newspaper that if a South Australian had won, they would have won nothing as it is against SA Government regulations.

 

[cjd600]

Is that after tax?

Yeah,but haven't deducted the tip yet