Justforthenuews t1_jawy6j1 wrote
Reply to comment by jusmellow in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870
You can go to other states to buy their lotto, it’s not illegal in any way. If you set this up as a business, you probably wouldn’t have that much clientele after a few time of you just saying “no wins, better luck next time!” as a matter of course.
BlurLove t1_jaxl7qk wrote
Interstate commerce will differ from international commerce. The first has significantly lower barriers (freedom to do business between states, and travel between them). The second is tightly regulated.
Justforthenuews t1_jay2n7y wrote
Doesn’t affect lotteries from what I can tell, weirdly. I just googled a half dozen I know off the top of my head and they all said that as long as the ticket is purchased in the state (some required it to be claimed locally too). There doesn’t seem to be any other hard factors, including nationality, country of residence, or anything else that would seem relevant that I could find in a cursory search.
BlurLove t1_jaylen7 wrote
Take a look here. The issue isn’t buying the lotto ticket. The issue is sending the winnings overseas.
edit: more detail
Foreign asset control at the federal level is the regulation. You don’t have a fundamental right to send things or money out of the country. Only as allowed by law.
SteelyDan1968 t1_jb1847e wrote
You can buy a Powerball/Mega Millions in other states. But, you can't cash them out in the state where you are at. If I bought a PB/MM in Texas and drove home to Chicago, and I found out that I won, I would have to go back to Texas to get my winnings. The systems are different.
puddinfellah t1_jay2oq2 wrote
Well, if that were true the lottery themselves wouldn’t have any customers lol
Justforthenuews t1_jay3lt3 wrote
Lotteries give you a hard copy of your numbers and publicly draw the winning numbers. This person’s hypothetical business model implies they don’t actually give the numbers at all to the end client so they can lie to winners and pocket any winnings.
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