Lottery winners - always bought in shops?

NIMAN

Over the last few years I've been noting how many Lotto winners are done online, and I can't remember hearing of a single one on the news reports.

Anyone hear of any?

You always hear, "the ticket was bought in xyz shop in ..." but never "the ticket was bought online".

weisses

I only ever heard in what part of the country the winning ticket was sold

helimachoptor

I won 7 euro online however I don't do the lotto that often..

NIMAN

Talking about the big jackpot winners.

The last 2, the Malin Head syndicate and the €68mill Euromillions, we were also told the shops where the tickets were bought.

Will I Amnt

I doubt many people play it online. I tried to sign up years ago and it asked for a photocopy of my passport, that will put a lot of people off, I just said feck it I'll go to the shop.

Beano

NIMAN wrote: »

Over the last few years I've been noting how many Lotto winners are done online, and I can't remember hearing of a single one on the news reports.

Anyone hear of any?

You always hear, "the ticket was bought in xyz shop in ..." but never "the ticket was bought online".

what percentage of people do it online compared to in a shop? Until you can answer that question you have nothing to go on.

endacl

Same thing happened with the golden tickets in Wonka bars. All bought in shops.

You may be on to something...

MarkR

I play it online for a group of us. I'll let ye know if we win.

degrassinoel

MarkR wrote: »

I play it online for a group of us. I'll let ye know if we win.

did you have to register with a copy of your passport?

BobbyPropane

degrassinoel wrote: »

did you have to register with a copy of your passport?

I do it online sometimes, no you don't

Beano

degrassinoel wrote: »

did you have to register with a copy of your passport?

you did when they first introduced it. the same as any other online gambling.

weisses

BobbyPropane wrote: »

I do it online sometimes, no you don't

Good way to get ones mortgage refused

Buttercup78

You don't now you just link your debit or visa card up to it.

Torakx

weisses wrote: »

Good way to get ones mortgage refused

I would say that's a good thing.

BobbyPropane

Just saw someone won 500k online recently

monkeysnapper

weisses wrote: »

Good way to get ones mortgage refused

Yeh I saw that on matt coopers show, if you have any gambling on your credit card or account the bank will frown on you . It's a very good point . They don't need a excuse to shaft you

Johngoose

Online lotto playing in Ireland has only been around for years I think?That might be one factor.

scheister

AFAIK the main lotto jackpot has been won twice by online players

porsche959

Most of their sales still comes from retail, so one would expect winners proportionately also mainly retail.

As with a lot of conspiracy theories, a small amount of research debunks it - check their annual reports, where you will see that % of sales from internet last year was probably only around 5% or so if even that. (though will grow significantly in future).

porsche959

Johngoose wrote: »

Online lotto playing in Ireland has only been around for years I think?That might be one factor.

I think that's correct.

Online lotto playing came in in 2009 or 2010, but sales were small initially because you had to send in passport ID, however this requirement has been relaxed recently I think.

Edit: on reading page 1 of thread, I see other posters already made same point.

degrassinoel

porsche959 wrote: »

Most of their sales still comes from retail, so one would expect winners proportionately also mainly retail.

As with a lot of conspiracy theories, a small amount of research debunks it - check their annual reports, where you will see that % of sales from internet last year was probably only around 5% or so if even that. (though will grow significantly in future).

That deserves it's own thread here.

shanered

Computor says NO

Wurzelbert

scheister wrote: »

AFAIK the main lotto jackpot has been won twice by online players

i too seem to remember that a while ago a jackpot was won by someone playing online...to think that online players could get screwed over somehow would be too much to take for me, playing online myself...