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Help with lottery question
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I am not a lawyer but..
Many companies do this with their employees - many employees put in, say $5 a week and their names are on the list where any significant winnings are split amongst the people participating. Any low amounts and it's put back into the pool to buy more tickets. But - they also have transparency. They purchase the tickets and then copy them all and post them BEFORE the drawing. I think there was a grocerey store in Brick, NJ (Or Toms River?) who did the pool and won a huge jackpot (each employee got over a million) sometime between 2000 and 2003.
I would think it is legal if 100% of the money coming in goes towards the pool and you don't take any cuts larger than you're fair share - winnings too small to distribute go back into the pool to buy more tickets. The only issue may be transparency - record how much comes in and then purchase, scan, and post the tickets before the drawing.
If it's done with the people are physically there it might be easier than if it's all over the internet plus then some states might claim that you're running a gambling site (yeah, even if that state has their own lotteries and/or Powerball) so you might want to look out for that, too (maybe with a nice disclaimer, only do this if it is allowed in the state you are currently living in and where any winnings might be delivered to).
Many companies do this with their employees - many employees put in, say $5 a week and their names are on the list where any significant winnings are split amongst the people participating. Any low amounts and it's put back into the pool to buy more tickets. But - they also have transparency. They purchase the tickets and then copy them all and post them BEFORE the drawing. I think there was a grocerey store in Brick, NJ (Or Toms River?) who did the pool and won a huge jackpot (each employee got over a million) sometime between 2000 and 2003.
I would think it is legal if 100% of the money coming in goes towards the pool and you don't take any cuts larger than you're fair share - winnings too small to distribute go back into the pool to buy more tickets. The only issue may be transparency - record how much comes in and then purchase, scan, and post the tickets before the drawing.
If it's done with the people are physically there it might be easier than if it's all over the internet plus then some states might claim that you're running a gambling site (yeah, even if that state has their own lotteries and/or Powerball) so you might want to look out for that, too (maybe with a nice disclaimer, only do this if it is allowed in the state you are currently living in and where any winnings might be delivered to).
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Thanks, yeah I live in pa but a few members live in other states. I was thinking having them use my donate button on my site or pay $5 each as gift so I dont loose the pp fees. Then document each user who is the pool with full name etc, buy the tickets myself and copy and paste them so everyone can see the numbers with all who are invested for each pool. There will only be a few members putting in for the tickets and its in a private forum on my site for supporting members only.
I just want to make sure its legal thats all.
I just want to make sure its legal thats all.
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