Can we legally buy tickets for the Powerball Lottery ?

[SimonTheSailor]

Can somebody outside of America which is in the USA legally buy a ticket for the Powerball lottery ?

Found a website that says it will buy your ticket for you, send you a scanned copy of it and then keep it securely for you until you arrive with armed guards to claim it.

Anybody know if yoh can/are allowed to ?

[marshalla]

SimonTheSailor said:

Can somebody outside of America which is in the USA legally buy a ticket for the Powerball lottery ?

Found a website that says it will buy your ticket for you, send you a scanned copy of it and then keep it securely for you until you arrive with armed guards to claim it.

Anybody know if yoh can/are allowed to ?

If only there was some sort of network-based information about this : http://www.powerball.com/pb_contact.asp


(hint : NO)

[LarryUSA]

According to the link above, you can:

[i]CAN A NON-RESIDENT WIN POWERBALL?

If you legally purchase a Powerball ticket, you can play the game and you can collect prizes. You do not have to be a citizen or a resident to play the game. You can be a tourist. That said, some states do have rules that seem to imply that a winner must produce evidence of citizenship or a federal SSN, but there are other ways to hold back taxes for a winner who does not have a U.S. SSN. Occasionally, some state lawmaker talks about limiting wins to U.S. citizens, but no laws have passed so far. [/i]

So, buy yourself a 1st Class plane ticket over here, buy one and wait for the cash on Thursday.

Alternatively, tell me the numbers you want and I'll buy one for you tonight. If the numers come up, I'll deduct the $2 fee and send you the winnings via Western Union.

[rfisher]

You sure about that?

https://www.lottoland.co.uk/powerball

[bigandclever]

rfisher said:

You sure about that?

https://www.lottoland.co.uk/powerball

Technically, you don't enter the Powerball ... you bet on the outcome.

Of course, if you match the numbers you still win. But your payout is spread over 30 years, which is a bit of a bugger.

[LordJammy]

But I want my billion dollars noooooww.

[SimonTheSailor]

Ha ha ha !! Not so obvious now is it smarty pants !!

[LarryUSA]

bigandclever said:

rfisher said:

You sure about that?

https://www.lottoland.co.uk/powerball

Technically, you don't enter the Powerball ... you bet on the outcome.

Of course, if you match the numbers you still win. But your payout is spread over 30 years, which is a bit of a bugger.

Or you can take a lump sum but you'll lose 40% or so to tax.

[Jimmy Recard]

Lottoland lets me choose numbers if I want to. Or is there something in the small print that says that I can't actually claim it unless I was in the US at the time I chose the numbers/the numbers were drawn?

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy Recard said:

Lottoland lets me choose numbers if I want to. Or is there something in the small print that says that I can't actually claim it unless I was in the US at the time I chose the numbers/the numbers were drawn?

Youre betting rather than playing. You bet on the outcome and they pay the equivalent of what the prize would be. Just a way of getting round it. 292 million to 1 chance of winning the Powerball so theyre happy to take your money.

[Toaster Pilot]

MDMA . said:

Youre betting rather than playing. You bet on the outcome and they pay the equivalent of what the prize would be. Just a way of getting round it. 292 million to 1 chance of winning the Powerball so theyre happy to take your money.

How do they stay viable if someone actually wins £900 million though?

[soad]

Powerball tickets cannot be purchased via mail or the internet, except from the website of Powerball's recommended lottery ticket service, which purchases legal tickets on your behalf.

Matching only the red ball: $4
Matching the red ball and one white ball: $4
Matching the red ball and two white balls: $7
Matching three white balls: $7
Matching the red ball and three white balls: $100
Matching four white balls: $100
Matching the red ball and four white balls: $10,000
Matching five white balls: $1,000,000
Matching the red ball and five white balls: Jackpot!

[bigandclever]

LarryUSA said:

bigandclever said:

rfisher said:

You sure about that?

https://www.lottoland.co.uk/powerball

Technically, you don't enter the Powerball ... you bet on the outcome.

Of course, if you match the numbers you still win. But your payout is spread over 30 years, which is a bit of a bugger.

Or you can take a lump sum but you'll lose 40% or so to tax.

Not if you play through Lottoland. I know it's pedantic.

details said:

“MUSL Powerball-Jackpot” – the aggregate amount payable by the MUSL or any (co-) organiser in respect of all Winning Tickets in Prize Category 1 in US dollars and in respect of the relevant draw of the US-lottery MUSL Powerball, paid out in 30 growing annual amounts according to the official rules (i.e. with 4% p.a.), or, in a condition where no such Winning Tickets are announced, the amount that would have been payable by the MUSL or any (co-)organiser over 30 growing annual amounts (in case of the “annuity” option) had there been a Winning Ticket in Prize Category 1 in respect of the relevant draw.

[bigandclever]

Toaster Pilot said:

MDMA . said:

Youre betting rather than playing. You bet on the outcome and they pay the equivalent of what the prize would be. Just a way of getting round it. 292 million to 1 chance of winning the Powerball so theyre happy to take your money.

How do they stay viable if someone actually wins £900 million though?

They buy insurance.

[Sportidge]

bigandclever said:

Technically, you don't enter the Powerball ... you bet on the outcome.

Of course, if you match the numbers you still win. But your payout is spread over 30 years, which is a bit of a bugger.

That's still around £30m a year though.

I'm sure I'd cope.....

[ajprice]

The small print and the tax bill - http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/11/tallying-the-big-ta...

If you want the money as a lump sum, its $930m you only get the $1.5bn if you take it split into yearly payments for 29 years. Then, with big numbers like this, the US government automatically withhold some of that. Then there are the federal taxes, that could bring it down to $561.7m, then the local and state taxes could bring it down to $422.2m, depending on where in the US you live. Different states have different taxes.

Whoever wins it, their government is going to love them!


Not worth doing it

[RogerExplosion]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/wealth/record...

There might be a way! well for us.

[notransistors]

There are plenty of Canadians driving down to buy tickets. Anyone who wins will simply pay taxes, just like a Yank, perhaps a bit more. Taxes are mostly collected through witholding a portion of the winnings, sort of like your V.A.T.. Anyone can play. Anyone can win. I certainly would not trust a third party to purchase my tickets. If the ticket wins, they will disappear with it to their own private island.
I just spent $20 on tickets. Was easy to find a legitimate seller, as I live in NYC.

[Olivero]

I live in NYC and will be buying tickets tomorrow. It would be easy enough to buy a few more if people are interested. Haven't looked into setting up a syndicate, but it can't be too difficult. Paypal (or something similar) would work I guess.

If there is demand I can setup tomorrow, just let me know.

[LarryUSA]

One of the 3 winners have come forward and gone public:

http://abc7news.com/society/tennessee-couple-wins-...

When an incredulous news reporter asked why return to work, Lisa Robinson replied, "Why not?" Her husband added, "That's what we've done all our lives."