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It's interesting, the other day at a local gas station (AZ) I just saw a sign posted that they now accept debit and credit cards for purchasing lottery tickets.
by glitcher 8y ago
It's interesting, the other day at a local gas station (AZ) I just saw a sign posted that they now accept debit and credit cards for purchasing lottery tickets. I wonder what recently changed?
- jaredklewis 8y agoI think this is probably a case of the individual retailer accepting credit cards, but that doesn't mean your credit card's issuing bank is going to approve the purchase. Obviously if they accept them, there must be some banks that don't mind, but I know that many issuers won't accept the transaction. Kind of like the situation we have here: Wells Fargo blocks cryptocurrency purchases, but not every bank does.
- a1369209993 8y agoPresumably they list the purchase as "misc retail" or something equally nonspecific, and the bank can't tell whether that's gas, groceries, lottery tickets, or all of the above. (Hint: it's probably all of the above.)