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I don't want one chance to win $1.2b...i want 1000 chances to win $1.2m...and there is no lotto in the world offering that.

Axsuul 4y ago
A startup?
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  Is there an automated way to buy tickets (online, or whatever)? A startup could hire someone to buy tickets all day, but that would get tedious...
  - thoughtpalette 4y ago
    You can "subscribe" on at least the IL Lottery site to "auto buy" tickets.
  - evilDagmar 4y ago
    There's been a number of instances where people did precisely that--they just sent a bunch of taskrabbits out to buy large numbers of tickets in lots of different locations. Very time-consuming, but still profitable.
  - terran57 4y ago
    there's an app called JackPocket
  - pytonslange 4y ago
    I think I just understood that the official outlet for lottery tickets physical stores. Is that really so? As a European I am kind of baffled by this, as we (at least in my country) have had an official app for buying tickets for the state lottery and sports betting for ages. What is the reason for that? Do the players only trust hard physical paper numbers? Btw, the euro jackpot is about €120m, but still far from profitable.
- theGnuMe 4y ago
  Yeah there is a startup that does this, they buy lotto tickets for you in app for a fee.
josefresco 4y ago
Scratch tickets?
Rebelgecko 4y ago
Find 999 friends/coworkers/trusting strangers, pool resources, and split the winnings?
joezydeco 4y ago
What you want is a raffle, not a lotto. You see those more in Europe (like the massive ones in Spain). Here in the states they sometimes pop up. Illinois used to run million dollar raffles around the holidays. Fixed # of tickets and a guaranteed winner.
- Kon-Peki 4y ago
  Interesting. I guess having a raffle was cutting into the lotto profits?
  - joezydeco 4y ago
    Raffles are boring. The odds are low. Someone always wins. Lotteries like Powerball are more exciting because the jackpot rolls over many many times. Ticket sales spike tremendously when it gets to levels like this.

Axsuul 4y ago

A startup?

AnimalMuppet 4y ago
Is there an automated way to buy tickets (online, or whatever)? A startup could hire someone to buy tickets all day, but that would get tedious...
- thoughtpalette 4y ago
  You can "subscribe" on at least the IL Lottery site to "auto buy" tickets.
- evilDagmar 4y ago
  There's been a number of instances where people did precisely that--they just sent a bunch of taskrabbits out to buy large numbers of tickets in lots of different locations. Very time-consuming, but still profitable.
- terran57 4y ago
  there's an app called JackPocket
- pytonslange 4y ago
  I think I just understood that the official outlet for lottery tickets physical stores. Is that really so? As a European I am kind of baffled by this, as we (at least in my country) have had an official app for buying tickets for the state lottery and sports betting for ages. What is the reason for that? Do the players only trust hard physical paper numbers? Btw, the euro jackpot is about €120m, but still far from profitable.
theGnuMe 4y ago
Yeah there is a startup that does this, they buy lotto tickets for you in app for a fee.

josefresco 4y ago

Scratch tickets?

Rebelgecko 4y ago

Find 999 friends/coworkers/trusting strangers, pool resources, and split the winnings?

joezydeco 4y ago

What you want is a raffle, not a lotto. You see those more in Europe (like the massive ones in Spain). Here in the states they sometimes pop up. Illinois used to run million dollar raffles around the holidays. Fixed # of tickets and a guaranteed winner.

Kon-Peki 4y ago
Interesting. I guess having a raffle was cutting into the lotto profits?
- joezydeco 4y ago
  Raffles are boring. The odds are low. Someone always wins. Lotteries like Powerball are more exciting because the jackpot rolls over many many times. Ticket sales spike tremendously when it gets to levels like this.