Purchase Lottery Tickets with Bitcoin; Jackpocket Partners with BitPay
The New York-based mobile lottery ticket purchasing platform, Jackpocket, has partnered with BitPay to allow users to purchase lottery tickets with Bitcoin for six New York lotteries, the first time this sort of partnership has been seen. Bitcoin for lottery tickets. In a press release by Jackpocket, a company offering the ability to buy New York lottery tickets via your mobile, it was revealed that it had partnered with the Atlanta-based global bitcoin payment service provider, BitPay, to allow users to purchase lottery tickets with Bitcoin for the first time. “We’re pleased to announce....
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Today, BitPay's Tony Gallippi posted to the BitPay blog with exciting news: "Get Read for the Bitcoin Bowl." The St. Petersburg "Bitcoin Bowl" will take place on December 26th at 8:00 PM at the sunny Tropicana Field in eponymous St. Petersburg, Florida. People around the world can now purchase pre-sale tickets for the Bitcoin Bowl at Stpetersburgbowl.com, the official website of the Bitcoin Bowl. Gallippi explained: The ticket pre-sale is exclusive to bitcoin purchases, giving the bitcoin community a two week head-start to get the best seats in the house before tickets are available....
Flixforcoins.com is a site that allows movie fans to purchase tickets for their favorite box office hits with bitcoin. It is a unique site dedicated to promoting the use of bitcoins in everyday transactions. Movie tickets can be purchased through flixforcoins.com, much like similar sites, except bitcoins are the currency accepted for payment rather than traditional methods such as debit or credit. Buyers can use the currency to purchase tickets for popular films playing in theatres across the US or Canada. We've just launched our website and we are offering $2.00 USD off a movie ticket....