Tickets for $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot Now Selling for Bitcoin
Mobile lottery ticket app JackPocket has officially integrated bitcoin payments into its offering, a move that allows users to buy Powerball tickets, both for tonight’s $1.5bn jackpot and future prizes, with bitcoin. The announcement comes as the Powerball jackpot climbed to a record $1.5bn today, creating what would be the largest lottery prize ever distributed in the US. Launched in 2015, JackPocket offers a mobile app that allows New York residents to play lotteries including Powerball, Mega Millions and three New York state lotteries. In a Medium post, CEO Peter Sullivan framed the....
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Lottery ticket app Jackpocket has announced a new payment method for users to purchase Powerball tickets with their smartphones, with bitcoin. Jackpocket made the announcement yesterday in the lead-up to its record-setting $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot. The jackpot is a full $600 million more than the previous record holder from March 2012 when ‘Mega Millions’ was drawn for a prize of $656 million. Jackpocket was launched in 2015 and is lottery ticket purchasing app for several lotteries offered in the state of New York. Stating that the goal is to “create a more efficient lottery....
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Kibo Platform, an international decentralized lotto powered by Blockchain and Ethereum smart contracts, plans to hold an ICO. It starts on October 1, and will end on November 10. The platform offers immense advantages over legacy lotto games, such as provably fair draw, easy ticket purchases and instant payouts regardless of your country of residence. Huge audience, no innovation. January this year, three ticket owners won a combined Powerball jackpot of $1.5 bln; at the time of writing, this event holds the record for the largest lottery jackpot ever won. It is reported that in the days....
The state-sponsored lottery is often referred to as a “tax on the poor” or an “idiot tax,” depending on who you ask. The lotto can be seen as one of the few ways to move up on the socioeconomic ladder for the poor. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin are leveling the playing field by offering not just much better odds at becoming richer, but also....