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Jane Shaw
Senior Editor Updated: 11/06/2024
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Jackpot.com Launches Digital Scratch-off Tickets
Jackpot.com is an online lottery platform that allows users to purchase tickets for many major lottery games. It’s a world leader in the online lottery sector that enables lottery players to securely order official state lottery tickets directly from their mobile phone, tablet, or computer. It recently expanded its digital scratch ticket offerings to Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas.
In a recent news release, Akshay Khanna, Jackpot.com’s chief executive officer and co-founder, said
Unlike traditional draw-based lottery games with set draw times, scratch tickets offer players instant excitement. At Jackpot, we prioritize delivering the fastest and most comprehensive digital scratch card experience, ensuring that the excitement of instant results is always at your fingertips.
The new service is a significant improvement over traditional lottery courier services, which typically take 30-90 minutes to process scratch ticket purchases. The company’s latest technology drastically reduces this time.
Massachusetts, Ohio, and Texas residents can now purchase online lottery tickets from their homes using their phones, tablets, or computers. Using a mouse or the touchscreen of your device, you can scratch the ticket virtually to reveal any winnings.
Small prizes, up to the state’s retail claim threshold, are instantly credited to a Jackpot.com account, with the option to cash out or use the winnings to purchase more lottery tickets. Jackpot.com takes care of the paperwork for larger prizes and guides you through the process of claiming directly from the official state lottery.
In Massachusetts, there are eight scratch tickets to choose from. They include “Lifetime Millions” and the nation’s first-ever JAWS instant ticket. The JAWS ticket was launched earlier this year and offers prizes of up to $1 million and Second Chance Drawings for trips to Martha’s Vineyard.
Texas players have seven options, including the popular “Jackpot Millions,” which offers the chance to join the millionaire’s club. “500x” is another game that allows you to multiply your winnings by 500. In Ohio, Jackpot.com is launches eight Scratchers, featuring “Billion,” “Lady Luck,” and “Golden Casino.”
Millions of Americans play the lottery every year. Over the past decade, lottery sales steadily increased, with hundreds of millions of people choosing to play each year. According to the latest lottery statistics, around $108 billion was spent on lottery tickets in 2022. On average, that’s around $325 per person. In 2023, this figure increased to just over $113.3 billion.
Depending on the state, lottery proceeds benefit various programs. They may be combined with tax and other revenues in government general funds. They may also contribute to a wide range of causes, such as education, the environment, economic development, veterans and senior citizens programs, sports facilities, health care, cultural activities, capital construction projects, tax relief, and many others.
The available games also vary by jurisdiction, but most offer instant or scratch-off tickets. There are also lotto and/or numbers games, keno, or video lottery terminals. Raffles or passive games tend to be less common, while a few government lotteries also operate video lottery terminals, casinos, and/or racinos in their jurisdictions.
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