She said players have won $1 million total so far this year. “Our app is attracting a lot of millennials and younger audiences,” said Sarah Arvizo, a Jackpocket spokeswoman. The service charges 7 to 10 percent every time a player reloads his or her account. It’s looking to install a lottery machine there, where Jackpocket workers would be able to buy tickets for app customers. Jackpocket already has a brick-and-mortar store in Greenpoint called Winners Corner, where its sells board and card games. It uploads a photo of the ticket to the app and even hand delivers any winnings if they’re more than $600.
The service, operating in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Texas, goes out and buys lottery tickets for customers. The company intends to apply for a state license as soon as the Gaming Commission makes such licenses available. It hopes to be back in business in the state sometime this summer. One such service is Jackpocket, a midtown-based purchasing app that briefly launched in New York in 2015.
The state Gaming Commission has approved new rules allowing “courier services” to buy your Take 5 and Mega Millions tickets for you, in case that trip to the bodega is just too taxing. Playing the lottery is about to get a whole lot lazier. NYC store feeling 'lucky' after selling $476M Mega Millions ticket I just won the lottery and don't want to share my winnings with my husband Lotto hat trick: Man wins $50K jackpot for the third time in a year - using the same numbers If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-877-8- HOPE-NY.First pics of $2B Powerball winner spotted palling around in vintage Porsche In total, 18 individual Jackpocket players across the country have won prizes of $1 million or more. Nationwide, over $160 million in lottery prizes has been won on Jackpocket by more than 1 million individual winners to date. So far, there have been over 350,000 Jackpocket winners in New York State who have claimed more than $60 million in prize money since the app's launch in 2021. The back-to-back millionaires became the 5th and 6th New York lottery players to win prizes worth a million dollars or more using the app. Another Jackpocket player, this time in Kings County, won a $1 million Cash4Life prize on July 21. New York was doubly lucky this past weekend. As this historic Mega Millions crosses the $1 billion mark, it's easier than ever to play your favorite games from anywhere in New York." "Jackpocket's mission is to make the lottery more accessible and convenient to play. "We can't wait to celebrate this NY winner and are so proud to facilitate this life-changing win for them," said Jackpocket Founder and CEO Pete Sullivan. By adding the $1 Megaplier to their ticket, the player multiplied their second-prize winnings by 3X to a guaranteed $3,000,000. The Quick Pick ticket matched 5 of 5 white numbers drawn in the July 22 Mega Millions drawing only missing the gold Mega Ball.
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