There are many who enjoy playing the lottery; your local state lottery, national lotteries abroad, and the occasional foreign online lottery. If you follow certain simple rules, then you can keep yourself safe when partaking in this activity.
The first rule is to only ever buy tickets for lotteries that run official websites. Anytime that an ad for a trang chơi lô đề online uy tín appears on TV or in print, check to see if there is an accompanying website. If there is no one, do not contact them about purchasing tickets or taking part in their game. These will either be unlicensed operations hoping to dupe you out of your money, or they will scam you by running off with your cash after having conned it from you via other means.
License-linked websites will have a seal on their homepage next to their branding, which states that they are officially linked to that particular lottery. In addition to this, if they offer an online purchase option, then it will be displayed as such either on the homepage itself or from a link from there.
If you think that any website offering tickets for sale are not legitimate, then check with your local authority’s trading standards department – most councils now have a list of all lottery websites which are allowed to sell tickets to residents in their jurisdiction and the operators themselves will need to renew their license every year.
The next step you should take is to investigate further into whether the website you’re dealing with has been licensed for what it does, where it is based out of, etc. Check local news archives, too, as sometimes these will have stories about legal cases being brought against operators either on the basis that they didn’t have proper licenses or that they conducted business operations without having paid any taxes.
If something seems even slightly suspicious, then don’t risk your money. Your safety – both mental and physical – is infinitely more important than the sum of money you might win or lose.
When playing online, it is far safer to deposit your money into an account rather than to give it over directly. If you use an e-wallet type service, then ensure that they are reputable if you wish to keep your money safe; there are several high-profile cases where the company in question has either gone out of business or had its assets seized by authorities after laundering illegally obtained funds through them.
If it doesn’t make sense why someone would want to pay for their ticket using PayPal, Western Union, wire transfer, etc., then seek another website immediately. It could be a sign that they don’t actually intend to go through with their promises, or worse still, they could be illegal, and their ‘prize’ is nothing more than pocketing the money directly.
The one thing you don’t want to do when playing online is to end up with an account that contains any money that you can’t afford to lose. If you’re on a winning streak, then it may pay for your next few tickets but bear in mind that roulette is always waiting around the corner – try not to slip into playing at high stakes table games after spending all of your budgets on lottery tickets; chances are it will result in quite dire consequences indeed.
