![]() ![]() Upon ordering, players receive an e-mail that matches their identity to the ticket serial number, said Sullivan. Players must be in the state where they want to buy tickets, and GPS technology allows Jackpocket to confirm their location, Sullivan said. Jackpocket limits daily purchases to $100, and scratch-off tickets are not offered. The company charges a 7 percent fee for the service. It’s like Bite Squad restaurant delivery service, but for gambling instead of food. Jackpocket has people working in the Twin Cities area buying lottery tickets with one specific retailer, said Sullivan, the company CEO. The new app works like this: After a sign-up and verification process, the user gives the company a bank account number to create an account and then buy tickets. that for a fee or commission purchases lottery tickets on behalf of customers or subscribers.” Jackpocket and the Minnesota State Lottery say the new app is legal under a different statute that allows “a ‘lottery service business’. ![]() This is the second time in recent years that the state lottery has found itself at odds with the Legislature, which passed a law in 2015 that banned the agency from pursuing online sales or other platforms like gas pumps and ATMs without legislative approval. Greg Davids, R-Preston, said he’s drafting a letter to get more information from the lottery but is currently of the belief the app violates state law in significant ways. ![]() The Minnesota State Lottery emphasized that the state agency is not affiliated with the company but entered into a “memorandum of understanding” with Jackpocket “to say, these are the rules that we expect you will live by, including making sure people live in Minnesota and are 18 years old,” said Adam Prock, a lottery spokesman. The New York company, which is called Jackpocket, began selling Minnesota lottery games Tuesday through its smartphone app, making Minnesota the first state where the service is offered, said company CEO Peter Sullivan. ![]() A company’s attempt to sell Minnesotans state lottery tickets via smartphone is meeting fierce resistance from legislators and anti-gambling activists, who say it is an unauthorized expansion of gambling. ![]()
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