How does this work? It's my understanding that you must have a physical ticket to claim your lottery winnings. How does that work with a mobile app? And what's to prevent Jackpocket from using my winning ticket to claim the winnings themselves?
Not really clear on the legality of anything here. I'm trying to "imagine the possibilities", as the site says, and I'm coming up with a lot of questions that aren't addressed. Where's a FAQ?
FAQ isn't available quite yet, we'll be adding one soon. Jackpocket buys the lottery ticket on your behalf, and actually sends you a digital image of it. Your trust, and a whole bunch of fancy legal docs are what prevents us from cashing in your tickets. If you do happen to win, we retrieve the money for you, credit your Jackpocket account, and allow you to withdraw the money directly into a bank account of your choosing. Happy to answer any other questions you might have.
Cue legislative response to disruptive use of technology in 3... 2... 1...!
I love apps like this - way cool, and will cause some politicos to flounder and babble and froth as they seek to rationalize and apologize for current rights patent.
We've been super quiet about this and are not really ready to ship yet (bunch of bugs) but decided to let you guys give it a try since the Mega Millions is so big.
If you're on iOS you can use the code "money" to try it
I'm getting "Location must be enabled to use JackPocket" here in VA on my S3 running ICS. Looks like it's attempting to get a GPS lock and timing out before it gets one. Any reason you all need fine location data and coarse won't cut it?
Cool idea though- I'll definitely give it a shot if it starts working!
Hey thanks for the comment! It is not a subscription delivery service as of yet. We first wanted to nail down the basics of allowing users to select their numbers and get their lottery tickets from the comfort of their own homes.
Showed this to my aunt and she loved it (has been playing lotto for over a decade). If they can leverage push notifications effectively and find a subscription model that works, I think it could be big.
This is by far the easiest way to buy lotto tickets. I once bought a ticket from a bodega that won a few numbers and I lost it. This way I will never lose a ticket again.
Hey HN CTO of Jackpocket here. This has been an incredibly fun project to build. If anyone has any technology questions, happy to answer them best I can.
We'd love to send you to the Play store, but unfortunately the Google Play store is very strict regarding gambling. Interestingly enough, the Apple store isn't as strict. Go figure. Thanks for the comment!
Hi Splendor, I'm the Android developer for it and I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with the geo-fencing, but I will try to help you out. Currently, the application uses Google Play Services (a connective library for Google Play's APIs) in order to grab your location to make sure you're in New York.
If you're getting an error saying that Location must be enabled in order to use it, it means that your device claims the GPS Provider, the Network Provider, AND the Passive Provider are ALL disabled when attempting to grab your location.
If you're sure they're enabled in your settings (where the App's error message should take you), I would try restarting the device.
If the issue still persists, please shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will help you get it working
[+] [-] Jemaclus|12 years ago|reply
Not really clear on the legality of anything here. I'm trying to "imagine the possibilities", as the site says, and I'm coming up with a lot of questions that aren't addressed. Where's a FAQ?
[+] [-] lshemesh|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] PeterWhittaker|12 years ago|reply
I love apps like this - way cool, and will cause some politicos to flounder and babble and froth as they seek to rationalize and apologize for current rights patent.
[+] [-] pjsullivan3|12 years ago|reply
If you're on iOS you can use the code "money" to try it
[+] [-] rory096|12 years ago|reply
Cool idea though- I'll definitely give it a shot if it starts working!
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[+] [-] mbesto|12 years ago|reply
- Besto
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[+] [-] frankdenbow|12 years ago|reply
Disclosure: I won $1 on this app a few weeks back
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[+] [-] guardanis|12 years ago|reply
If you're getting an error saying that Location must be enabled in order to use it, it means that your device claims the GPS Provider, the Network Provider, AND the Passive Provider are ALL disabled when attempting to grab your location.
If you're sure they're enabled in your settings (where the App's error message should take you), I would try restarting the device.
If the issue still persists, please shoot me an email at [email protected] and I will help you get it working
[+] [-] aaronchriscohen|12 years ago|reply
[+] [-] danb349|12 years ago|reply