The Lottery Office

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The Lottery Office
The Lottery Office
Type Private
Industry Australian Lottery
FoundedJanuary 2003;20 years ago (2003-01)
Headquarters Darwin, Australia and Gold Coast, Australia
Area served
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
ProductsLicensed seller of Lottery tickets in the largest lotteries in the world
Parent Global Players Network Pty Ltd (GPN) (2003–present)
Website www.lotteryoffice.com.au

The Lottery Office is an Australian online lottery operator licensed by the Government of the Northern Territory and allows Australians and New Zealanders to play to win from the draws of the largest lotteries in the world, including US Powerball and Mega Millions. Its parent company, Global Players Network Pty Ltd (GPN), has been licensed and regulated to operate lotteries since 2003. [1]

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Overview

The Lottery Office is licensed in Australia and allows players to win from the draws of foreign lotteries. [2]

The Lottery Office allows players to buy tickets from The Lottery Office; the company then purchases matching tickets in the relevant overseas lottery draw. [3] Combos, Syndicates [4] and matching tickets can be played in the following international lotteries:

In July 2021, a Sydney restaurateur won a record breaking $1.656 million AUD in USA Power Lotto. [6]

Regulation

In 2014, the Government of the Northern Territory of Australia issued Global Players Network an Internet Gaming Licence, which is licensed in Australia to market international lottery products online. Being the parent company, The Lottery Office is licensed via Global Players Network.

To meet all regulatory requirements set out by the Northern Territory Government, lottery companies regularly undertake financial and operational audits. [7] The Lottery Office additionally receives ongoing and contemporaneous auditing of customer orders against matching tickets purchased, from the Northern Territory Government. Requirements include responsible gambling measures for the safety of all players, enforcement of Australia's gambling age, and features such as weekly deposit limits, self-exclusion and take a break functions.

In June 2018, the Australian Federal Government passed legislation to ban 'lottery betting' under the revised Interactive Gambling Act. It was intended to make it illegal for Australians to bet on the outcome of foreign lotteries, [8] but a case before the Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that such bets were legal on the basis that the players were betting on an event occurring rather than betting on a game. [9] However, as The Lottery Office does not participate in lottery betting, as it does not allow players to bet on the outcome of a draw, it was not prohibited by the law. [3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "The GPN Story". Global Players Network Pty Ltd. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get your tickets: Massive $522 MILLION lottery open to Aussies". Seven News . 31 December 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "'Definitely not a grey area': Online operator skirts foreign lotto ban to offer $1 billion jackpot". News.com.au . 28 March 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Powerball jackpots to $80m – but you could win 4 times more". Yahoo! News . 12 August 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Australians could share in staggering $1 billion USA Power Lotto jackpot". Seven News . 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sydney man, 50, wins record $1.7m in US online lottery". News.com.au . 13 July 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Lotteries and community gambling". Northern Territory Government. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Australia outlaws lottery-betting websites in coup for Tabcorp". The Sydney Morning Herald . 29 June 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ↑ Hatch, Patrick (18 August 2019). "Lottoland to survive in Australia after court victory". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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