I-IceLotto ngomnye umqhubi osekwe eCyprus ongakhange abuyele kuMqwalaseli malunga nesiseko sokusebenza kwayo eUnited States. (Umfanekiso weskrini: IceLotto iphepha eliphambili) Ukuba umthengi uthenge kwi-lottery echibini elahlule ngokulinganayo phakathi kwabadlali abayi-10 000, kwaye yaphumelela i-Powerball's 1.5 billion yejackpot, eya kuguqulela kwinto efana ne- $ 61,600 ngomntu ngamnye, emva kwerhafu, ukuba ichibi lithathe intlawulo eninzi (ngokusekwe Oku kuqhekeka ). Lusuku oluhle lokuhlawula, akunjalo?
Ngubani owaziyo nokuba banokwenza ntoni nge-1.5 yezigidigidi zeedola?
Kodwa iiphuli zelotho ezikwi-Intanethi ezinokuthi zifake abadlali kumadanyana aloo sayizi zikhona kwindawo esemthethweni enomthunzi. Ukuzikhusela njengomthengi, kuya kufuneka udlale ilotto ngomsebenzisi olawulwayo, uKeith Whyte, uMlawuli oLawulayo weSigqeba seSizwe malunga neNgxaki yokuNgcakaza, uxelele uMqwalaseli emnxebeni. Urhulumente ngamnye umda kwaye ulawula ukuba zeziphi iindlela zokungcakaza ezisemthethweni, ucacisile, esithi, Xa umthetho uthule ungcakazo kuthetha ukuba akuvumelekanga.
Enye indlela uMnu. Whyte wathi abathengi banokuxela ukuba ngaba umntu osebenza ngokungcakaza (kwihlabathi lokwenyani okanye kwi-intanethi) uvumelekile na kukujonga ukungcakaza okunembopheleleko, kuba abalawuli bahlala benyanzelisa abo. Ngamanye amagama, kufanele ukuba ibe nolunye uphawu lokubonisa ukuba ingxaki yokungcakaza ingalufumana njani uncedo.
Umbonisi khange akwazi ukufumana iphuli ye-Intanethi ebonisa ukuba yeyiphi na imeko yolawulo lukarhulumente. Kwaye asikhange siqaphele naziphi na izinto zokungcakaza ezinoxanduva kuyo nayiphi na indawo yokubheja kwi-Intanethi esiyifumeneyo. Ngokusekwe kule migangatho, asikwazanga kufumana elona thuba liphezulu le-lottery kwi-intanethi, okanye enye ehambelana neenqobo ezichazwe nguMnu.
Nazi iindawo ezintathu ezimele: 
(Isikrini: Win Trillions main page)
Phumelela iitriliyoni . Indawo ithi sele ikho ukusukela ngo-2005 kwaye idibanisa iilotto kwihlabathi liphela. Inayo ne-mobile app, eyenza ukungcakaza kwakho kube lula kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Abasebenzisi banokudlala ngokwahlukeneyo okanye bajoyine ii-syndicates ze-lottery (elinye igama lamachibi). Isekwe eSipro.
Iwebhusayithi yayo ithi inxenye yeenzuzo zayo izisa uluntu eLatin America. I-Win Trillions ayiphendulanga kwisicelo sokuphawula. 
(Umfanekiso weskrini: Iphepha lam eliphambili leLottery)
Ichibi lam leLottery lasimahla . Le yinto engaqhelekanga apho abasebenzisi bengathengi nto. Yindawo exhaswa yintengiso, umnini wayo esebenzisa imali evela kwiintengiso ukuphuma aye kuthenga amatikiti elotto. Inkqubo ye- FAQ ithi ivelisa ikakhulu ingeniso kwiiNtengiso zikaGoogle. Amalungu akanyanzelekanga ukuba enze enye into ngaphandle kokungena ngemvume kunye nokubhalisela ukudlala amatikiti am, uDan Bader, umseki wePhuli yam yeLottery yasimahla, uxelele uMqwalaseli ephendula i-imeyile kule ndawo. Ke, akukho nto yokulawula.
UGoogle akazange afumaneke kwangoko ukuba aphawule ngemodeli yeshishini lam lamachibi eLottery. 
(Isikrini: Iphuli yeLotto yeNtlalontle)
Iphuli yeLotto yoLuntu . Ngokusekwe eVirginia, le ndawo inika abantu ithuba lokuthenga kumadanyana kumzobo omnye okanye kwimirhumo yenyanga ukuze bangene kumachibi amaninzi (kwi- $ 9.99 ngenyanga okanye kwi-99 yeedola ngonyaka). Unyawo lwendawo leyo luchaza ngokucacileyo ukuba aluhambelani neVirginia State Lottery.
Iphuli yeLotto yeNtlalontle ayiphendulanga kwisicelo sokuphawula kuMbonisi, kodwa inempikiswano kutheni le ndawo isemthethweni , Oku kubandakanya oku kulandelayo: Asithengisi 'amatikiti elotto' kwaye asifumani iikhomishini ezivela kumbutho weLotto ngokunikezela ngale nkonzo. Ngokuhambelana nelotto yelizwe asimbizi umthengi ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi kweendleko zetikiti leloto ngalinye.
Qaphela ukuba inkampani ayigqithi okanye ihlawule amatikiti, kodwa ayizithengisi. Isebenza njani lonto?
Umbonisi wabhalela abalawuli belizwe abaninzi malunga namachibi akwi-Intanethi. IPennsylvania yayingenalo uluvo olusemthethweni malunga nokuba semthethweni kwabo. Isithethi seKhomishini yeMidlalo yaseNew York sibhale, ukubheja kwi-Intanethi akufumaneki eNew York. Isithethi se-Illinois Lottery sibhale ukuba ukuba ummi waseburhulumenteni uthenga itikiti kumqhubi obhalisiweyo naye kurhulumente, oko kusemthethweni. Khange iphendule kumbuzo olandelayo malunga nento eza kwenzeka ukuba umntu othile e-Illinois uphumelele itikiti elivela kwi-lot-out-state-state lottery online. ICalifornia Lottery ayiphendulanga kwisicelo sokuphawula.
Ke ukuba umthengi uphumelele iqhekeza elincinci lephuli enkulu, ngaba abalawuli baya kuthatha isenzo? Akucaci, kodwa akuqinisekiswanga ukuba ngekhe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, akukho mqondiso wokuba abalawuli baye banakho, nokuba, kodwa ilizwe lijolise ngokwenene kule jackpot enkulu, ngoko kuyahluka ngeli xesha. Oku kubonakala ngathi yenye yeendawo apho umthetho ungekafumani kwi-Intanethi.
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