Gambling was always seen as a way to get some easy money. Also, gambling is the best way to calm down that inner player that lives inside your brain and wants to gamble. But do people really win? If you wish to play in a lottery, you are in the right place. We don’t advertise any specific gambling company or lottery, so you may be sure we are telling you the truth.
Today, we’ll tell you if people actually win in lotteries. Also, we’ll see what kinds of lotteries you can play and how much you can actually win in all of them. To avoid scams, please make sure you gamble in a safe place. Never deposit any money to projects without the proper license and with no proof of fairness.
Here’s what exactly we’ll tell you today:
- What kinds of lotteries are there for you?
- Do people really win those huge jackpots?
- What are the real people who won jackpots in the US?
- Is it possible to get a huge win in the lottery in another country?
- What should you check before taking part in a lottery?
Let’s get started!
Types of lotteries and our comments on them
We understand that you doubt that people win that huge amount of money in lotteries. And one of the main concerns is that who would pay that money if you could just easily fake it! Just hire an actor who will get that huge bill and then vanish from all radars. And yes, sometimes it works and we know about such frauds.
But you should also know that there are a lot of controlling bodies for gambling now. Most lotteries are controlled by governments. Most gambling companies have to get a special license that costs a lot and will be stopped once people report the fraud. Also, different audition companies constantly check those lotteries and make sure everything is fair.
The idea of a lottery is to sell tickets, gather a certain amount of money, take a certain share of that money as revenue and eventually give away all the rest as wins. And it sounds pretty cool but you still won’t believe people win millions.
First of all, let’s look at these types of lotteries:
- Big national lotteries that have huge jackpots and government control.
- Private lotteries that are not really legal everywhere.
- Online lotteries most of which are scam companies.
- International lotteries usually based in some offshore zones.
- Closed lotteries with limited access for certain people (like members of a certain online casino, for example).
- Charity lotteries organized mainly to gather funds for charity (no big wins here, so we won’t comment much).
- Corporate lotteries with access for employees of a certain company (also, we won’t comment on them because there are no multimillion wins).
We won’t take into consideration private lotteries because those are most likely scams that want to take your money and then fake the act of giving a million jackpot to some actor. They are usually not licensed and tickets cost just some bucks.
We’ll have a look at national lotteries, online lotteries, and also international lotteries.
Can you win in a national lottery?
By national lotteries, we mean state lotteries that work in nearly every state of the US and also Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries that are available in different states.
Actually, this lottery is supported and controlled by the government, so yes, you can win money here. Unfortunately, only one person in a million or more participants will win that huge jackpot. So you may not know people who succeeded in it and it’s OK. Even if weekly one or two people in America become lottery millionaires, the chance of them being your neighbors or friends is too small.
This is the lottery that is not going to fake the win because in case of faking something it will be sued immediately by thousands of people who understand something in gambling and lotteries. So, national lotteries are pretty safe in terms of buying tickets. But your chance to win a more or less decent amount of money is too bad.
Can you win in an online lottery?
This highly depends on whether this lottery is licensed and works under the audition control. If not, you have zero chance of winning anything more than 10 bucks there. If yes, you can try buying a ticket and checking your luck.
To know if the online lottery is controlled and licensed, just go down to their website and look at the terms and conditions section. When you see some license number, don’t forget to verify it.
Can you win in an international lottery?
If you choose something like EuroMillions, yes you can win because these kinds of international lotteries are controlled by governments of several developed countries. But the chances of winning there are so bad that we would say it’s impossible. Although the multimillion jackpots may be really tempting, we wouldn’t spend our time on these lotteries as several million people regularly buy tickets.
Do we know some real people who actually won lotteries?
Yes, you can easily google information on George Whittaker, the Griffiths family, David Lee Edwards, Evelyn Adams, Alex Toth, and dozens of other people winning millions of dollars in different lotteries and eventually ruining their lives. And this actually proves that those stories are true.
You could suspect that lottery operators just show some actors to us. But things don’t match up here at all. Society keeps an eye on those people because everyone is interested in how a person lives after winning a couple of million dollars. And nearly all lottery winners eventually lose their money and live even worse than they lived before their mind-blowing wins.
Why does it happen to all of them? People tend to get used to a certain income and when their money supply sharply changes, they just can’t bear it. And they start going to drugs, alcohol, casinos, dumb donations, etc.
On the other hand, if you see that an average person won millions and suddenly became a wise investor, good businessman, and finance genius, something is wrong here. These “ideal lottery winners” are usually fakes and you should avoid lotteries that advertise their service by showing these “ideal winners” in their ads.
Can you play lotteries in other countries?
Yes, you can play international lotteries. Also, many national lotteries all over the world grant access to people online without actually checking their passports. So, you can bet in a different country. But does it make any sense?
We believe all lotteries work more or less the same. If you are lucky, you can win in your local state, no need to try and understand the website of some lotteries overseas. If you aren’t lucky, you won’t win even if you buy tickets of all lotteries in the world.
What should you check before buying a lottery ticket?
The lottery is actually gambling and it can be dangerous for your finance if you are too involved in it. For example, we know people who buy dozens of tickets to state lotteries and also Powerball every time. You should remember that in the long run, you will always lose money. Yes, sometimes you will win some money, but if you sum everything up, you will be losing gradually.
It’s just simple math. A good lottery will give away about 80-85% of the money they gather selling tickets, This prize fund is divided between lucky winners. We are not talking about the jackpot – you should be kissed by God to win a jackpot. But you will certainly win little money now and then. If you count everything up in a year or two, you will see that you lost about 20% of all money you used for buying tickets.
This is how it works and you are very unlikely to trick the situation and win money.
Also, you may lose much more if you choose bad lotteries. Here’s how to understand that the lottery is bad:
- its website has no information about the license;
- there is false information about the license number;
- it has no reviews on the internet;
- it has bad reviews in gambling forums;
- it pays the money through some unknown transfer systems;
- it sells tickets for crypto or exclusively for some electronic money;
- it’s a very new lottery.
Once you see some of these factors, just run and never come back. We can only recommend national and state lotteries as a way to entertain yourself – not to win some money.
Final words
Unfortunately, only a dozen of people of all those millions living in the US today will become lottery millionaires within the next 10-20 years. It means your chance is so small that it’s not even worth talking about that. But you can use official state and national lotteries to gamble a little and have some fun. Now you know how to check if the lottery is worth buying a ticket for.
