BlurLove t1_jaxl7qk wrote on March 4, 2023 at 9:12 PM

Reply to comment by Justforthenuews in TIL of a man in Iraq who hired an online agent to buy a lotto ticket for him in Oregon, and won 6.4 million. by lazarus870

Interstate commerce will differ from international commerce. The first has significantly lower barriers (freedom to do business between states, and travel between them). The second is tightly regulated.

Justforthenuews t1_jay2n7y wrote on March 4, 2023 at 11:22 PM

Doesn’t affect lotteries from what I can tell, weirdly. I just googled a half dozen I know off the top of my head and they all said that as long as the ticket is purchased in the state (some required it to be claimed locally too). There doesn’t seem to be any other hard factors, including nationality, country of residence, or anything else that would seem relevant that I could find in a cursory search.

BlurLove t1_jaylen7 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 1:52 AM

Take a look here. The issue isn’t buying the lotto ticket. The issue is sending the winnings overseas.

edit: more detail

Foreign asset control at the federal level is the regulation. You don’t have a fundamental right to send things or money out of the country. Only as allowed by law.