We absolutely welcome the adoption of greater oversight to give the Lottery increased visibility into our operations and greater assurance to our customers.”īecker tells the I-Team the California Lottery so far hasn’t had to deny someone’s winnings for a ticket bought online. The company added, “There is no legal prohibition on our services, but at the same time, the CA Lottery has no express authorization to offer these services and are therefore unable to authorize or endorse what we do and we have no formal affiliation with them. There are no prohibitions on Lottery courier providers in CA.”
In an email, a company spokesperson told the NBC4 I-Team, “…Mido Lotto does not sell Lottery tickets much like DoorDash and UberEats do not sell food. Mido Lotto, the app that Finch used to buy her lottery ticket, says they buy tickets on other people’s behalf, much like when you call a friend to buy a Lottery ticket for you or play as part of an office pool. “There's no regulation in place, so it's an oversight issue,” Becker added. So we say, the only safe and secure way to play any of our California lottery games is to buy your ticket in person at one of those 23,000 spots,” she said. “They just are putting their money at risk and frankly their win, right, their potential win.
