


Jackpocket is the first courier to launch in New Jersey since the law passed. New Jersey passed a 2016 law allowing online couriers to sell lottery tickets, becoming the only state to regulate such services. 12 that players can download the third-party app Jackpocket to purchase tickets through their phones. "You gotta play to win" is a popular lottery slogan.īut in New Jersey, you no longer gotta go to the store to play. Watch previous Good Question segments here.Watch Video: Lottery win: Man on way to last cancer treatment wins $200K On the app you will be asked to put in your driver’s license info or scan the barcode when signing up, just like showing ID in person, that’s to make sure players are at least 18. If a customer has a big winner in New York (greater than $600), the New York Lottery may require the winner to provide their social security number as part of claiming their prize, but that is a requirement of the New York Lottery, and not something stored with Jackpocket.” However, the vast majority of our customers (and all New Yorkers) fund their account through ACH (from their existing bank account), Paypal, Apple Pay, and debit and credit cards, none of which require the customer to input their social security number.

The only time a customer may be required to input a social security number is if, in certain states (not New York), they choose to fund their account by opening up a separate third-party bank account (called a Play+ account), where they agree to that third-party’s privacy policy and terms. “Our New York customers never have the option of inputting their social security number with Jackpocket for any reason.
