Yes, it’s perfectly legal to play the lottery online within the United States. Most lotteries are played online, but there are some which require the purchase of lottery tickets personally. When you play online, basically the same lottery game is being played – just that the numbers are chosen from a database and not from a hand-written ticket. The online version tends to have less jackpot sizes than its offline counterpart, but it’s still a lot better than buying a single lottery ticket from a machine. You can buy winning combinations online with small amounts of money, and you can even get paid by playing the lottery – although you won’t usually get a check. Many websites even pay you to partake in the draws.

Some people also play lottery online because it’s convenient. You don’t have to leave your home or your work to buy lottery tickets, so it makes sense for some people to do so. There are literally millions of people playing the game around the world, so if one of your friends or family wants to win, all you have to do is click a button on your computer and they can find the numbers they want in half the time it would take them to look for the same numbers on their own. The convenience factor is definitely a huge plus, though you do need to be careful about the websites you choose to sign up with and whether they are safe or scams.

Legitimate lottery online lotteries will offer money to the winning combinations, usually a lump sum of cash. Don’t worry about paying a fee to use their service – most of them are free and they will never charge you to buy tickets. Instead, they keep the winnings for themselves and they usually also pay you out after the drawn number is announced, which means that if you buy enough tickets and then don’t come out with any prizes, you’ll still get your money. Now that’s what we call a win! Just make sure that the site you go to is secure before giving your personal information to anyone else.