The lottery is a lot of fun for some people. For barely any cash at all you can buy a moment of hope that your life could change for the better. But for some people, the appeal of the lottery becomes a serious problem. People with gambling problems may become addicted to the instant gratification of playing the lottery. There are scratch lottery games, PowerBall-style lottery competitions and even video lottery in some places. And if you really have a problem with the lottery then your mobile phone can be a big danger to you.
Here’s a look at ten different ways to feed your lottery addiction with your mobile phone:
1. Send a text to enter the lottery. It is possible to enter a variety of different types of lotteries via text message. For example, you can create an account with the UK National Lottery and that account allows you to enter games via text message. Another example is a system in South Africa where SMS banking and ATM access have combined to create a cell-phone-based option for playing the lottery there. There are also quite a few game shows that have corresponding lottery games that allow you to enter by sending a text message to a specific phone number for entry.
2. Get your lottery results by text message. There are many different applications and services available which allow you to get your lottery results by text message. For example, you can get your UK National Lottery via text every week. The service is available to people on all major UK phone networks and costs 25p per text message to use.
3. Get your lottery results via Twitter. SMS messages are an old-fashioned way to receive the most up-to-date lottery results. Modern people are using Twitter for just about everything. This includes checking the latest lottery results when checking your Twitter stream. You can follow the results for your local lottery, check Twitter by mobile phone and always know immediately whether or not you were a winner.
4. Receive new lottery game alerts by text message. It isn’t only results that you can receive by text message. You can sign up to receive alerts about all sorts of things related to the lottery games that you like to people. For example, people who live in Iowa in the United States can sign up to receive messages about new games and promotions that are going on with the lottery. If you weren’t already tempted to play the latest games then you might find yourself tempted when you’re receiving ongoing text messages letting you know how fun they are.
5. Use mobile phone apps and service to choose lottery numbers. Many people have lucky numbers that they always play win they enter the lottery. However there are a lot of people who don’t really know which numbers they want to choose. Those people can utilize various mobile phone apps to assist them in choosing the best numbers to play in the lottery. An example of this would be the Power Picker Lottery Number Generator, an application that randomly selects your numbers for you right on your phone.
6. Use your phone to set reminders to play the lottery. If you’re a regular lottery player then one of the worst things in the world is when you forget to buy your ticket. Realizing too late that you neglected to get a ticket can make you feel a sense of panic. You become certain that this time is the time that you would have won if only you had purchased your ticket. Avoid that feeling of fear by using your phone’s calendar and messaging systems to set up ongoing alerts that remind you on the days that you’re supposed to buy a lottery ticket.
7. Use your smartphone to play instant lottery games. Smartphones are beginning to have the capability to allow you to play instant lottery games right on your handheld device. For example, BlackBerry and Gaming Solutions teamed up to create a phone application for a product called the VideoCash GameCard. You go to a lottery ticket retailer and purchase a barcoded entry which gives you access to a menu of instant lottery games on your cell phone. Like with scratch tickets, you find out immediately whether you have won or lost. It would definitely be easy to spend far too much money playing instant scratchers on your cell phone!
8. Use mobile maps to find a lottery ticket retailer near you. You can use mobile map systems on your phone to find all types of different merchants that are located wherever you happen to be at any given time. If you suddenly remember that you need to buy a lottery ticket for that night’s drawing but aren’t in a familiar neighborhood then simply sign on to your mobile web, scan local maps and locate a lottery ticket retailer near you.
9. Use mobile banking to pay for your lottery tickets. Mobile banking is becoming increasingly popular throughout the world. It won’t be long before we’ve all got RFID chips embedded into our mobile phones which we swipe over card readers at the point-of-sale to pay for our purchase via debit or credit. As this becomes a more viable option, you can actually swipe your cell phone to pay for your lottery tickets at the store. Of course, this could make it really easy to run up a debt on your credit card or phone bill if you have a problem with lottery ticket addiction!
10. Determine legality of cell phone gaming using your phone’s GPS. There is a patent listed for a service which is designed to use your mobile phone to help determine what the legal ramifications are of playing the lottery in the place where you are currently located. Your phone’s information is received by the gaming retailer and then your location is determined. If there are any restrictions on playing the lottery where you are then you will be notified. It is unclear whether or not this patent was ever turned into a working product but it’s a good idea for frequent travelers who enjoy playing the lottery.
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