New York to allow instant lottery ticket delivery
New York regulators cleared the way Tuesday for lottery players to order scratch-off tickets on their phones as the state looks to mobile technology to increase gambling revenue.
The state Gaming Commission approved a rule to allow companies to purchase and deliver instant scratch-off tickets for customers. The maker of an app that recently began taking orders for New York lottery drawings like Mega Millions and Lotto hopes to start offering instant tickets within months.
The expansion worries some operators of stores that sell lottery tickets. But the head of the company offering the lottery app in New York and more than a half-dozen other states said it’s attracting new, younger players.