MidoLotto: Play the Lottery 17+

First lottery ticket purchase ever - this is fun!

I purchased my first EVER lottery ticket with the Mido Lotto app - and I already won $2 last night - my third time playing! I never even thought about playing the lottery before, but this app makes it a no-brainer. Someone is gonna win at some point - why not me?). And it's cheap thrill -- who doesn't need that during these times! I pre-loaded my wallet with $25 for "entertainment" so I can easily buy tickets when it's convenient for me (insomnia shopping!) So now buying a ticket only takes about 5 seconds from start to finish - just pick game, choose numbers and bam! After that, it's kind of like Christmas morning opening the app to see if I won! (The whole process is done in the app including payment on prizes under $600 - so you are prompted to check your ticket which is digital so you can't lose it!). I also just set up a group so I can invite friends and increase our odds of winning. Thanks ML for giving me something to look forward to while I'm stuck at home! If you have zoom fatigue this might be a new way to be social and do something different with friends/family and fingers crossed maybe hit it big! :-) Need something to dream about these days!

Attention CA Lotto Players

Great app! Use to but my tickets on here all the time. Beats going out and waiting in a line. Well deserved 5 stars. But today I received an email from the official CA Lottery that read:
“The California Lottery warns players not to buy your tickets online or through a digital app. App-based and online lottery ticket resellers and courier delivery services are not affiliated with the California Lottery and are illegal in California. If you buy a winning ticket online or in a third-party app the Lottery will not pay any prize and must deny all prize claims associated with such tickets. The California Lottery is legally prohibited from knowingly paying prizes on tickets acquired through an online courier service. Players who choose to engage with these services do so at their own risk”.
So I guess I’ll have to but my tickets now in person.

Developer Response ,

Hi there! I want to start off by saying thank you for being a Mido Lotto customer and so happy to hear you've enjoyed our app. I can understand your concern surrounding the message you received from the CA Lottery and hope I can help clarify.

We have been proudly operating as a lottery courier in California since 2016, in the open, with full knowledge of the California State Lottery. There has been no additional legislation since then restricting our users from utilizing our services or claiming any winnings or prohibiting us from legally operating our business as a lottery courier.

We have paid out millions of dollars worth of prizes to our users in the past 7 years and have never had a single prize claim denied or rejected by any state Lottery, including California.

Here's a link to our official response for more context: https://www.midolotto.com/press/california-lottery-statement.pdf

We appreciate all of your support and hope this clarified any hesitations you may have had. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Success team at cs@midolotto.com.

Concerns

I have some concerns about this entity… The app is fine but I have concerns about what would ACTUALLY happen if you WON a large lottery and tried to claim your $10M ticket etc. Would they suddenly disappear?? I checked with the official CA Lottery and they do Not sell online; so this is more like an escrow… which is great when you’re paying THEM, but what about when it’s time for THEM to pay YOU. I have not seen any verified stories of people winning BIG with this app and then actually getting paid out. I finally tried to cash out a small winning (less than $10) instead of rolling it over to a credit, and they made me fill out an e-form request to get the money in PayPal. I did receive the money ultimately but getting a few dollars is not the same as getting a WINNING LOTTERY ticket so who knows. In any event, I decided to stop using the app for now since I have no way of knowing if they’d pay out on a Million+ winner etc. Guess it’s time to go to the convenience store.

Developer Response ,

We would love you to update your review and confirm that you received your winnings! Our winners to date have all successfully claimed winnings and would lose our business immediately if we didn't help the winners get their winnings!