Frequently Asked Questions

Secondary winnings will be transferred to your account after receipt of the prize from the official lottery operator. Some lotteries have different prize collection procedures. In these cases, Customer Service will guide you through the collection process until you receive your winnings. You may use your winnings for future participation in lottery draws or withdraw all, or part of the winnings with your designated payment method.

Jackpot winners may be required to collect the prize in person from the official lottery operator, in which case TheLotter may choose to fly the winner there. If you are the winner of a major lottery prize you will be given information how to collect your prize.

Winners of non-cash prizes offered by lotteries and raffles will receive the monetary value of the prize.

All winnings on lottery tickets purchased at TheLotter are paid out commission-free, regardless of the amount. If you choose to withdraw your lottery wins via a bank transfer, a bank transfer fee from your bank may apply.

Secondary wins are transferred directly to your account after receipt of the prize from the official lottery operator. You will receive an email notification when your wins are deposited in your account so that you can use them for future participation in lottery draws, or you can choose to withdraw them.

Your purchases on the site are debited from your account's balance first, and when your account's balance is not sufficient, the remaining cost is charged against your payment method.

Winning a substantial amount of money has life changing implications and TheLotter whole heartedly recommends that winners consult with financial and legal experts to fully prepare for and take advantage of their good fortune.

Certain lotteries offer jackpot winners a choice between receiving their prize as an annuity or as a cash lump sum payment. If you choose the annuity option, your prize will be paid out in installments over a fixed number of years. If you request the cash lump sum option, you will receive the entire prize up front. Lump sum payments are less than the total amount given to a winner in annuity payments, with the amount varying according to the lottery policy. In addition, some lottery prizes are taxed at source, so the take-home prize will actually be much less than the advertised jackpot.

Each lottery has its own prize division setup, defining the prizes and odds for complete and/or partial matches. Your jackpot and non-jackpot winnings (also known as ‘secondary winnings’) may be subject to local tax (tax deducted at source) based on your country of residence before they can be transferred to you. For countries that tax lottery wins, the rate varies widely. TheLotter is required to pay taxes on lottery wins in accordance with the laws of the country or state where the ticket was purchased.

For more information about the tax requirements of the lotteries offered on our site, please visit our Lottery Tax Information page. Please feel free to contact our customer support team with any questions regarding taxation.

Some lotteries allow winners to remain completely anonymous, while others require some degree of public disclosure. For lotteries that require a winner to disclose their identity, it is often for transparency purposes. By making the identities of winners public, a lottery can show that the winners are real, have no connection to the lottery, and that all ticket holders have an equal chance of winning.

Below is the list of lotteries available on TheLotter that allow jackpot winners to claim their prize anonymously:

If you win a lottery prize on tickets purchased at TheLotter, non-identifying information (first name, first letter of your last name, and country of residence) will be automatically published in the Winners section on the homepage of our site. Regardless of a lottery's specific disclosure requirements, TheLotter will never disclose a winner's identity without their consent. Please feel free to contact our customer support team with any questions regarding anonymity. If you win a lottery jackpot, the requirements of the official lottery organisation apply.

Free tickets are offered as prizes in select lotteries. Free tickets typically consist of a standard one-line bet, which would be included in the next draw for the lottery from which you won the free ticket. These prizes cannot be exchanged for Real or Bonus money.

The numbers on free tickets cannot be chosen by the customer as they are generated automatically.

Please note: it may take a few hours for the free tickets to appear in your online account. You can find them in the ‘Entries’ tab in your account listed as 'Free ticket'.

To win a lottery jackpot, all of the numbers on your lottery ticket must match those selected in the draw. If your numbers constitute a partial match with those drawn, you could be entitled to a secondary prize, but this is dependent on the specific lottery’s rules and prize divisions.

If you think that your ticket entitles you to a prize, check to make sure that your matching numbers are all in the same line. Please keep in mind that each line you purchase is actually an independent unit. Also, make sure that you are comparing your ticket with the results of the correct lottery draw and date you played.

If you are still unsure whether your ticket is eligible for a lottery prize, please contact us.