Company: LTRYW
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001641172-25-009053
Chunk: 155

Company: Lottery.com Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 155
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 betting is legal. In late 2011, the Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) in the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an opinion that concluded the conduct prohibited by the Wire Act was limited to sports gambling; however, in January 2019, the OLC issued a new opinion that concluded that the restrictions in the Wire Act on the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets and wagers was not limited to sports gambling but applied to all bets and wagers, including those involving state lotteries. Reinterpretation of the federal Wire Act by the OLC threatened certain online lottery sales, leading to litigation in which the First Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Wire Act applies only to interstate wire communications related to sporting events or contests and not lottery games. In addition to the First Circuit’s decision, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has previously held the Wire Act prohibitions apply only to sports gambling. The Company is still analyzing the impact of these decisions on its business.

In Minnesota, the sale of scratch iLottery tickets is prohibited. In Virginia, lottery courier services are prohibited by law. Some states limit the charges that we can impose and collect. We only purchase lottery games on behalf of our users and customers where our services are permitted and in accordance with applicable laws. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to our services and the fees we charge are subject to interpretation and may change.

Our compliance with local, territorial and federal laws is based on our interpretation of existing state and federal laws regarding lottery services such as ours. We have obtained legal advice and notified certain lottery authorities in U.S. jurisdictions where we do business of the services that we offer, but in most cases, we have not received definitive determinations of the laws applicable to our services. There is a risk that existing or future laws in the states and jurisdictions in which we operate may be interpreted in a manner that is not consistent with our business model. Future laws that permit certain lottery services may be accompanied by restrictions or taxes that make it impractical or less feasible to operate in certain jurisdictions.

Other laws and regulations may be adopted or construed to apply to us that could restrict our business model, including privacy, taxation, marketing, anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, copyright, currency exchange, export, and antitrust laws, as well as those governing public companies.

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