Sullivan said he believes his business, though, might help drive traffic to convenience stores since scratch-off game winners have to go back to the retailer to collect their winnings. “We just don’t understand the Gaming Commission’s fixation with elasticizing its statutory authority in order to bestow unprecedented privileges upon this new license class while treating with ambivalence the lottery retailers whose decades of commitment and hard work have grown New York Lottery into a $10 billion-a-year enterprise benefiting education,” James Calvin, president of the New York Association of Convenience Stores wrote in a letter to the Gaming Commission. They also note that retailers like convenience stores only get a 6 percent commission rather than Jackpocket's 9 percent on deposits. Retail backlashĬonvenience store operators opposed Tuesday’s decision, citing what they say are dangers with verifying a player’s age. Jackpocket is so far the only such company to be licensed in New York. The scratch-off version, which hasn’t started yet, will involve a subscription system in which players can buy bundles of tickets, such as 50 at a time. For larger amounts people can come in and retrieve the tickets in person. If someone has a winner up to $600, they send the ticket by certified mail. They buy the ticket, and then scan it and send a photo to the buyer, holding on to it until the winners are announced. The non-scratch-off tickets that are purchased are held by Jackpocket. Jackpocket makes its money through a 9 percent fee on the deposits. The company uses a deposit system allowing players to put money into a Jackpocket account that they play with.

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