Christmas is approaching and it is inevitable to start thinking about the holidays, the gifts, the family meals that so many endearing moments leave behind… and also, why not, about the small but not impossible possibility that on December 22, we could pinch … a sum of money that gives respite to your pocket, in the Christmas lottery draw.
Although many do not believe in this type of random gamesthe truth is that the vast majority end up falling in and betting, whether on small amounts or on many numbers. It is common to find tickets for sale at work but also among friends, at school or in the traditional neighborhood store which sells tickets and also organizes a parallel raffle for a basket containing food.
What not everyone knows is that, in practice, there are adults who cannot hope to get anything from the 2.772 million that will be put into play on December 22. Gambling Regulation Act 2/2011 It establishes which groups can acquire tenths and which cannot. There are several reasons to support this veto.
Which people cannot play the Christmas lottery
To begin with, and as we already know, it is forbidden for minors can actively participate in games of chance and any draws organized by State Lotteries and Bets and this is why the law does not allow adolescents or children under 18 years of age to purchase tickets. On the online sales portal, for example, age is requested beforehand and minors cannot activate a profile.
In addition, persons who are prohibited from doing so due to dependence or a court decision or who, not yet having the right of veto, have requested to be included in this list of persons cannot purchase lottery tickets. All, as well as those legally unable to play, are registered in a General register of prohibitions on access to games of chance.
In addition, state lotteries and betting have a “service of self-exclusion “temporary”, that is, periods of rest to try to prevent problems related to the game. In this case, users with a profile activated to purchase tickets will have their account temporarily blocked.
In addition to them, significant lottery shareholders, owners, participants or holders cannot purchase a lottery. gaming operatorits management team and employees directly involved in the development of the games. Their respective spouses or people with whom they live, as well as first-degree ascendants and descendants, cannot participate in these games either. The ban reaches top officials of the National Gaming Commission and his closest family.