Free Online Lotto Games

The free lotto sites featured on aLottery.com really do pay out cash and other prizes to the winners of their games - all of them have been vetted by us. But how do they manage to do this - that is to say, how do the get the money to buy the prizes or how do they afford to pay out the cash?

The answer is that these sites make their money from advertising. So, when you play on their site, you may see banners advertising other companies whilst you are playing, selecting your numbers and/or putting in your details. Another method is for the free lotto site to ask you to click on a banner when you have made your choice of numbers. of course, clicking on that banner will take you to the advertisers site - this is called a 'forced click'. in both these cases, the free lotto site receives a payment from the company that is displaying the banners.

A completely different way for free lotto sites to make money is by selling, or renting, their customer list to other companies. In this case, you will receive information, usually via email but sometimes through the regular post, from the advertisers. good companies will always give you the choice to unsubscribe from future emailings.

Jackpots of $1,000,000 or £1,000,000 are almost always covered by insurance. So the free lotto company takes out insurance against somebody winning. Thus if you do win the big one, the insurance company pays out to the lottery company so they can pay you.

Most players find this trade-off acceptable - that is to say receiving some advertising messages in exchange for the chance to win money and prizes. If you don't think it is a good idea, then you should give them a miss. Don't forget, you can play our scratchcard games for free - no advertising and no third-party emails - but, of course, you can't win real money.

We hope you enjoy your free lotto games whichever way you choose to play.

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Article Last Updated: 04/03/2009