Pennsylvania lottery adds payment options

The lottery of Pennsylvania will operate with debit online payment options.

US.- As the government of Pennsylvania pushes for gaming expansion to increase monthly incomes, iGaming tools are being used to update the legal industry’s operations. According to the local press, this week the state’s lottery has begun operating with debit online payment options to make playing games more convenient for the growing number of players who don’t carry cash.

“Just like any business, the Pennsylvania Lottery wants to make it easy for customers to make purchases in a way they find convenient,” said Lottery Executive Director Drew Svitko. “The older Pennsylvanians who benefit from Lottery sales are counting on us to modernize and stay competitive in an evolving retail environment.”

The official statement revealed that over the past year, the Lottery has been adding debit PIN pads to many of its newer touch-screen, self-service vending units and at stores where games are sold from the counter. More than 2,100 sales counters and 400 touch-screen vending units now have the equipment.

“Research shows that carrying cash has fallen out of favour with many consumers,” Svitko added in the statement released this week by the official Pennsylvania Lottery’s web. “One study showed nearly half of those asked carry less than US$20 in their wallets.”