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Paper Lottery VS Digital Lottery

24 March 2015

Those were the days when paper lottery ruled the world and intrigued many in various parts of the world. Thanks to internet and globalization; lottery businesses mushroomed in the cyberspace like nev-er before intriguing many more worldwide.

With hardly any geographic borders, the digital lot-tery system has emerged as a one-stop lucrative op-tion both for the operators as well as players. Al-though digital lottery system has taken over the pa-per lottery and seems to be simpler to operate, it has its own set of risks that many people turn a blind eye to. Find out what you have to know if you are planning to start or shift to online lottery operations.

A keen understanding of the online lottery ecosys-tems forms the basis for starting a complete digital lottery business. The experience of offline paper based lottery operations may help but not fully. This is on account of the diverse dynamics that exist in the cyber world. In other words, the paper lottery involves a physical space, maintenance of physical space, direct contact with the players and so on. In the case of the digital lottery, people from different parts of the globe play; but they play in the cyber world.

The very nature of the lotteries defines the diverse rules and regulations. Many a times, the paper lot-teries come with geographical boundaries and laws operating in that area. On the other hand, the online lotteries have erased the geographical boundaries which drive an ever increasing growth of players from across the world.

Another offshoot of the complete digital operations is the flexibility that has set in. While the paper lot-tery operators are driven by rules and regulations including pricing and promotions, the digital lottery operators exhibit higher flexibility. Although, the digital lottery operators are also governed by a dif-ferent set of rules and regulations, there are options, however, for alternative pricing, promotions, dis-counts and so on. But, a crystal clear knowledge of the rules and regulations and dissemination of the same to the players is certainly an essential part to avoid troubled situations.

Another major element of the paper lottery and on-line lottery businesses is the human angle. While paper lotteries are transacted face to face, the online lottery business has almost replaced this system. So, it is here that digital lottery operator have a bigger task of building trust and credibility with the play-ers.

Not just this, while the offline (paper lotteries) many a times involve small money, the digital lotteries have opened up for huge money. So, clear and clever strategies with enough reserves are always advisable especially in the case of online lottery sys-tems.

With records of critical details like credit card num-bers and online transactions, it becomes extremely essential for the digital lottery businesses to operate with utmost security mechanisms. Because unlike the paper lottery system, there are very many ways in cyber space for intrusions to happen and third -

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parties to misuse the information thus ending up in huge economic crises for both the operators as well as the players.

Unlike offline or paper lottery, the online systems need to be updated time to time without giving any scope for technical glitches. Outdated or problematic system simply means losing the player who has a plethora of other options to choose from.

Lastly, with the risks of duplicated and fraudsters, it becomes extremely essential to build a trustworthy rela-tion with the players through dissemination of information and operations with high levels of transparency and accountability.

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