How come you can purchase lotto tickets with your debit card, but they wont let you with your credit card?

Question

How come you can purchase lotto tickets with your debit card, but they wont let you with your credit card?

Answer 1

My guess would be because debit is automatically drawn from your account and credit cards are not.

Answer 2

They only take cash where I'm from

Answer 3

Debit cards take the funds direct from your account at no cost to you or the company doing the deduction.  Credit card companies charge a fee usually 3-10% to the compnay to process the paperwork and credit their accounts.  becuase the lotto operation does not want to cut into their profits they won't pay the fees hence no credit cards.

Answer 4

they only take cash..not sure, I always wanted to know too...But maybe its because they think if you loose youcan cancel the charge somehow ? Good question