Jackpocket ‘Winnerverse’ Sweepstakes Contest Underway; Awards $250K In Lottery Credits

One thing is for sure: Jackpocket knows its audience.

The DraftKings-owned lottery courier company announced a new promotion this week called the Winnerverse, whereby purchasing lottery tickets through Jackpocket allows customers to enter a daily drawing to win … credits to buy more lottery tickets.

Yep, folks who play the lottery tend to like the idea of winning money, and the next-best thing to winning money is winning more chances to win money.

Jackpocket is calling this its “biggest giveaway ever,” with 2,500 winners scoring $100 apiece in lottery credits for a total of $250,000 in credits awarded.

The Winnerverse contest is free to enter as long as a Jackpocket purchase is made, making the structure somewhat similar to the social gaming with sweepstakes prizing approach that has swelled in popularity the last couple of years.

Ways to enter

The promotion began Tuesday and runs daily through Friday, Aug. 29. There will be 200 winners drawn each day through Saturday and 250 drawn each remaining day after that.

Jackpocket customers can enter either by opting in on the app or by following instructions to enter over social media.

On the Jackpocket app, it’s as simple as opting in to the Winnerverse promotion on the promotions page, then placing your lottery ticket order for the day.

As for the social media route, on either X (formerly Twitter) or Instagram, you need to follow @jackpocket, place a ticket order, and share a screenshot of your order with proper tags and hashtags.

Customers can submit up to three entries per day but can only win a prize once over the length of the Winnerverse sweepstakes.

The lottery credits, according to the official rules, are “non-withdrawable, single use, have no cash value,” and expire in 365 days.

The Winnerverse promotion serves as a dose of positive PR for Jackpocket at a time when the company is still trying to shake damage to its reputation and its market reach. It was caused by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick taking aim at Jackpocket and courier services in general after Kristen Moriarty won an $83.5 million Texas Lotto grand prize in February with a ticket purchased through the company.

Texas denied Moriarty her prize for more than five months while it conducted an investigation, leading her to file suit, before finally relenting on July 30 and agreeing to pay her winnings.

Despite no wrongdoing proven on the part of Jackpocket, Texas banned couriers amid the investigation.

So lottery players who buy their tickets in Texas cannot enter the Winnerverse sweepstakes — at least not without traveling to another state. There are, however, 14 other states, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, where customers can enter.