Terms of Service

Version 2026-10-14. Last updated October 14, 2026.

1. About these terms

These Terms of Service are an agreement between you and the operator of ShareTheWinning ("ShareTheWinning", "we", "us"), which runs sharethewinning.com and its installable app (together, the "service"). By creating an account, joining a pool or using the service, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

The Privacy Policy explains what we collect and your choices. The pool agreement template is the text each pool starts from; it is an agreement among the pool's members, not with us.

2. Who may use the service

• You are at least 18 years old, or older if the state where you play requires it to buy a lottery ticket (some states require 19 or 21).
• You live in the United States and use the service from within it.
• Playing the lottery and taking part in a private pool are lawful where you are and where the pool's tickets are bought. Do not use the service where it is not allowed.
• You have not been barred from the service before.
• You confirm your age and state truthfully. We may close an account that does not meet these rules, and we may ask a pool to remove a member who does not.

3. What the service is

A free tool for private lottery pools among people who know each other. It records who is in the pool, each member's shares, who paid, the official ticket and its plays, the results, each member's part of any prize and who has paid whom. It also offers results pages, calculators, guides and a pool chat.

We do not charge for pools. If we ever offer something paid, we will say so clearly before you pay anything, and pools created before then keep what they have.

4. What the service is not

• Not a lottery, a lottery retailer, a ticket courier or a purchasing agent. We never buy, sell, hold or deliver lottery tickets, and we never play for you.
• Not a payment service, a bank or an escrow. We never receive, hold or transfer anyone's money. Payments happen directly between members, outside the service.
• Never a party to a prize. We never take a share of a ticket or a prize.
• Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any state lottery, the Multi-State Lottery Association, Powerball or Mega Millions. Powerball, Mega Millions and the names of state lotteries are trademarks of their owners, used here only to name the games.
• Not advice about which numbers to play. No number or pool is more likely to win than another, and we never say otherwise.

5. Results, prizes and calculations are information

The official ticket and the official results published by the lottery decide every prize. Our record describes the ticket; it is not the ticket.

Results can arrive late, and any source, including ours, can be wrong. We publish a result only when two sources agree, but we cannot promise that a result, a match or an amount is correct. Check the official ticket with the lottery or a licensed retailer before you rely on it.

Prize amounts are estimates until the lottery pays. Jackpots and prizes that depend on ticket sales always wait for the official amount, and a person confirms them before they appear.

Tax figures, withholding estimates and calculators are rough guides. Nothing on the service is legal, tax, financial or investment advice. Ask a qualified professional about your situation, especially after a large win.

Reading a ticket from a photo can make mistakes. You are responsible for checking every number against the paper ticket.

Reminders, such as a claim deadline, can be late or missing. The lottery's rules and deadlines are what count; do not rely on us alone for them.

6. Pools are agreements among their members

Each pool runs on a pool agreement that its members accept. That agreement is between the members. We are not a party to it, we do not enforce it, and we do not decide who is owed money.

The Pool Admin buys the official ticket as the pool's state allows and keeps it safe. Members pay each other directly. The members decide how their pool is run, within its agreement and the law.

If members disagree about a payment, either side can mark it as disputed ("Something's wrong" on the payment). The round is frozen, we record what each side enters and the outcome they report, and the record stays intact. We do not judge the dispute. A problem with a ticket or a contribution is raised in pool chat. Before a drawing, the Pool Admin can replace a wrong ticket entry, and the replacement is on the record; after the drawing, the official paper ticket decides, and the Pool Admin can contact us. If a disagreement cannot be settled, the record is there for the members and, if needed, a court.

Each member is responsible for following the laws that apply to them and their pool, including age limits, limits on group purchases, who may claim a prize, claim deadlines and taxes. Our state pages summarise what we found, with sources and the date we read them; they are facts, not legal advice.

A Pool Admin records members' names, shares and payments with their knowledge, and records each ticket honestly and promptly.

7. The record

Locked: before a drawing the pool locks. The members, shares and confirmed payments at that moment become a snapshot that cannot be edited. A later correction is a new entry that shows who made it and when.

Four labels say how far a record has been checked, and by whom. Recorded: an entry (a ticket, a payment, a contribution) was received and is on the record as entered. Member-confirmed: the members who must confirm a ticket said its photo and plays match the paper ticket; it means the members agreed, not that we inspected the ticket. Result verified: a drawing's winning numbers were confirmed by two sources that agree before anything was checked against them. Payment confirmed: the person who received a payment confirmed that it arrived. None of them means we hold, inspect or guarantee a ticket or any money; the official ticket decides.

Audit trail: every change is logged with who made it and the server's time, and each line is chained to the one before it, so a removed or altered line shows.

We keep the record as members enter it. We cannot promise it is complete or correct: it is only as good as what members enter. Keep the paper ticket, and export the record from your pool whenever you want your own copy.

8. Your account

• Give true information and keep it current.
• One person, one account. Do not share it or sign in as someone else.
• Keep your password safe. You are responsible for what happens under your account; tell us at once if you think someone else used it.

You can delete your account yourself at any time from your account page (a Pool Admin hands each pool to another member first). The Privacy Policy explains what happens to your data: the pool records you took part in stay for the other members, with your name replaced.

9. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• run a pool that is not lawful where its members are or where its tickets are bought, or let anyone under the legal age join;
• offer pool shares to the public or to strangers, or run pools as a business or for a fee, commission or profit;
• sell or buy number picks or systems, or claim that a number is due, hot or a sure thing;
• record a ticket that was not bought, alter a photo, or enter false payments, plays or results;
• harass, threaten, impersonate or deceive anyone, or post someone else's private information or ticket without their consent;
• post anything unlawful, hateful or sexual, or anything that infringes someone else's rights;
• scrape, copy in bulk, overload or reverse engineer the service, or use bots or automated access other than our published API within its limits;
• try to get around security, spam protection, rate limits or a pool's lock, or reach data that is not yours;
• use the service to send spam or to collect other people's contact details.

10. What you post

You own what you post: messages, photos, notes and profile text. You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to store, copy, display and process it only as needed to run the service for you and the people you share it with (for example, showing a ticket photo to your pool), to keep the record, and to comply with the law. The licence ends when the content is deleted, except for what stays in a pool record or a backup, as the Privacy Policy explains.

You confirm you have the right to post what you post. If you send us ideas or feedback, we may use them without owing you anything.

Everything else on the service, including the software, design, text and guides, belongs to us or our licensors; you may use it only to use the service. Official results and other public facts belong to everyone.

11. Moderation and enforcement

Pool chat is checked automatically for spend talk, claims about numbers and requests for money. A flagged message stays visible with a flag until a person reviews it. We may hide or remove content that breaks these terms, and we may limit, suspend or close an account that does, with or without notice when safety or the law requires it. Every removal is recorded, and the pool record stays intact.

To report something, use the report button beside it or contact us.

12. Responsible play

A pool is a way to share a ticket with people you know, not a way to win more. Play only with money you can spare. We never encourage more spending, and we never send "you almost won" messages.

Call or text 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), the National Problem Gambling Helpline, free and confidential, 24/7. Many states also answer 1-800-GAMBLER. More help, the odds in plain numbers and every state's line: Responsible play.

To exclude yourself, delete your account from your account page (Account, then Delete your account; a Pool Admin hands each pool to another member first). It takes you out of every pool at once and keeps the pool records intact for the other members.

13. Advertising and other services

Advertising pays for the free service. Public pages such as results, guides and tools may show ads from Google AdSense. Ads never appear on pool, account, ticket or payment pages, on any page with a form (the calculators and the state picker included), on Check my numbers, on Responsible play or on these legal pages. We do not endorse advertisers and are not responsible for their offers.

Links to lotteries, help lines and other sites are there to help you; we do not control those sites.

Some features use other companies: spam protection on forms (Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile, when switched on), email delivery, hosting and, when we offer it, signing in with another account such as Google. Their own terms and privacy policies cover what they do; the Privacy Policy lists them.

14. Changes to the service

The service is free and still growing. We may add, change or stop features, and it may be unavailable at times for maintenance or for reasons outside our control. We will try to give notice of big changes, and to let you export your pool records before any shutdown.

15. Disclaimers

The service is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including that the service will be accurate, complete, uninterrupted, secure or free of errors, or that it is merchantable, fit for a particular purpose or non-infringing. You use it at your own risk. Some states do not allow some of these exclusions, so they may not all apply to you.

We are not responsible for a lost, damaged, unsigned or unclaimed ticket, a missed drawing or claim deadline, a lottery's decision, a member who does not pay, whether a pool is lawful, or taxes anyone owes.

16. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows: (a) we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, prizes, data or opportunities, even if we were told they were possible; and (b) our total liability for all claims relating to the service is limited to the greater of $100 or the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. The service is free, so that amount is $0 for almost everyone and the limit is $100.

These limits apply whatever the legal theory. They do not limit liability that the law does not allow to be limited.

17. Claims caused by your use

If someone makes a claim against us because of your pool, what you post, your breach of these terms, or your breaking the law or someone else's rights, you agree to defend and compensate us for the resulting losses and reasonable legal costs, to the extent the law allows. We will tell you about the claim, and we may take part in the defence with our own lawyer.

18. Ending your use

You may stop using the service and close your account at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, when the law requires it, or when continuing would put other members or the service at risk. The parts of these terms that by their nature should last (the record, the licence for content kept in a pool record, the disclaimers, the limits of liability, claims caused by your use, and disputes) continue after an account ends.

19. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms; the version and date at the top will change. For a material change we will tell you at least 14 days before it takes effect, by email or on the service, and ask you to accept the new version the next time you sign in. If you do not agree, stop using the service and close your account before the change takes effect. A change never applies to a dispute that started before it.

20. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin and applicable federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

If you have a concern, please tell us first: write to info@sharethewinning.com or use the contact page, describing the issue and what you would like. We will try to resolve it with you within 30 days, and most issues end there.

If it is not resolved, either of us may bring an individual claim in a small claims court where it qualifies, or otherwise in the state or federal courts located in Wisconsin, and we both agree to the jurisdiction of those courts. Nothing here stops you from bringing a concern to a government agency, or takes away a right that the law of your own state gives you and that cannot be waived.

21. General

• These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the service. A pool agreement binds its members and does not change these terms.
• If a part of these terms cannot be enforced, the rest stays in effect, and that part is enforced as far as the law allows.
• If we do not enforce a right straight away, we have not given it up.
• You may not transfer your rights under these terms. We may transfer ours to someone who takes over the service, who must keep the same promises.
• Nothing in these terms makes us your partner, agent, trustee or employer, or the holder of anything for a pool.
• We are not responsible for delays caused by events outside our reasonable control.
• We may send notices to the email on your account or show them on the service. You can reach us as below.

22. Contact

ShareTheWinning is run from the United States. To reach us, write to info@sharethewinning.com or use the contact page.

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