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This has happened several times over the past month. When I try to logon to the Lottery (which has worked for me for years) it says I'mOutside the UK. Why?
I'm with TTalk (was Tiscali) my IP when blocked starts 88, then next day is 78 = OK. "Whatsmyip" says I'm in the UK - Lincolnshire!! SO why does the Lottery NOT?
Is it TTalk or Lottery having the Problem.
Will TT pay me my millions If I would have won the Jackpot.
Thanks TTalk for saving my £2!
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Probably just national lottery that has not updated its database.
The joys of trying to restrict material via GEO ip systems
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Maybe not. Years ago when I used to play Quake2 on line (with Easynet adsl), I sometimes ended up with a ping of 300 rather than the usual 50/60 ish.
Doing a traceroute when this happened saw my connection went from me to London->Germany->London->quake2 server.
Nick
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Routing via Germany should not affect a system detecting you as a UK IP address.
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Thanks - still not in UK today. IP same, Have written to lottery for their version. Will rebooting router help?
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It should do, and include a whois of your IP address, as this will show it is a GB registered IP block
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When ADSL24 left Entanet and started supplying their own IP address, there were lots of issues with sites not recognizing a UK IP. I emailed Sky and gave them proof i was in the UK and they added the IP range to their list
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Switched router off last night. Back o this morning and now I can waste my money on the Lottery. Still got a 88 IP address but different.
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I have been getting that every time I go to sign since joining Virgin Media a few weeks ago, I just click accept and logging in isn't a problem
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I didn't get "accept" it just stopped me.
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You will still get paid, the rules are you have to be in the UK at the time you got the ticket, as long as you can prove that you have no issue, it is just a warning that if you buy the ticket while NOT in the UK and you win you will be kicking yourself for around 100 years!
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Apart from being UK resident you also need to be on the UK voters list I believe to actually get paid a large win.
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Don't think you can have to be a voter - isn't lottery 16+ and voting is 18+?
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https://www.gov.uk/electoral-register
Comes into the loan/credit/crime check area I guess and I think you declare over 16's so that they can track whether to issue polling cards in the future.
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The page states you declare people who will be eligible to vote on 15 October of that year - but that is not 2 years in advance and therefore should at best be 17 year olds. That would make it useless for checking a 16 year old.
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Has a 16 year old won the big prize ever? Maybe they will figure it all out when it happens.
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It is an offence for anyone under the age of 16 to be sold tickets for any lottery game
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Players must be 16 or over and physically located in the UK or Isle of Man. from Linky - The National Lottery website.
Edited by RobertoS (Wed 27-Nov-13 00:58:45)
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Has a 16 year old won the big prize ever? Maybe they will figure it all out when it happens.
Google is your friend!
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I didn't get "accept" it just stopped me.
Just think of the money you will save.
Adrian
Desktop machine now powered by windows 8 pro 64bit, no dreaded metro and Linux , laptop by Linux
ALLPAY Wireless broadband
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Routing via Germany should not affect a system detecting you as a UK IP address.
Qiite a few plus.net people come into mydslwebstats from US West Coast IPs directly!
131.229.200.***.dyn.plus.net
El Segundo California USA
I guess TalkTalk may have facilities over there or elsewhere outside the UK as well? Unless the IP Range has been reallocated to the UK and the Registry not updated?
Edited by tbailey2 (Wed 24-Sep-14 23:51:39)
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