PoolTicket
A Canadian lottery pool manager that tracks contributions, photographs and stores tickets, and splits winnings fairly with a clean paper trail for everyone.
Canadians who play Lotto Max or Lotto 6/49 in workplace or friend syndicates
- Ticket photo storage with OCR that captures numbers and draw date automatically
- Contribution ledger per pool with running balances and reminders for late payers
- Auto-split payout calculator that nets out taxes and equal shares cleanly
- Draw alerts and result matching with a 'we won' push notification for the whole pool
A $25M jackpot being split by nine Quebecers is exactly the kind of group-payout story that drives new lottery-pool formation, and most pools today are still tracked in messy group chats.
Real demand exists — OLG launched official Group Play in May 2024 and Atlantic Lottery built PoolApp, both for Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49, validating the use case; LottoPal and LottoChee also serve Canadian pool players, but incumbent lottery corps absorbing the need dampens net new demand for a third party.OLG makes playing together easier with GROUP PLAY ON OLG.CA ↗PoolApp Review: A Slick Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 Pool Manager ↗
Near-zero whitespace: Atlantic Lottery's PoolApp is free, ad-free, and built by the lottery corp itself for exactly Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49; OLG Group Play is integrated directly into ticket purchase on the official OLG app; LottoPal and LottoChee already cover the Canadian pool niche.Group Lottery Play | Lottery Pools | Atlantic Lottery ↗OLG MAKES PLAYING TOGETHER EASIER WITH GROUP PLAY ON OLG.CA ↗LottoPal · your luckiest little assistant ↗
Very poor — PoolApp is free with no ads (lottery-corp-funded), OLG Group Play is bundled with ticket purchase, and the target users (casual workplace pools) are notoriously unwilling to pay for side tools; only LottoPal charges via Pro tier and willingness to pay remains unproven.PoolApp Review: A Slick Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 Pool Manager ↗Support · LottoPal ↗
Lottery pool culture in Canada is durable, but the trajectory clearly favors official lottery-corp features (OLG Group Play, Atlantic Lottery PoolApp) absorbing this functionality, leaving less room each year for an independent third-party tool.OLG MAKES PLAYING TOGETHER EASIER WITH GROUP PLAY ON OLG.CA ↗
Technically easy to build (basic CRUD, photo storage, payment notes), but go-to-market is brutal — competing for distribution against free, trusted, government-backed official lottery apps that already bundle ticket purchase is the dominant blocker.PoolApp Review: A Slick Lotto Max and Lotto 6/49 Pool Manager ↗