This may be useful for others to know.
About two months ago I signed up with the National Lottery in order to be able to play the Lottery without having to rush out to the local shop at 7.30PM on a Wednesday evening. I opted to top-up my Lottery wallet using my Tesco Visa Card. Everything was going fine but I didn't win anything. However the shock came when my next Visa bill arrived and I noticed that despite my having paid my balance on time - there was interest charged. After some delving I discovered that Tesco Visa (and perhaps other cards) has the following in its T&C:
"Advance - a transaction where you get cash, foreign currency or travellers' cheques or carry out a gambling transaction by using the card."
My top-ups to my Lottery wallet accrued interest from day-one!!
The National Lottery does not allow topping-up by Laser so I'm afraid its back to rushing out to the shop at 7.30PM on Wednesdays.
About two months ago I signed up with the National Lottery in order to be able to play the Lottery without having to rush out to the local shop at 7.30PM on a Wednesday evening. I opted to top-up my Lottery wallet using my Tesco Visa Card. Everything was going fine but I didn't win anything. However the shock came when my next Visa bill arrived and I noticed that despite my having paid my balance on time - there was interest charged. After some delving I discovered that Tesco Visa (and perhaps other cards) has the following in its T&C:
"Advance - a transaction where you get cash, foreign currency or travellers' cheques or carry out a gambling transaction by using the card."
My top-ups to my Lottery wallet accrued interest from day-one!!
The National Lottery does not allow topping-up by Laser so I'm afraid its back to rushing out to the shop at 7.30PM on Wednesdays.
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