UK residents are warned that Lotto Billions cannot legally operate in the country, and is likely harvesting personal details for resale, not future services.
Controversial online lottery operator Lotto Billions is deceiving UK residents into handing over personal information, despite being unable to legally offer their services in the country, an investigation has uncovered.
Although licensed in Curaçao, Lotto Billions is strictly forbidden from marketing to or accepting players from the UK, USA, and other specific regions. However, the company’s website encourages UK residents to provide private details such as name, email, phone number, and date of birth, claiming that they need this information under the guise of offering their lottery service when it becomes available in the UK.
However, to obtain a lottery betting license in the UK, the company and the team would have to pass the stringent checks carried out by the UK Gambling Commission. Given that the company already stands accused of using a “puppet” frontman, Michiel Van Der Klooster, to conceal the dreadful reputations of the real management team, it is highly unlikely that they would be approved.
The three Wiley Foxes (pictured above) have problematic business histories. Self-proclaimed Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Lotto Billions, Nooreddin Valimahomed, has a chequered history of failed companies, bankruptcy, unpaid loans, court cases, and dubious offshore companies. Khalid Virani and Andrew Sean Collinge have both been closely involved in many of Valimahomed’s disastrous schemes and businesses, with Virani, self-proclaimed lawyer, also boasting a drunk driving conviction.
One of their most infamous failures was the mobile company WileyFox, which went into administration in 2018. Valimahomed was subsequently personally sued by a Russian bank for allegedly securing a £9 million loan for the company by way of deception. Although Valimahomed was pursued for the debt, WileyFox’s directors were his associates and favoured frontmen, Virani and Collinge. This disreputable crew now form the core of Lotto Billions’ management:
WileyFox record of directors:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07648053/officers
Whilst it was still an operational business, WileyFox was accused of gathering and selling user’s personal data through Yandex, a Russian software app that was embedded on its devices. A concerning parallel to the practices now employed by Lotto Billions:
https://www.reddit.com/warning_to_all_wileyfox_owners_your_location_data/?rdt=36104
As with WileyFox, Lotto Billons’ terms and conditions allow the selling of users’ data, by way of clauses buried in Google documents which are not even hosted on their website. Legal Counsel Khalid Virani likely hopes that no one will bother to read the fine print.
There are several more concerning clauses, not least the one that states that, unlike other reputable lottery betting services, Lotto Billions does not routinely take out insurance on the lottery bets. Leaving potential jackpot winners at serious risk of not being paid. In such an event, Lotto Billions liability is capped at a measly €500. Can you imagine winning a multimillion-dollar jackpot and finding out that the company you bought a ticket from hasn’t got the means to pay you and hasn’t taken any precautionary measures?
UK residents are warned that Lotto Billions cannot legally operate in the country and is likely harvesting personal details for resale, not future services. So beware, there are foxes around and these ones are the slyest of the lot!
