All you need is a dollar, a dream — and a smart phone.
A Queens man is $5,000 richer after becoming the first person to win a New York daily lottery jackpot from his phone.
Cebert Morgan, 33, a Wal-Mart sales associate from Woodhaven, scored the winfall through Jackpocket, a mobile app that lets users buy official lottery tickets on mobile devices.
Morgan picked up his winning ticket and check at Jackpocket’s Williamsburg, Brooklyn, office on Wednesday.
“When I first saw it in my phone I was like, ‘Did I really win?’ ” Morgan said. “I’ve won $50 before, but $5,000? I was like ‘Wow.’ Definitely a good feeling.”
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Jackpocket was founded in 2013 by tech startup guru Peter Sullivan. The app has been available for download since September, but its daily Pick 3 and Pick 4 games were launched Friday, the same day Morgan, who has a 10-year-old son, hit the jackpot.
“Low and behold, this guy wins the first week we launched,” Sullivan said.
Investors speculate mobile apps like Jackpocket could be the future for state lotteries across the country, allowing users to play daily games without traveling into convenience stores to pick up paper tickets.
Sixty percent of Jackpocket’s users are people under the age of 40.
“The older demographic is literally dying off and the lottery needs new customers,” Sullivan said. “We’ve sold over $1 million in tickets so far.”
