Privacy Policy
Last updated November 12, 2026
Check My Ticket has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. Your ticket photos are read on your iPhone first. When the phone can't read part of a ticket, or to double-check a near-win or a win, the photo is sent to our AI reader, read and not stored. Your tickets and history stay on your iPhone. Problem reports are sent only if you tap Send. We don't sell or share your information.
This policy explains what the Check My Ticket app (“the app”, shown on the App Store as Check My Ticket: Lottery) does with information. “We” means the makers of Check My Ticket. You can reach us at support@maplewirelabs.com.
Ticket photos
When you scan a ticket or choose a photo, the app first reads the numbers using Apple's on-device text recognition, on your iPhone.
AI reader
Some tickets are hard for the phone to read. In these cases the app sends the ticket photo to our AI reader service: when numbers couldn't be read or the phone wasn't sure about them, when a line is close to a prize or looks like a win (to double-check it), and, for Premium subscribers, for every ticket they scan. The app asks your permission before the first time, and you can turn this off at any time in More › AI reader.
Our service (hosted by Cloudflare) passes the photo to Anthropic's Claude AI, which reads the ticket and sends back the numbers. The photo is not stored by us. Anthropic processes it under its commercial terms and privacy policy, and does not use it to train its models.
Along with the photo, the app sends the random app user ID used for subscriptions (to check Premium and count the free AI readings each month). The service keeps a count of AI readings per user ID and per internet (IP) address for up to 40 days, to enforce the monthly limits. Nothing else is kept.
Tickets, history and stats
The numbers you check, your recent checks, your watched tickets and your stats are saved only on your iPhone. They are deleted when you delete the app. We don't have a server that stores them.
Ticket samples (optional)
To teach the app to read tickets from every state, the app may ask once whether you'd like to share photos of the tickets you check. Only if you choose Share, and only while we still need tickets of that game from your state, the app sends us a reduced copy of the ticket photo, the numbers as you confirmed them and the text the phone read. No name, account, location or device identifier is sent. You can turn this off at any time in More › AI reader.
Samples are stored privately in our Cloudflare account, seen only by us, used only to improve ticket reading, and deleted automatically after 180 days. A ticket photo can show the ticket's barcode, so we never share samples with anyone. To have a sample deleted sooner, email support@maplewirelabs.com.
Problem reports (optional)
When the app can't read a ticket, it offers a "Help fix this" button. Only if you tap Send to developer, the app sends us the text it read from that ticket, the message it showed you, the app version and your iOS version. The photo of the ticket is included only if you switch that option on. No name, account, location or device identifier is sent.
Reports are stored in our Google account (Google Sheets and Google Drive) and are used only to teach the app to read more ticket layouts. To have a report deleted, email support@maplewirelabs.com with the approximate date you sent it.
Lottery results
To check a ticket, the app downloads official Powerball and Mega Millions results from New York State's open data service (data.ny.gov). These requests contain no personal information. Like any website, that service can see your device's internet (IP) address when the app connects to it.
Notifications
Result notifications and draw-night reminders are created on your iPhone. The app doesn't use a push notification server and doesn't collect a notification token. You can turn notifications off at any time in your iPhone's Settings.
Subscriptions
Premium is purchased through Apple. Apple handles payment, and we never see your name, Apple ID or payment details. We use RevenueCat to check whether your subscription is active. RevenueCat receives a random app user ID, your purchase history for this app and basic device information (such as the iOS version and country), as described in RevenueCat's privacy policy.
Camera and photos
The app asks for camera and photo access only to read the tickets you choose. It doesn't look at any other photos.
What we don't do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No advertising, analytics or tracking across apps and websites.
- No selling or sharing of personal information.
Age
The app is meant for adults who are old enough to play the lottery where they live (18 or older in most states). It isn't directed at children.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above. For questions, email support@maplewirelabs.com.