Know your law: I want to promote a free prize draw to my customers. What does the law say about this? Can I promote a lottery-style scheme?
01 November 2007
The Gambling Act 2005 regulates prize competitions and was made law in September 2007. Gaming is a complicated area but the relevant points are: • Lotteries are unlawful, apart from the National Lottery. A scheme is a lottery if the prizes are distributed by chance and participants make a contribution. The contribution does not have…