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by albertshin
1633 days ago
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when I was younger and I had all the time in the world, I used to enter all these sweepstakes and contests that said you could buy X and then be entered into a prize pool/raffle/etc. the pro tip was to read the fine print, Ctrl+F no purchase necessary, and enter using the "alternative method" my guess is that there must have been some gambling law requiring that there be a method to enter for free. never got the top prizes but our mailbox was full of random things that confused my parents. |
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There is (or at least was) a law like that in Ireland, but not in the UK, leading to promotions with text like No purchase necessary in the Republic of Ireland.
https://www.rpc.co.uk/snapshots/advertising-and-marketing/as...