UKNM: Competition law/regulation on the web ? -Reply

[John Enser]

Far be it from a lawyer to proffer free legal advice :-) but the main issues

to worry about are:


is the entrant required to make any payment or similar - if so it is likely to

be a problem both from a regulation P.O.V and also as it might attract the

Customs and Excise to levy pool betting duty (worse than VAT)


is it the exercise of skill or is it chance?


is it about predicting future events?


Depending on the answers t o all of these, it may or may not be legal in

the UK.


So far as opening it up to the rest of the world is concerned, it is not

necessarily the case that you have to comply with all the other countries'

rules - they may not be applicable as a matter of law and there may be a

pragmatic view.  These things are not new - TV channels like MTV have

been running multi-territory competitions for years with few problems.


John 

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>> Chris Moisan <Chris [dot] Moisanogilvy [dot] com> 18/March/1999 07:41pm

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Anyone know of any regualtions or experience of running competions on

the web - such as a prize draw ?

Any help or pointers gratefully received.


Chris Moisan

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