is there a law that requires sweepstakes participants to be legal residents?
Jan 2nd, 2011 | By admin | Category: Free Giveaways
AztekMystik asked:
i’ve noticed that some companies require sweepstakes participants to be legal residents and some don’t. is this optional?
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I hope not. If you’re not in the country legally you shouldn’t be able to participate in any domestic sweepstakes.
They probably require some form of valid ID, an ID that an illegal generally can’t get.
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Glad you asked this question, recently a chap resident in UK bought a UK lottery ticket over the internet whilst in Spain.
Problem is I can’t remember what happened, but there was something about buying a UK lottery ticket abroad being wrong, although how they could tell is beyond me.
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Sweepstakes and so on usually operate based on the gambling laws of the jurisdiction where they are held and the protectionism you suggest in your question is but one of the many contentious issues about this sort of thing brought forward in the Great Gambling Challenge at the World Trade Organization not long ago in which Antigua complained against the U.S. More about this