Cyndi Kennedy <ckennedy_at_mygrocerydeals.com> wrote:
>Does anyone have any insight into sweepstakes contests open to U.S.
>residents delivered online by Canadian companies. I don't even have a
>copy of contest regulations or law that might guide us. Can anyone offer
>any insight?
This is a good question Cyndi. Unfortunately there is no easy answer.
Each state in the U.S. has its own laws, so there are many
jurisdictions to deal with. The arentfox.com/advertisinglaw.com web
site used to have an entire section with substantive articles devoted
to this topic, but when I went to look it up to refer you to it, I
found it had disappeared... probably because the laws have changed to
the point that the white papers which they had posted were no longer
entirely valid. I was still able to access some of the pages via
Google's cache however.
Here are a few links that might help get you started:
Why are some national contests invalid in certain states and other countries?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question541.htm
SWEEPSTAKES DO'S and DON'TS FOR MARKETERS
http://www.the-dma.org/guidelines/sweepstakesdosdonts.shtml
Contests and Sweepstakes Law: Frequently Asked Questions
<http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:c5pTuTONa8sJ:www.arentfox.com/
quickGuide/businessLines/sweeps/contestsSweepstakes/sweepsfaq/faqans/
faqans.html>
--Cliff
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Received on Thu Oct 06 2005 - 19:40:54 CDT
