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HBO’s McMillion$: A Reminder to Comply with Sweepstakes Law

If you want to enter the sweepstakes business, familiarize yourself with sweepstakes law and consult legal counsel to ensure compliance. HBO’s new docuseries, McMillion$, is the fascinating story of how the sponsors of the McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes were scammed out of $24 million dollars in the 1990s. Despite the scam, the McDonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes was […]

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Mobile App Sweepstakes and the Law

Blog, Journal, Online Gambling Law / David Klein

October 10, 2019 The world’s population is increasingly reliant on smart phones and other similar mobile devices. Businesses have been adjusting to this new reality by pursuing consumer outreach through mobile applications (or “apps”) that can be downloaded and accessed via smart phones. Regardless of the medium or technology involved, one particularly potent means of

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Federal Court Dismisses Sweepstakes Law Class Action

Blog, Internet Law, Journal / David Klein

April 12, 2019 Last month, a federal court in New York dismissed a putative class action lawsuit brought by thirteen named plaintiffs (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) against a national sweepstakes operator (“Defendant”). In this sweepstakes lawsuit, the Plaintiffs alleged that Defendant violated the federal CAN-SPAM Act, the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act (“DMPEA”), and New York

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FTC Obtains Sweepstakes Sponsor Asset Freeze

Blog, Internet Law, Journal, Online Gambling Law / David Klein

September 20, 2018 In February of this year, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Missouri State officials brought charges against a network of Kansas City area businesses (“Defendants”) which allegedly had used deceptive sweepstakes and other prize mailers to bilk consumers out of more than $100 million. The complaint alleges that Defendants sent prize notices

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Games of Skill v. Games of Chance – The Legal Analysis

Blog, Internet Law, Journal, Online Gambling Law, Online Marketing & Advertising Law / David Klein

Illegal gambling is generally defined as an activity where a person provides consideration for the opportunity to win a prize in games of chance. Consideration typically takes the form of currency, but it can be anything of value (hence the idiom, losing your shirt). If there is no consideration, or the game is deemed a

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Motion to Transfer Venue in Sweepstakes Law Action Granted

Journal / David Klein

July 30, 2018 Last month, a federal district court in the State of New Jersey granted a motion to transfer venue filed by Raymour & Flanigan (“Raymour”), pursuant to a forum-selection clause contained in its Sweepstakes Official Rules (“Sweepstakes Agreement”). Evelyn Manopla, the Plaintiff named in the sweepstakes law class action against Raymour, argued that

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Subway to Rethink Sweepstakes Advertising After CARU Inquiry

Journal / David Klein

January 3, 2018 Recently, the fast food sandwich chain Subway agreed to discontinue certain sweepstakes advertising practices in response to a Children’s Advertising Review Unit (“CARU”) inquiry. What prompted CARU’s investigation of Subway’s sweepstakes advertising practices?

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