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 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Feb 7, 2023 01:33
 Subject: Raffles
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Ziegelmeister (210)

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I know there are lots of contests; but are we allowed to do raffles for rare
pieces?

ie: everyone who buys a X piece at Y price is entered in to the the raffle to
win Z gift?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 7, 2023 04:46
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In Contests, Yellow.Brick writes:
  I know there are lots of contests; but are we allowed to do raffles for rare
pieces?

ie: everyone who buys a X piece at Y price is entered in to the the raffle to
win Z gift?

See this post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390584
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Feb 7, 2023 05:23
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In Contests, SylvainLS writes:
  In Contests, Yellow.Brick writes:
  I know there are lots of contests; but are we allowed to do raffles for rare
pieces?

ie: everyone who buys a X piece at Y price is entered in to the the raffle to
win Z gift?

See this post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390584

Presumably they can get round it by making it into a competition of skill instead.
So everyone that places a qualifying order and manages to answer a quiz question
such as "How many studs does a 3001 brick have" correctly gets a chance
to win. That is what a lot of companies do here to make it a competition of skill
rather than gambling.

Whether this sort of thing actually generates orders is another matter. If the
pieces are rare, maybe it is better to sell them for their current value.
 Author: negative View Messages Posted By negative
 Posted: Feb 7, 2023 10:33
 Subject: Re: Raffles
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In Contests, yorbrick writes:
  So everyone that places a qualifying order and manages to answer a quiz question

Not in the US. Not unless there is a "No purchase necessary" option.
When companies hold sweepstakes (like the McDonald's Monopoly game for example)
they are required to provide an option for people to enter without making a purchase:

https://gleam.io/guides/no-purchase-necessary

https://www.sweeppeasweeps.com/official-rules-center/no-purchase-necessary-laws/#Is_It_Illegal_to_Require_a_Purchase_to_Enter_a_Giveaway_or_Sweepstakes

https://rafflepress.com/no-purchase-necessary/


Thank you
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Feb 7, 2023 13:56
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In Contests, SylvainLS writes:
  In Contests, Yellow.Brick writes:
  I know there are lots of contests; but are we allowed to do raffles for rare
pieces?

ie: everyone who buys a X piece at Y price is entered in to the the raffle to
win Z gift?

See this post: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1390584

Ah, didn't see that one and now I'm curious how they got the idea too.


I had the opportunity to buy a
 
Minifig No: sw0450 Name: Clone Trooper Captain Rex, 501st Legion (Phase 2) - Blue Cloth Pauldron, Black Cloth Kama, Large Eyes
* 		sw0450 (Inv) Clone Trooper Captain Rex, 501st Legion (Phase 2) - Blue Cloth Pauldron, Black Cloth Kama, Large Eyes
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars The Clone Wars
for a pittance and thought it would
be more fun to sell actual tickets [P=3069bpb0584,1] and use the order numbers
for the raffle.