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Legal Issues
Comping and competitions don’t always go to plan and occasionally there are legal implications. Here we take a look at some of the legal issues that have cropped up that we think will be of interest to Loquax users.
Top PostsGambling Commission Delay Devon Estate Competition WinnerGMTV Act On Competition ScandalReveal Magazine Threaten Compers Over Prize Admin Error
Red or Black? Should They Take The Money Back!?
Posted on: September 8th, 2011
On the recent Wow – More Competition Controversies! blog, one of our users pointed out that all the issues highlighted were truly overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Red or Black? winner Nathan Hageman. Hageman was the first millionaire winner of the new Simon Cowell game show, however it transpires that he was allegedly jailed for …
Prize Draw Promoters To Face The High Court
Posted on: January 11th, 2010
Could the end of the Unclaimed Prize Register and Purely Creative Scratchcards be in sight? There’s interesting times ahead for the DM PLC owned Purely Creative Limited, Strike Lucky Games Limited, McIntyre & Dodd Marketing Limited, The Winners Club Limited, and Dodd Marketing Limited as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has issued High Court …
Reveal Magazine Threaten Compers Over Prize Admin Error
Posted on: July 15th, 2009
Every comper hopes for a surprise Lucky Winning Envelope (LWE) dropping through their door each morning, but a different kind of postal surprise revealed itself to a number of compers recently, thanks to Reveal Magazine. They all received a letter explaining “due to an administrative error” a cheque was sent to them representing the value …
Gambling Commission Delay Devon Estate Competition Winner
Posted on: October 16th, 2008
On October 12th we told you that the Gambling Commission were starting to take an interest in win a house competitions. We also told you the 16th October would be the date when the winner of The Oldborough Estate. However, little did we know that The Gambling Commission would intervene in the competition and this …
The BBC Fined £400,000 for Faking Comp Winners
Posted on: July 30th, 2008
The BBC have been fined a record £400,000 by Ofcom for faking competition winners. Eight different TV and radio programmes were mentioned in the ruling including shows by Jo Whiley, Russell Brand and Liz Kershaw as well as Sports Relief and even Children in Need. The fine was handed out as competition entrants were invited …
GMTV Act On Competition Scandal
Posted on: July 25th, 2007
GMTV have taken to steps to regain public confidence in their company and competitions by announcing a series of measures to compensate entrants to their competitions (full statement). The company suspended their phone in and online competitions in April 2007 following revelations that thousands of people who entered their phone competitions had no chance of …
You Say, We Pay – And ICSTIS Say £150,000 Fine!
Posted on: July 9th, 2007
Following the revelations about the You Say, We Pay competition that featured on Channel 4′s Richard and Judy program, ICTSTIS, the regulatory body for premium rate telecommunications, has imposed a £150,000 fine on Eckoh Ltd, the provider of the service. The ajudication arose after it was discovered that viewers were encouraged to enter the You …
Channel 5 Fined Over Brainteaser Winners
Posted on: July 1st, 2007
Channel 5 have been fined an astonishing £300,000 for faking winners on the popular daily competition Brainteaser. Following the issues regarding Richard & Judy’s TV competitions, “Channel 5 informed Ofcom of five viewer competitions between January and March 2007 where ‘winners’ announced on the programme were either fictitious names or members of the production staff. …
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