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Daily Star “Win a Campervan” competition leads to refunds
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Mar 2012
The Gambling Commission “positively engaged” with the daily after it launched a not entirely free-to-enter mixed skill and luck prize promotion. The discussions ended with the paper refunding entrants their…
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New German threat to “opt-in to win” mechanics
Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Feb 2012
The recently passed s. 28 (3b) of the federal German Data Protection Act appears to endanger promotion entry mechanics that offer a chance to win to entrants who opt-in to…
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ASA’s harsh verdict on Mercedes Benz “promotion from hell”
Written Osborne Clarke on 13 Feb 2012
Sometimes with a promotion, everything that can go wrong does go wrong. This “win a new Vito” competition may not have been quite in that category, but the activities of…
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Was five days long enough to claim prize?
Written Osborne Clarke on 06 Dec 2011
“The Skinny” online magazine offered a Samsung Galaxy tablet prize in a free to enter competition promoting the Edinburgh International Science Festival. The winner took 6 days to respond to…
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Was “cashback” offer misleading if redeemed on pre paid card?
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Nov 2011
“I am D3100 Cashback” announced text on a Nikon website, but a complaint was lodged with the ASA that this was misleading due to the offer being fulfilled not literally…
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Scratchcard promo case off to Luxembourg
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Sep 2011
In the case of OFT vs. Purely Creative, the Court of Appeal has now deferred to the Court of Justice of the European Union on various questions including the precise…
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Did pharma giant fluff iPhone contest?
Written Osborne Clarke on 05 May 2011
The ASA recently investigated a complaint by a canny “Win an iPhone every hour” Lucozade contest entrant. He found that an on pack code allowing entry could be used more…
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German Court mulls “Free Funeral” promo complaint
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Apr 2011
Press ads placed by Radio Galaxy promoted a “Write your own epitaph” competition. First prize was an all expenses paid funeral. The German Association of Undertakers was not impressed and…
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Belfast regulators finally getting the message on purchase to enter?
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Apr 2011
When the Gambling Act 2005 came into force and legalised most purchase to enter prize draws, industry enthusiasm was dampened by the exclusion of Northern Ireland from the change. Now…
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ASA rains on Walkers crisps Rainy Day promotion
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Apr 2011
Part way through a popular “buy a bag of crisps to enter” promotion with prizes for predicting where it would rain, Walkers protected inundated systems by reducing maximum entries per…
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Free delivery offers need care after Dutch Kingdom change
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Feb 2011
The Kingdom of the Netherlands was reorganised in October 2010. Instead of comprising three separate countries, it now consists of four. How could this possibly be relevant to online sales…
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CJEU verdict on Austrian “purchase to enter” promotion laws
Written Osborne Clarke on 03 Dec 2010
The newspaper Osterreich offered a prize of dinner with the winning footballer in a “Footballer of the Year” competition. (Was second prize two dinners? Ed). Entries included sending in an…
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