Re: Legal issues of Online Raffles

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004, Luis Veras wrote:

> > The same as in real world, the only thing is, there's basically no payment
> > processor that will take the business.
>
> Actually, I've seen a few online raffles that accept PayPal as payment.
>
> But I've only seen 3 or 4, and always marketed towards people in the UK or
> Australia. I was wondering if there are restrictions for the US, and what
> restrictions those are.

You might want to avoid accepting any bets from Canada (or even
restricting access to your site from anywhere in Canada).

English: "Offence in relation to lotteries and games of chance"
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/42...ml#section-206

French: "Loteries et jeux de hasard"
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/fr/C-46/18...ml#article-206

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