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Can I offer contests that involve entry fees in Alaska? What are the requirements?

Based on the documents provided, it appears that contests involving entry fees are allowed in Alaska under certain conditions.

Requirements for Contests with Entry Fees

According to AKST 05.15.150, the net proceeds of charitable gaming activities must be dedicated to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses in the state. In addition, the total value of door prizes offered or awarded under authority of a permit issued to a municipality or qualified organization under this chapter or under authority of a multiple-beneficiary permit may not exceed $20,000 a month or $240,000 a year [2.4]([2.6]).

Furthermore, AKST 05.15.115 specifies that a permittee may enter into a contract with an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct on behalf of the permittee those activities permitted under the authority of the permit. The contract must include the amount and form of compensation to be paid to the operator, the term of the contract, the activities to be conducted by the operator on behalf of the permittee, the location where the activities are to be conducted, the name and address of the member in charge, and other provisions the department may require [2.2]([2.2]).

Types of Contests Allowed

AKST 05.15.180 specifies that with the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, race classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog mushers’ contests, snow classics, snow machine classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, animal classics, crane classics, cabbage classics, Calcutta pools, big bull moose derbies, and king salmon classics, a permit may not be issued for an activity under this chapter unless it existed in the state in substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially the same manner before January 1, 1959 [2.6]([2.6]).

Contests of skill were deleted from AKAC 105.160 on February 5, 1992 [1.2]([1.2]).

Therefore, it appears that contests involving entry fees are allowed in Alaska as long as they meet the requirements outlined in the relevant statutes and are one of the types of contests listed in AKST 05.15.180.

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