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Can I offer contests that involve in-game promotions in Idaho? What are the requirements?

Offering In-Game Promotions in Idaho

Yes, it is lawful to offer contests that involve in-game promotions in Idaho as long as no purchase is required to enter or participate in the promotion [1.1]. However, if the promotion involves chance or random selection of winners, it must not require any kind of entry fee, service charge, purchase, payments to information providers, or other obligation to enter or participate in the promotion or receive any of the offered awards, prizes, or gifts [1.1].

Requirements for Chance Promotions

If the promotion involves chance or random selection of winners, it must comply with the requirements outlined in Rule 80 [1.1]. The rule states that the promotion must not require any kind of entry fee, service charge, purchase, payments to information providers, or other obligation to enter or participate in the promotion or receive any of the offered awards, prizes, or gifts. Additionally, the promotion must disclose the number of prizes, the estimated odds of winning each prize, and the method of awarding each prize [1.1].

Requirements for Bingo Games

If the promotion involves bingo games, it can only be conducted by charitable or nonprofit organizations in accordance with the provisions of Idaho Code and the rules of the state lottery commission [3.2].

Requirements for Offering Goods or Services as an Inducement

If the promotion involves offering goods or services as an inducement to a consumer to attend an in-person sales presentation or contact the seller by telephone or by mail, the seller must follow certain disclosure requirements [1.2]. The seller must disclose the name and address of the seller, the purpose of the contact, the odds of receiving each good or service offered, all restrictions and qualifications that must be satisfied, the verifiable retail value of each good or service offered, and that no purchase is necessary to receive the goods or services offered.

Additional Information

Lottery game retailers must make payments to the state lottery for tickets or shares in the form of a check, bank draft, electronic fund transfer, or other recorded financial instrument as prescribed by commission rule [2.1].

Charitable or nonprofit organizations can conduct raffles in accordance with the provisions of Idaho Code, and the raffle drawings must be held in Idaho and shall be limited to twelve (12) per charitable or nonprofit organization per year [3.1].

By purchasing a ticket or share in a lottery game, a player agrees to abide by, and be bound by, the commission’s rules and regulations and by lottery game rules developed by the commission to apply to any particular lottery game involved [2.2].

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