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Can I offer contests that involve push notifications in South Carolina? What are the requirements?

Based on the provided context documents, there are no specific regulations or laws in South Carolina that prohibit offering contests that involve push notifications. However, there are certain requirements that must be met in order to conduct a savings promotion contest or sell lottery products in the state.

For savings promotion contests, a financial institution authorized to do business in South Carolina may conduct a savings promotion contest in accordance with the provisions of SCCL 34-45-30. The contest must be conducted for the purposes of encouraging its depositors to maintain savings accounts and to increase personal savings. The qualifying account must be a savings account or other savings product or program offered by a participating financial institution into which deposits may be made by a depositor. The interest rate for the qualifying account must be similar to, and not less than, the interest rates of other comparable nonqualifying accounts. The contest must comply with the terms and conditions of a savings promotion contest [1.1][1.2][1.3].

For the sale of lottery products, the South Carolina Lottery Commission may enter into a multi-state agreement for the sale of instant game tickets, online game tickets, and related multi-state lottery products including game shows and promotional products. The multi-state tickets and products may be sold only through a licensed lottery retailer, pursuant to Section 59-150-150, or through the commission. An application for licensure as a lottery retailer may not be approved if the business is to be solely engaged in the sale of lottery products, the annual gross revenue of the business from the sale of lottery games or shares accounts for more than sixty percent (60%) of the annual gross revenue of the business, the applicant is under the age of twenty-one (21), a foreign corporation is not currently registered to do business within South Carolina, or the business is ineligible pursuant to the Act or the regulations or policies established by the Commission. The Executive Director shall license only those retail sales locations which will best serve the public interest and public trust in the lottery and promote the sale of lottery games [2.2][3.1][3.2][3.4].

Therefore, as long as the push notification contest meets the requirements of savings promotion contests and/or lottery products sales in South Carolina, it can be offered.

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