'Payment to enter' for prize competitions and free draws

Start date: 11 April 2007
End date: 9 May 2007
Number of responses received:  28 

As a result of this consultation, the Gambling Commission has now published Prize competitions and free draws - The requirements of the Gambling Act 2005 - December 2009 and Prize competitions and free draws: the requirements of the Gambling Act 2005 - explanation of changes - November 2007

In this consultation we provided a further opportunity to comment on the question of what constitutes ‘payment to enter' in relation to TV quizzes, when deciding whether a scheme falls to be regarded as a lottery or a free draw under the Gambling Act 2005.