Lottery and gambling laws
Submitted by antgore88 on Sat, 27/03/2010 - 20:34
Hi there need help of anybody with knowledge of lottery and gambling laws, looking to see if there are any way round the profit and licenses by adding a question or guess where the ball is!!!!!
Thanks Antony
Hi Anthony, What exactly is
Hi Anthony,
What exactly is your question. Is there a specific area of lottery or gambling law that you need to know about?
If you can elaborate then someone may be able to give you the information that you require.
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Sorry i did not explain
Sorry i did not explain myself very good, basically i want to start a business that is like best of the best, i sell tickets to people but they have to play a game of spot the ball first, then the winner will win the prize, thats about it, are there any legal issues with this that i will need to look at? because it is now classed as a skill game will i still need a license?
Thanks Antony
Hi Antony, Thanks for
Hi Antony,
Thanks for providing some further information about your venture. Unfortunately this is not an area of the law that I am familiar with but I have asked a colleague who has some experience in this area if she could have a look at your question and give you a response.
I am a Legal Advisor employed by Sarginsons Law and specialise in Civil Litigation matters. I deal with disputes between individuals and businesses including Landlord and Tenant issues, debt recovery and property disputes.
Telephone 02476 553181<
Gerard Thanks for your help!
Gerard
Thanks for your help! Look forward to the response!
Antony
The idea of "Spot the Ball"
The idea of "Spot the Ball" does not appear to be protected by any intellectual property right but you must make sure that your own implementation does not infringe someone else's implementation.
Therefore you cannot replicate any special features which appear on another version of the game.
A game of skill will not require any licence under the Gambling Act.
To satisfy the skill test the position of the ball would have to be determined by a panel of experts. If the competition was based on the actual position of the ball this would entail the prediction of a past uncertain event and would be gambling.