Sweepstakes

There are several types of gambling activities. Some examples are:

• Lotteries
• Sweepstakes (by phone, electronically )
• Puzzle games
• Quiz
• Raffle
• Betting

Commercial purpose

Contests of business enterprises have the goal to advertise and to gain personal information from potential consumers to address trading in direct marketing. Contests are also used to attract attention in social networks.

It also happens that a persons earnings release (profit promise ), even though they have not participated in a raffle. In order to properly assess such earnings releases, it is recommended, especially for free online sweepstakes to research exactly. Many of the big lottery websites offer this corresponding help pages ( FAQ).

In Germany, the addressee of a profit promise to take the company, which has given the profit promise for specific performance claim, as far as the sense of the conditions of a prize notification Satisfies § 661a BGB.