legal rules

31 articles in legal rules.

Age, residency, and state exclusions decide if your entry even counts. Here's how eligibility rules work before you enter. 👥

Before a $600+ prize ships, the sponsor needs your W-9 — and a 1099 follows in January. Here's the paperwork trail. ✍️

Eligibility hinges on legal residency, not just your mailing address. Here's the distinction that can void an entry. 📍

Your entry hands over personal data governed by a privacy policy, not just the rules. Here's what you're consenting to. 🛡️

You see it on every sweepstakes, but it isn't just filler. Here's when a promotion is legally void for you. 🛡️

Some states make sponsors register and post a bond for big prizes — so many just exclude you instead. 📍

Official rules must tell you how to request the winners list — a powerful tool for proving a sweepstakes is real. 👥