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Are viewer contests on reality shows are illegal lotteries?

By Jason Siegel

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A pending court decision in California could split with a recent Georgia ruling in determining whether interactive games on reality television shows constitute illegal lotteries, The National Law Journal reported.

In California, eight class actions were against producers of reality television shows in the past year over viewer contests on some episodes. While viewers can participate in the contests online for free, lawsuits claim the games are illegal lotteries because people who participate by phone are charged 99 cents to send their vote via text message.

Meanwhile, the Georgia Supreme Court recently found the games to be illegal under that state's lotteries law.

Read the full NLJ story here

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).

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