What is the legal difference between a lottery and a raffle?

Posted on April 5th, 2010 by by admin

olivergringold asked:


There are lots of free-to-enter online “lotteries” supported by ads. Are these legally considered lotteries? I thought it was only legal to start one if you were a government or charity. If it isn’t legally a lottery, can the name of the website still include words like “lotto,” “lottery,” or other similar terms?

Scot

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3 Responses to “What is the legal difference between a lottery and a raffle?”

1. Daze Says:
   April 8th, 2010 at 2:41 am

   Lottery’s have to have some sort of govermnetal connection/sponsorship/tax-movement.

   Private industry uses raffles.

2. Clogged-Up Says:
   April 8th, 2010 at 4:47 am

   Lottery is something that are something state or country would run.
   Lottery is something state or country would run.

3. Brad K Says:
   April 11th, 2010 at 11:36 am

   An organization and raffles are also structure differences if me and regulated by the state there can only be operated by an organization and raffles are also structure differences if me and you play the state and raffles are also structure differences.