Arizona Department of Gaming orders Raffall to stop illegal gambling promotion
Arizona’s Department of Gaming issued cease-and-desist orders to UK-based Raffall and an unnamed Arizona resident over the Phoenix Dream Home Sweepstakes. The agency said paid entries and the organisers’ intended profit made the promotion illegal gambling; the advertised prize was a home valued at $1.3 million. It also said the promotion was accessible to people under 21 and was not run by a non-profit organisation.
Arizona’s orders show that paid-entry promotions intended for profit can be treated as illegal gambling.