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Does ScirDom make a prize draw lawful under the Gambling Act?
No. ScirDom does not provide legal approval. The promoter remains responsible for whether the promotion is a lawful prize draw, free draw, prize competition, or other arrangement.
Gambling Act 2005
Gambling Act 2005 free-entry prize draws: section 14 and Schedule 2
Free draws and prize competitions have legal boundaries that sit outside ScirDom's technical draw-execution role.
ScirDom helps evidence how a draw result was technically produced; it does not approve a free-entry route, lottery structure, or promotion model.
SCIRDOM EVIDENCE LAYER
- Tested randomness before the draw
- Participant register locked before execution
- Published winner-selection algorithm
- Signed certificate and evidence pack
- Verification material for independent checking
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Why are section 14 and Schedule 2 relevant?
They are part of the UK legal framework used to assess payment to participate, free-entry routes, and the distinction between lawful free draws or competitions and regulated lotteries.
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What can ScirDom help evidence?
ScirDom can evidence the technical winner-selection process: locked entries, randomness, algorithm, result, certificate, manifest, and evidence pack.
Use ScirDom for evidence, not legal approval
ScirDom's role is narrow and clear: it provides evidence for the draw execution process after the promoter has decided the promotion design and legal basis.
Records a promoter should keep
- Promotion terms and significant conditions.
- Evidence of free-entry route equality where relevant.
- Final eligible participant list.
- Draw certificate and evidence pack.
- Winner-notification and prize-fulfilment records.
Need evidence for a prize draw?
ScirDom helps promoters evidence fair winner selection through tested randomness, locked entries, a published algorithm, signed certificates, and complete evidence packs.
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