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description: "Understand skill, chance, sweepstakes and the compliance questions behind a gaming launch."
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FREE 10-PAGE GUIDE

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# Gaming Compliance 101

Understand skill, chance, sweepstakes and the compliance questions behind a gaming launch.

A gaming product can be treated differently across jurisdictions. This illustrated guide explains the concepts behind that analysis and the operational questions that deserve attention.

The ten-page guide covers game classification, sweepstakes, player protection, privacy, advertising and regulatory inquiries. It is educational material, not a legal opinion on a particular product.

Ready to move from research to a scoped engagement? Talk to our gaming regulatory and licensing counsel (https://jacobscounsellaw.com/services/gaming-law).

### Get Your Free Copy

10-page PDF, sent straight to your inbox.

## What's Inside

- 1 Illustrated explanations of skill, chance, prize and consideration.
- 2 State-law differences, sweepstakes guardrails, player protection and privacy.
- 3 Advertising principles and practical steps when a regulator contacts you.

10-page PDF. General educational information, not legal advice. Downloading it does not create an attorney-client relationship.

## Primary Sources Cited

31 USC 5362: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section5362&num=0&edition=prelim

FTC COPPA guidance: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions

FTC endorsement guidance: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking

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