Gambling Commission

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Gambling Commission

The Gambling Commission is charged with regulating different forms of gambling in the UK. Set up under the Gambling Act 2005, it became fully responsible for overseeing these activities in 2007. As part of its duties, it also focuses on ensuring lotteries and raffles are organised in accordance with its guidelines. By implication, this also means looking at house competitions to understand whether or not they could be considered as illegal lotteries, as opposed to prize competitions. Here you'll find all blog posts related to the Gambling Commission.

Bromley Prize Property Competition closed by Gambling Commission

After months trying to sell their home, Bromley couple Graham King, 55 and Pamela Rutter, 56, decided to run a house competition instead. Their goal: sell at least 23,400 tickets at £30 and give away their house...

Also labeled: Win a Property, Run a Competition, Quizzes and Questions, Payment Processing

Sandbanks house competition winner identity revealed

The winner of the Win a House in Sandbanks competition has...

Also labeled: Quizzes and Questions, Property Winners

Dream Home Competition to win a UK holiday cottage

You could win this house worth £1 million in Cambridgeshire for just £25. Surrounded by beautiful countryside, West View Cottage is a pretty 5 double bedroom property currently being used as a holiday cottage. It i...

Also labeled: Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions, Run a Competition, Promote Your Competition

Londoner wins Sandbanks Life property competition

A player in London won the top prize in the Win a House in...

Also labeled: London, Quizzes and Questions, Property Winners

Sandbanks Life house competition draw date finally set

The results of the "Win a house in Sandbanks"...

Also labeled: Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions, Payment Processing, Property Winners

Win a Sandbanks house draw to go ahead?

The winner of the Sandbanks Life win a house competition could...

Also labeled: Quizzes and Questions, Run a Competition, Property Winners, Devon Property

Win a house competitions and raffles what next?

In recent months, one can't help but notice that while some property competitions have been very successful, others have struggled to take off, despite the apparent success of the

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Spot the Ball, London, Payment Processing, Promote Your Competition, House Raffles

Oldborough Retreat Devon Property with Fishing winner finally picked!

After over six months of discussions with the Gambling Commission, it appears that the Wilshaws have successfully picked a winner for their £1 million Devon property with fishing, Oldborough Retreat. The couple ...

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Property Winners

Gambling Commission issues new paper on UK house competitions

Just four days before the Wilshaws are due to draw the

Also labeled: Devon Property, Quizzes and Questions, Run a Competition

Oldborough Retreat win a house draw date set for 19 May!

As we recently reported, the controversial Devon property competition organised by Brian and Wendy Wilshaw was finally given the go-ahead by the Gambling Commission after over six months of negotiations. According to...

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions

Oldborough Retreat house competition draw to go ahead - finally!

The Oldborough Retreat 'win a house' competition will finally proceed to its widely-anticipated draw to pick a winner, after literally months of waiting and speculation from all sides. Despite

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property

Home sellers turn to lotteries

The BBC has been regularly covering news surrounding house competitions, raffles and lotteries. This short article provides a summary of the "Inside Out" TV programme that screened on BBC1 on 11 February.

Also labeled: London

Would a raffle be a better way to sell your house quickly?

In the Independent's regular 'House Doctor' feature, one reader whose house has been on the market for 21 months raised the question lots of people have been asking recently: is the seemingly 'outlandish' option of selling tickets to...

Also labeled: Win a Property, House Raffles

Further property competitions cancelled following the Devon house competition setback

With no satisfactory conclusion reached for the Devon property competition in the UK by the end of 2008, a number of similar competitions and raffles were cancelled or postponed at the end of the year. At the same...

Also labeled: Win a Property, Run a Competition, Payment Processing, Property Winners

Bawtree couple re-launch Cheltenham House property competition

A few months after announcing their Cheltenham House property raffle, Tim and...

Also labeled: Cheltenham, Spot the Ball, Win a Property

No conclusion yet for Oldborough Retreat 'Win a House' competition

After successfully selling all the tickets for their competition in mid-September on the back of a strong marketing campaign (well ahead of the original closing date of 7 December), Brian and Wendy Wilshaw are still in the unfortunate position of...

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions

Gambling Commission warns homeowners about ‘house competitions’

Following a raft of new house competitions announced in the last few months, last week the Gambling Commission published a notice on its website urging homeowners to be aware of the rules surrounding games of skill...

Also labeled: Win a Property, Run a Competition

Bitter setback for Oldborough Retreat competition couple

Around one month ago, we reported that Brian and Wendy Wilshaw had impressively managed to sell out all targeted 46,000 tickets at £25 each to raise £1.15 million to give away their beautiful home in Devon, Oldborough...

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions, Television

Win a Devon Property with Fishing house competition closes two months early

Few people expected Brian and Wendy Wilshaw to be as successful as they have turned out to be. After a strong marketing campaign in the British media and online, the couple have just managed the impressive feat of selling all...

Also labeled: Devon Property, Win a Property, Quizzes and Questions