We are experts at running successful, legal contest. We provide concept development, prize structure planning, execution management and strategic guidance to maximize the results of your contest.

We will take full liability for all of our work. We provide full indemnification to you for all of the services we provide (unless, of course, you disregard our recommendations.)

We will draft the Official Rules and Regulations for your contest to comply with all applicable laws.

SweepstakesPros will act as the third party independent judging organization for your contest. We will interpret rules and make fair and impartial decisions if issues arise and we will arbitrate any consumer complaints or inquiries. This will protect you. By designating SweepstakesPros as the third party independent judge in the Official Rules of the contest you (and more importantly your entrants) agree that if an issue or complaint arises, SweepstakesPros will decide how best to proceed. Courts have upheld that decisions by third party independent judges are binding and this limits your entrants from suing if a problem occurs.

SweepstakesPros will draft and deliver the winner validation and release documents for your contest (such as the Congratulations Letter, Affidavit of Eligibility, Advertising and Publicity Release, and the Prize and Travel Releases). We will receive the completed paperwork from the winners and complete the validation process to verify each winner’s eligibility in the contest. We will then store and file all winner affidavits in compliance will all applicable laws.

Winners can generate great PR for your company, they can also pose a significant PR nightmare when they have criminal records. SweepstakesPros can investigate the background of your winners to determine if you should promote them in the press and in your advertising.

You are responsible for reporting (and sometimes withholding) winnings for winners who receive $600 or more in prizes. SweepstakesPros will prepare and issue the appropriate IRS tax forms to all applicable winners and will withhold and submit the appropriate winnings and documentation to the IRS if required.

SweepstakesPros legal group can help you draft the required privacy policy and the terms and conditions for your contest website.

SweepstakesPros provides the information you need to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus which restrict sweepstakes and contest directed at children.

We provide information and advice on how best to run your promotion and access to legal counsel to ensure that your promotion is compliant with all applicable U.S. federal and state laws, Canadian and provincial laws and international laws.

Most business insurance will not cover your company if you run into trouble while running a contest. But if you work with SweepstakesPros, we will take on that risk. All of our services are covered under a comprehensive Professional Liability Insurance policy which is expressly designed for promotions marketing,sweepstakes and contests. Our insurance covers all of the services and materials we provide.

We will provide you will the mandatory legal language, abbreviated rules and the required disclaimers for all of your advertising materials (print, radio, television, web, etc.). We will then review all of your advertising, media and materials to ensure that they are consistent with the promotional offer and with all federal and state regulations.

In the U.S., the states of Arizona, Rode Island, New York & Florida all have regulations requiring registration of sweepstakes or contests under certain conditions. In addition, if the total prize value of your sweepstakes is over $5,000, separate surety bonds for the total value of all prizes are required in New York and Florida. SweepstakesPros will manage the registration and filing of your promotion in each state and acquire the appropriate surety bonds (or if eligible, file a surety bond waiver request) so that all of your state filing requirements are covered. We also handle international filings and bonds too.

How do you ensure customers and courts that your sweepstakes was fair? By having SweepstakesPros pick your winners. As an independent party, SweepstakesPros has no incentive to pick your “best” customers so we will ensure that your winners are picked fairly and impartially. To pick your winners, SweepstakesPros will compile all of the sweepstakes entries and complete a supervised, impartial, random drawing to select the winners.

You are required by law to provide a list of winners to all who request it. SweepstakesPros will create an independent, certified official winners’ list for your sweepstakes and fulfill all winners' list requests.

In the U.S., each state has different data security and document retention laws that must be followed when you run a sweepstakes or contest. In addition, documented procedures need to be followed to adhere to the law and limit liability. SweepstakesPros will securely manage your promotion and data and maintain the appropriate documents so you don’t have to worry.

SweepstakesPros legal group can help you navigate the promotion laws to ensure that your contest is compliant with regulated industries and products, such as banking, gasoline and alcohol.

In the U.S., contest emails must comply with the CAN-SPAM Act. SweepstakesPros will ensure that all of the email communications for your contest comply with the rules set forth by the CAN-SPAM Act.

We help you structure your contest to appeal to consumers in your target countries. We also work with you to determine which countries pose a higher legal risk for your promotion and require local counsel in those countries to review the contest, advertising and the official rules.

SweepstakesPros legal group has relationships with lawyers in all of the major countries in the world. We use our legal group's experience to structure the contest and draft the official rules to be compliant in all of your countries. We then clear the promotion, and the advertising with foreign counsel in each of the appropriate countries.

 Each country, state and province has different legal, registration and bonding requirements. SweepstakesPros will determine the requirements and will manage the registration and filing of your promotion in each country and acquire the appropriate surety bonds for your sweepstakes.

Official rules, affidavits, correspondence and other media must be translated for use in non-English speaking regions. SweepstakesPros provides legal translation services by qualified native speaking translators to ensure that your materials are consistent in all languages.

European Union member countries (plus Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein) prohibit the transfer of personal data from European Union member states to non-European Union nations, including the United States, that do not meet the European standards for privacy protection. The US Department of Commerce - in consultation with the European Commission - developed a "safe harbor" that enables US businesses to avoid prosecution by European authorities under European privacy laws. SweepstakesPros can help you get certified under the Safe Harbor program to protect you from EU prosecution and to ensure that EU organizations know your business provides the appropriate privacy protection required by the EU.

In the US, you are responsible for reporting and for withholding winnings for winners who are foreign nationals. International companies must also comply with tax filing requirements in the countries in which they reside. SweepstakesPros will help you determine the tax requirements for your international contest and manage the required filings and withholdings for you.