Courier - Spot the Ball

[hoots the scoop]

Can anyone answer how the Courier gets away with their Spot the Ball competition?

Is it legal to only raise the winnings by £50 per week when takings could potentially be 10, 20 or 30 times that?

Leading on from the other story about local news etc it would be nice if at least a percentage of the takings were given to local charities? Or does all the profits just go to Oban????

[Ranald]

Eh?

It's their competition so surely they can offer any prize they see fit?

Remember they're actually running a business.

[Malky]

Is it Courier bashing time again

Malky

[4th gen Suthen']

lea' the Courier alone.

[general jack o'niell]

they are probably under no obligation to raise the prize money at all? i never pay any attention to it, but maybe from a moral standpoint it should be increased by the 1st prize total each week that its not won?

should i get a percentage everytime the picture includes a view of my house?

[Mr.Everready]

Is it legal to only raise the winnings by £50 per week when takings could potentially be 10, 20 or 30 times that?

Is it still £1 a go ?

So what happens if only 30 people enter ?

[WTC]

Ranald, I can except they are running a business but is it legal.

I have raised this point in the past with a local solicitor but got nowhere.

Can anybody charge a fee for an unregulated spot the ball competition and keep it going for months at a time?

It is a form of gambling and therefore should be governed by ‘The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963’.

You would therefore assume that they pay a percentage of the monies taken to H M Customs & Excise.

You would also expect the ‘punters’ to prove they were over the legal gambling age!

The plot thickens.

[The modfather]

Ranald, I can except they are running a business but is it legal.

I have raised this point in the past with a local solicitor but got nowhere.

Can anybody charge a fee for an unregulated spot the ball competition and keep it going for months at a time?

It is a form of gambling and therefore should be governed by ‘The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963’.

You would therefore assume that they pay a percentage of the monies taken to H M Customs & Excise.

You would also expect the ‘punters’ to prove they were over the legal gambling age!

The plot thickens.

You have raised it with a solicitor?
have you nothing ebtter to do with your time?

[Ranald]

Ranald, I can except they are running a business but is it legal.

I have raised this point in the past with a local solicitor but got nowhere.

Can anybody charge a fee for an unregulated spot the ball competition and keep it going for months at a time?

It is a form of gambling and therefore should be governed by ‘The Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963’.

You would therefore assume that they pay a percentage of the monies taken to H M Customs & Excise.

You would also expect the ‘punters’ to prove they were over the legal gambling age!

The plot thickens.

If you got nowhere with the solicitor, what does that tell you?

[£3.73]

Campbeltown Courier & spot the balls in the one caption ?

lol, I think not !!!

[Bobbie En Tejas]

lol.. funny

[hoots the scoop]

Eh?

It's their competition so surely they can offer any prize they see fit?

Think you are missing the point would other organisations get away with a WEEKLY sweep only increasing by £50 per week and pocketing the rest? I think not! Fair enough with one off raffles etc but even then there are laws against the profit you can make.

Remember they're actually running a business.

Admire your loyalty Ranald but all other businesses in the town are running businesses and are constantly supporting local groups and events. When was the last time you seen an event sponsored by the Courier? I think I can just about remember and you were but a wean. Constantly take take take and nothing back.

Time to take off the blinkers.

[Ranald]

Eh?

It's their competition so surely they can offer any prize they see fit?

Think you are missing the point would other organisations get away with a WEEKLY sweep only increasing by £50 per week and pocketing the rest? I think not! Fair enough with one off raffles etc but even then there are laws against the profit you can make.

Surely a case of "if you're not happy about it then don't enter"? Unless you have another reason to be unhappy with the paper and are looking for a reason to complain.

Remember they're actually running a business.

Admire your loyalty Ranald but all other businesses in the town are running businesses and are constantly supporting local groups and events. When was the last time you seen an event sponsored by the Courier? I think I can just about remember and you were but a wean. Constantly take take take and nothing back.

How exactly do you know what support the Courier does or doesn't give to local groups and events? Just because it's not made public doesn't mean that it isn't happening. As you seem to know I haven't worked there for a good while now so I also have no idea what is happening on that front. I'd also be amazed if "all other businesses in the town are running businesses and are constantly supporting local groups and events"!

Time to take off the blinkers.

No blinkers here, if it was that important to me don't you think I'd still be there?

[Nancie]

Campbeltown Courier was one of the sponsors of the recent annual swimming championship run by the Kintyre Amateur Swimming Club in Aqualibrium.

[general jack o'niell]

if their good deed are not made public they should try getting Argyll FM to let everyone know, isn't that what local media is for?

did i not see their sponsorship mentioned in the piece? did the swimmimg club not thank their sponsors?

sorry, it was an open goal, i had to shoot, don't know where the ball went tho? DO YOU?