The Lodge ยท Compliance library
The rules, sourced and dated.
Every explainer here keeps law, voluntary good practice and Beaver product behaviour separate, lists its primary sources and shows when it was last reviewed. None of it is legal advice.
The legal structure
What kind of promotion are you running?
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Pillar guide
UK prize draw compliance
Free draws, prize competitions, lotteries, advertising and the regulator's role.
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Explainer
Free entry routes
What makes a free route genuine.
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Explainer
Skill questions
Why a question is not a magic loophole.
Good practice and protection
How the customer is protected inside it.
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Pillar guide
The DCMS Voluntary Code
Scope, implementation and a control mapping with status.
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Hub
Player protection
Spend, pause, stop, signals and suppression.
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Explainer
Spending limits
A limit should stop the transaction.
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Explainer
Self exclusion
Excluded should mean excluded.
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Explainer
Evidence packs
Current state is not historical evidence.
Primary sources we cite
Go to the source
- Gambling Commission: Free draws and prize competitions(opens in a new tab)
- Gambling Act 2005, Schedule 2(opens in a new tab)Payment to enter a lottery, and the free entry route.
- Gambling Act 2005, section 339(opens in a new tab)Prize competitions.
- DCMS: Voluntary Code of Good Practice for Prize Draw Operators(opens in a new tab)
- CAP Code (non broadcast), section 8: Promotional marketing(opens in a new tab)
Checked 19 September 2026. Guidance changes; always read the current version at source.