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Running a premium rate text competition, rules?

  • 18-01-2020 12:03AM
    #1
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭
    GDY151


    What rules would be around the running of a premium rate text competition in this country? Is a licence required or any kind of regulations? Are you required to run the competition based on the initial sales pitch that you promoted or can you change your mind 10 minutes from the end time after hoovering in all the cash? If the competition takes in over €100k a week are the rules more strict?


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  • #2
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,176 ✭✭✭brian_t


    I don't watch the Late Late Show. What change was made to the phone-in competition in the last ten minutes.


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    brian_t wrote: »
    I don't watch the Late Late Show. What change was made to the phone-in competition in the last ten minutes.


    Promoted as winner would be called live on the show, they were not.


  • #4
    Millionaire only not
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭Millionaire only not


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Promoted as winner would be called live on the show, they were not.

    Is this not the second week there not called !


  • #5
    Atlantic Dawn
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    GDY151


    Millionaire only not wrote: »
    Is this not the second week there not called !


    Yes it is. If it was €200 at play it would be fine but we are talking €100k plus at stake, complete joke, FAI MKII.


  • #6
    FFVII
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭FFVII


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Yes it is. If it was €200 at play it would be fine but we are talking €100k plus at stake, complete joke, FAI MKII.

    Was it not a holiday to Mexico and 5 grand?


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  • #7
    highgiant1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭highgiant1985


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Promoted as winner would be called live on the show, they were not.

    The terms and conditions of the competition set out that RTE have the right to award the prize with out the call live on air for various reasons. Read

    them when this weeks Late Late Competition is posted for the exact wording.

    There's nothing wrong in what they've done and it can be for various reasons e.g. (A) winner has a disability, (b) technical issues, (c) timing over runs etc... the winner is always posted online e.g. confirmation of this weeks winner

    https://www.rte.ie/tv/competitions/2019/0903/1073551-competition-win/


  • #8
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 75,108 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    PRS are regulated by Comreg.

    The promoter gets only a fraction of the call or text cost - the phone networks, PRS operator and VAT eat up quite a bit.

    There is a reason most radio stations have moved back to standard rate numbers because people won't pay for premium rate anymore.


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