Timeline for What are the Legalities of Game Shows?
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| Oct 26, 2016 at 5:30 | comment | added | Ze'ev misses Monica | It does seem that some game shows have as at least part of their premise that those in the audience can become contestants (Let's Make a Deal, The Price is Right). Does this mean attending must be free, or can they charge to be in the audience, and draw some number of audience members to participate? | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 15:18 | comment | added | Paul Williams | @CRAIG: They can charge for tickets to attend the taping but they cannot be a means of requiring entry. Example: You cannot demand that someone buy a ticket to have a chance to enter or participate the game show. This would constitute a wager or raffle which would inherently no longer make it a game of skill. Some exceptions may be a game show held a convention which requires its own tickets. In all cases, there must be a method of free entry. | |
| Dec 17, 2015 at 6:16 | history | edited | Alexanne Senger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 16, 2015 at 16:16 | comment | added | CRAIG | What about tickets? I think most game shows give away their tickets. What if they charged for the tickets? Would that be illegal? | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 13:26 | comment | added | aroth | Also many game shows involve an element of skill, which may be another basis for a legal distinction between "game show" and "gambling". | |
| Dec 16, 2015 at 10:14 | history | edited | Alexanne Senger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 16, 2015 at 7:55 | history | answered | Alexanne Senger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |