Service details

Official Rules

Contest Factory prepares official rules to help ensure applicable federal and state promotion requirements are addressed on the client’s behalf.

How we can help

Bring experienced support into the parts of the promotion that need it.

Contest Factory’s legal services team prepares official rules and related documents for sweepstakes, contests, instant-win games, and other promotional programs. Depending on the promotion, these documents may include abbreviated rules, eligibility and entry requirements, prize disclosures, winner-selection and verification language, Alternate Method of Entry instructions, privacy references, winner-list procedures, and other promotion-specific terms.

What this service can support

Practical outcomes across the promotion lifecycle.

01

Define the promotion's mechanics and participant requirements

02

Communicate eligibility, timing, entry, and prize details clearly

03

Establish winner-selection and verification procedures

04

Create a consistent framework for campaign administration

Core capabilities

Official and abbreviated rules

Eligibility, timing, and entry-mechanic language

Prize descriptions and disclosures

Winner selection, verification, and alternate-winner provisions

AMOE instructions and no-purchase-necessary language

Privacy references and winner-list procedures

Ideal uses

Connected products

Support the format with the services it requires.

The right combination depends on campaign objectives, mechanics, audience, timing, and operational complexity.

Sweepstakes

Turn attention into action with an easy-to-enter promotion built around your goals.

  • Grow a permission-based audience
  • Support lead generation and customer acquisition

Instant Win

Create an immediate moment of anticipation and reward.

  • Make registration feel interactive
  • Encourage repeat visits when campaign rules allow

UGC / Photo & Video Contests

Turn customers into content creators and active brand participants.

  • Collect authentic customer content
  • Increase time spent with the campaign

Hashtag Contests

Turn social posts into a moderated, branded campaign experience.

  • Lower the friction of social participation
  • Increase campaign visibility through participant sharing

Let's Talk About Official Rules.

Tell us where you are in the planning process and what support you need. Our promotion experts will help shape the right path forward.