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Ask HN: Is it legal if my webapp rewards the winners with a gift certificate

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I am starting a website where users predict individual match outcomes. I am thinking of rewarding them with a gift certificate. Is it legal. Any insight will be very helpful.

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veb
I'd give the winners some sort of virtual currency, in which they can use said currency to 'purchase' a gift certificate.
f00li5h
it's fairly likely that the laws would depend on the country the winner resides in ... which would be a pain in the ass to mitigate if you plan on doing it automatically or more than once.

having said that iAnal

ssing
Thanks. Actually the winner may be in different countries