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Who regulates online comps?

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So. Ive got into doing comps in an attempt to be productive in my spare time.
Ones like mckinney competitions
All i can find is the gambling commission.
And they have a page on free/prize comps
They have a list of very loose rules which are sketchy at best. Its debatable wether most of them really follow them. For istance it says they cant request first class stamps. Most do.
Nothing on the limit where most limit to one postal entry??
They cant make it more inconvenient: Some definitely take this !!!!!! on that.
Their complaints process is: contact the company. Great. Thanks for that.
Just seems like this is not in any way regulated. With absolutely no way of stopping all these comps picking their winners, making winners up..??
Ones like mckinney competitions
All i can find is the gambling commission.
And they have a page on free/prize comps
They have a list of very loose rules which are sketchy at best. Its debatable wether most of them really follow them. For istance it says they cant request first class stamps. Most do.
Nothing on the limit where most limit to one postal entry??
They cant make it more inconvenient: Some definitely take this !!!!!! on that.
Their complaints process is: contact the company. Great. Thanks for that.
Just seems like this is not in any way regulated. With absolutely no way of stopping all these comps picking their winners, making winners up..??
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https://www.asa.org.uk/advice-online/promotional-marketing-competitions.html
The vast majority of competitions on here are free to enter.
*can often be purchased for less than the "claimed" value
Surely there should be some kind of register these comps need to be on to show they are genuine and follow the rules etc..