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Licensing Hub – Legal with Poppleston Allen

Top tips: don’t rely on luck for your pub lotteries

03-Jan-2020 By Poppleston Allen

As the festive season draws to a close and we look ahead to 2020, many operators will be planning promotions and activities for the coming year.

Legal Q&A: Christmas events and gaming in pubs

07-Dec-2017 By Poppleson Allen

This week's Q&A is about holding special events for Christmas and the rules around customers gaming in the pub.

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House of Fun: alternative forms of entertainment can gather customers to your venue

31-Oct-2016 By Fiona McLelland

People need a reason to leave the comfort of their own home for a night out in the pub.

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Wetherspoon's chef finishes shift despite winning £4 million

07-Jun-2016 By Oli Gross

A dedicated Wetherspoon’s worker returned to work despite just finding out he had won £4million on a scratchcard.

Top 10 tips for holding a pub raffle

18-Apr-2013 By Poppleston Allen

A raffle can be like your favourite pie — it looks simple on the outside, but if you get the ingredients wrong it can leave a nasty taste in your mouth.

Charity pub raffles 'flout law'

15-Sep-2010 By John Harrington

Charity raffles in pubs are illegal, warns a law firm that specialises in charities and it has asked the Government to act.

Fruit and quiz machines need advertising, new research reveals

23-Jan-2008

New research suggests quiz and fruit machine companies need to use advertising to change customers' perceptions and increase returns for...

Don't chance your arm on lotteries

25-Nov-2004

What is a raffle, I was asked the other day ­ as if the word had a special meaning for pubs. Well, it doesn't. It is a lottery, and that is a form...

Lifting lid on unclaimed lottery prizes

25-Sep-2003

I am sure you are as surprised as I am when you read that a major prize in the National Lottery has not been claimed for months, especially if they...